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Skladateljska društva nekoč in danes | Composers’ Societies Past and Present
manifestation under the name Unicum, and has become a regular part of
the Society’s concert activities. 30
Among the most important international events organised by the So-
ciety since Slovenia was welcomed as a full member of the International
Society for Contemporary Music, following independence, are the ISCM
World Music Days, hosted by Slovenia for the first time in 2003 (in other
words towards the end of the period covered by the present paper). Under
the artistic direction of composer Pavel Mihelčič and the slogan New Mu-
sic for the Third Millennium, the Society presented, in collaboration with
event co-producer Cankarjev Dom, a programme of 28 concerts running
from 26 September to 3 October 2003 and attracting a total audience of
around 15,000. The event also included four sessions of the ISCM Gener-
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al Assembly.
Also worth mentioning, although it goes beyond the scope of this ar-
ticle, is that Slovenia hosted the ISCM World Music Days for a second time
in 2015.
In the field of copyright, the Society joined the International Confed-
eration of Societies of Authors and Composers (CISAC) in 1993 – in other
words before the establishment of the Slovenian copyright agency SAZAS
– thus enabling the re-establishment of copyright protection in the Socie-
ty’s own premises. 32
A decade later, it also encouraged the creation of the Slovenian Music
Information Centre (SIGIC), providing it with premises and supporting it
in its early years with organisational and human resources. 33
In the publishing field, Edicije DSS has continued to move with the
times and in 2003 introduced the Muzicije collection of digital editions of
sheet music, enabling scores to be printed more quickly and economical-
ly and allowing the publishing house to respond more quickly to the actu-
al needs of performers. The Society’s publishing activities have expanded
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in the new millennium and stabilised at a level of sheet music publication
and sound recording releases that is appropriate for conditions in Slovenia,

30 Dušan Bavdek, “Report from the Round Table of Delegates from the Music Danubi-
ane Countries,” 2 November 1998, DSS Archive.
31 Katarina Bogunovič, ed., Nova glasba za tretje tisočletje = New music for the third
millennium: Catalogue Svetovni glasbeni dnevi ISCM (Ljubljana: s.n., 2003).
32 Document without a number, dated 21 February 1991, DSS Archive.
33 Minutes of the 6 meeting of the DSS Executive Board, 8 April 2003, DSS Archive.
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34 Letter to members, dated 24 March 2003, DSS Archive.

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