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Skladateljska društva nekoč in danes | Composers’ Societies Past and Present
In the period we approach in this paper, presidents of the SAKOJ were
from different republics, while secretaries were from Serbia, as shown in
the accompanying tables.

Table 1: SAKOJ Presidents 1935–1975
SAKOJ Presidents
1953–1957 Matija Bravničar (1897–1977), Slovenian
1957–1962 Slavko Zlatić (1910–1993), Croatian
1962–1966 Vlastimir Nikolovski (1925–2001), North Macedonian
1966–1971 Miroslav Špiler (1906–1982), Croatian
1971–1975 Cvjetko Ivanović (1929–1994), Montenegreen

Table 2: SAKOJ Secretaries 1935–1975

SAKOJ Secretaries
1950–1953 Oskar Danon (1913–2009)
1953–1962 Mihailo Vukdragović (1900–1986)
1962–1966 Aleksandar Obradović (1927–2001)
1966–1975 Vojislav Kostić (1931–2010)

It can be said that SAKOJ activities in the period after 1965 were shaped
around several key issues to which they continuously dedicated attention.
First, the work on specifying the mechanisms for the fair distribution of
authors’ rights; promoting domestic creativity (supporting festivals, music
events, audio and printed publications); presenting composers and music
writers on the international stage; connecting with international organiza-
tions and colleagues; caring for the social and professional status of au-
thors; and, in general, caring for musical culture and the standards that de-
fine it as part of the national identity. In that respect, almost forgotten is
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the ambitious undertaking called the bilingual (with English translation)
catalogue of the Union of Yugoslav composers from 1968, with over two
hundred biographies and lists of works by composers and music writers
from Yugoslavia, compiled by a musicologist, Milena Milosavljević Pešić.
25

24 Milošević, SAKOJ:1950–1970.
25 Milena Milosavljević-Pešić, ed., Kompozitori i muzički pisci Jugoslavije (Beograd:
Savez kompozitora Jugoslavije, 1968). From later similar practices we found only bi-
lingual edition of catalogue of the composers from Slovenia: Črt Sojar Voglar ed.,
Skladateljske sledi po letu 1900/Composers’ Traces from 1900 Onwards, 2 edition
nd
(Ljubljana: Društvo slovenskih skladateljev, 2005).

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