Biography

Composers' Music Corporation, an association which aimed "to stimulate native American composition," published American works from 1918. Leading composers were Emerson Whithorne (1884-1958) and Louis Gruenberg (1884-1964) in addition to the more conservative Albert Spalding (1888—1953), Richard Hammond and Fannie Charles Dillon (1881—1947). It was one of a succession of publishing ventures to feature American composers: Wa-Wan Press (1901-1912), Society for the Publication of American Music (1919-1969), The New Musical Quarterly (1927-) and the Cos Cob Press (1929-38). Its organisers overlapped with those of the American Musicians' Guild, founded in 1921: Marion Bauer (1882—1955) Frederick Jacobi (1891—1952) and Emerson Whithorne(1884—1958). They were brought to public attention when several of them were featured, collectively referred to as 'Modernists' in a photographic item in the magazine Vanity Fair in September 1923 (see Oja p.161). This organization promoted concerts from 1921 to 1924. The American Musicians' Guild competed with the League of Composers, a branch of ISCM, founded in 1923. (Source: https://imslp.org/wiki/Composers%27_Music_Corporation)

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