In August 1922 the Viennese composers Rudolf Réti and Egon Wellesz organized International
Chamber Music Performances at the Mozarteum - and Béla Bartók Paul Hindemith Darius Milhaud
Ethel Smyth Anton Webern and many other composers from fifteen countries gathered under the
protectorate of the co-founder of the Salzburg Festival Richard Strauss to establish the
first international peace project in music after the First World War. Subsequently the
International Society for Contemporary Music (ISCM) developed into one of the world's most
prominent institutions for the promotion of contemporary music. This volume is dedicated to the
institution's 100th anniversary. The International Society for Contemporary Music's long and
complex history comes to life in this publication and it contributes greatly to the ongoing
discussion of the Society's global network of musicians composers and ensembles.
