Society for New Music
| Society for New Music (GNM) |
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|---|---|
| purpose | Promotion of New Music |
| Chair: | Julia Cloot |
| Establishment date: | 1922 |
| Seat : | Darmstadt |
| Website: | www.gnm.de |
The Society for New Music e. V. (GNM) is the German section of the International Society for New Music (IGNM / ISCM). The purpose of the association is to promote new music .
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The organization was founded in 1922, banned by the National Socialists in 1933 and re-established in 1948. The statutory purpose of the association is “the promotion of new music, taking into account its individual and social function, its further development and the mediation between theory and practice.” She is the editor of various publications on new music and is committed to musicians, ensembles and events in this area. Together with the regional companies, it organizes the World Music Days for New Music in Germany. Association notifications appear in the magazines MusikTexte , Neue Musikzeitung and the World New Music Magazine . From 1947 to 1950 the society was the publisher of the publication Voices: monthly sheets for music .
President
- Adolf Weißmann (1922–1925)
- Wilhelm Furtwängler (1925–1930)
- Max Butting (1930-1933)
- Hans Heinz Stuckenschmidt (1948–1956)
- Bernd Alois Zimmermann (1956–1957)
- Wolfgang Fortner (1957–1971)
- Günther Becker (1971–1974)
- Erhard Karkoschka (1974–1980)
- Klaus Hinrich Stahmer (1982–1987 and 2000–2002)
- Siegfried Palm (1988–1991)
- Friedrich Goldmann (1991–1996)
- Ernstalbrecht Stiebler (1997-2000)
- Klaus Hinrich Stahmer (2000-2002)
- Jens Cording (2002-2011)
- Julia Cloot (since 2011)
Members
The society has more than 300 natural members and 47 corporate members (as of 2008), including several local societies:
- Bergische Gesellschaft für neue Musik (founded in 1997, dissolved in 2012)
- Berlin Society for New Music
- Frankfurt Society for New Music
- Society for New Music Hamburg
- Hanover Society for New Music
- Cologne Society for New Music
- Munich Society for New Music
- Society for New Music Münster
- Music 21 - Lower Saxony Society for New Music
- Society for New Music Oberschwaben
- Society for New Music Ruhr
- Saxon Society for New Music
- Society for New Music Saxony-Anhalt
Works
Published by or on behalf of the Society for New Music, Section Germany, were among others:
- New music in the Federal Republic of Germany. 24 vols. Frankfurt am Main 1957–1982. ISSN 0548-2879 , DNB 011188790 .
- Martin Thrun: New music since the eighties. A documentation on German musical life. 2 Bde. ConBrio-Verl.-Ges., Regensburg 1994. ISBN 3-930079-49-6 .