The Association

Preserving
a legacy

The René Leibowitz Association is dedicated to promote and preserve the complete compositional, conducting, and theoretical archive of the 20th-century composer. We secure documents, letters, historical recordings and original scores.

Our Mandate

Scholarly archival preservation

Our primary mandate is to facilitate rigorous musicological research, coordinate critical score publications, and catalog historical recordings. We ensure that the uncompromising intellectual principles of serialist music theory remain accessible.

Through partnerships with academic libraries and classical collectors, we preserve original tape reels, extensive correspondence, and theoretical texts, maintaining the structural integrity of the Second Viennese School.

Active Initiatives

Advancing serialist scholarship

Critical Editions

Historical Reissues

Research Grants

Publishing authoritative, newly engraved performance scores of unpublished chamber works directly transcribed from original manuscripts.

Restoring and digitizing rare mid-century vinyl records and tape pressings conducted by Leibowitz for institutional distribution.

Providing financial support and archival access to doctoral candidates analyzing the pedagogical lineage of the serialist tradition.

Academic collaborations

We welcome inquiries from academic institutions, musicologists, and prospective donors seeking to collaborate on our ongoing preservation and publication efforts.