Union of Soviet Composers - Organisational Structure

Organisational Structure

The "Union of Composers of the Soviet Union" was renamed the "Union of Soviet Composers" in 1957. It was also re-structured into the following regional sub-divisions:

• The Union of composers of RSFSR (Russian Federation);
• The Union of composers of Armenian SSR, Azerbaijan SSR, Byelorussian SSR, etc. (all Soviet republics);
• The Union of composers of Bashkir ASSR, Buryat ASSR, Dagestan ASSR, etc. (all Soviet autonomies);
• The Union of composers of Moscow, Leningrad, Chelyabinsk, etc. (all major cities).

The Union had a complex hierarchic system of Secretaries, Commissions, and Administration Boards, Sections and Sub-sections, with Tikhon Khrennikov on top. In 1987, the Composers Union included 2506 members (with 1134 members for the Russian Federation, 586 for Moscow, and 158 for Leningrad).

The structure of the Composers Union has at various times included:

• Centre of music information and propaganda of Soviet music;
• All-Union House of Composers (Vsesoyuzny Dom Kompozitorov);
• Music Foundation (Muzfond);
• Production department of Muzfond (Proizvodstvenny kombinat Muzfonda);
• Creative Houses (camps and cottages for the composers in Ruza, Ivanovo, Repino, etc.);
• Publishers "Sovetsky Kompozitor" (renamed "Kompozitor" after 1991)
• Editorial offices for journals “Sovetskaya Musyka” and “Muzykal’naya Zhizn’”;
• Libraries.