1945. - 1954.	1955. - 1964.	1965. - 1974.
1975. - 1984.	1985. - 1994.	1995. - 1999.

1945.

June 9th

• initial assembly of Croatian composers held in the Small Hall of the State Conservatory (today's Music Academy); a temporary Managing Board presided by I. Tijardovic is elected; the text of the first regulations is composed

July 19th

• Constituent Assembly of the Croatian Composers' Society

December 30th

• 1st Annual Assembly - the Society has 50 members; main items on the agenda: - the issue of the protection of authors' rights and publishing is raised
• three members are appointed to the editorial board of the "Muzicka Naklada" established within the Nakladni Zavod Hrvatske; - the celebration of the 100th anniversary of the opera Ljubav i zloba (Love and Malice) by V. Lisinski is being prepared

1946.

• some meetings are topic-led: the topics concern the profession and positions; new works of the members are performed and discussed; the Law on the Protection of Authors' Rights is being drafted

Semptember 17th

• new Working Regulations of the Society are passed

1948.

• "ideological disorientation" of the members is reported
• a temporary revision of membership is made
• greater participation of members is required in the work of a range of institutions whose activities are linked to music
• the Croatian Composers' Society becomes the co-owner of the "Muzièke Novine" journal

December 15th

• The Society participates in commemorating the 300th anniversary of the death of I. Lukacic; the opening speech is delivered by M. Cipra

1949.

• there is an obvious widening of interests of authors, but vocal and vocal instrumental music, particularly mass songs, is neglected
• new works are performed and discussed at plenary meetings
• Glazbeni Zavod/Croatian Music Institute, the Society's office can operate regularly in one of its premises

1950.

• the 5th anniversary of the foundation is celebrated
• SAKOJ (the Society of Yugoslav Composers) is established
• "The report of the management board of SAKOJ establishes that composers in their works increasingly deal with topics with progressive features and fight for higher quality" (J. Andreis)
• the need to establish a special music publishing company arises
• the "Muzicka Revija" journal is founded as the gazette of the Croatian Composers' Society and the Croatian Musicians' Society
• September 1st - the Music Authors' Rights Protection Organisation becomes the property of the Croatian Composers' Society

1951.

• the "Muzicka Revija" journal is no longer published
• the Croatian Composers' Society participates with the Council of Science and Culture of the Federative National Republic of Yugoslavia in reorganising the Music Authors' Rights Protection Organisation
• the Croatian Composers' Society initiates the foundation of the Society of Musical Associations of Croatia, with the aim of co-ordinating their activities. The Society is founded in December of the same year and, a musical publishing-sales company is established as part of it with its own shop; a co-ordinating committee decides on the publishing programme

1952.

• discussions on the reorganisation of the Music Authors' Rights Protection Organisation
• the "Muzicke Novine" is published again as the gazette of the Society of Musical Associations of Croatia, but it stops being published at the end of the year

1953.

• the "Muzicke Novosti" journal appears, which will be published for one year
• the report of the Managing Board at the Annual Assembly criticises the situation in musical publications and reviews
• the action of starting a subscription cycle Performances of Croatian Music is initiated and stimulated
• an attempt to create a "new" audience
• there is an initiative to establish an association of music fans which will grow into the Music Youth (Muzicka Omladina); the possibility of establishing music festivals where the music of domestic (Croatian and Yugoslav) authors would be promoted is considered
• the radio stations of Zagreb and Rijeka introduce regular monthly "Croatian Composers' Society Programmes" which are produced by the Society
• the first competition for the best dance melody opens and with it the foundations are laid for the "Zagreb" festival

1954.

• a series of concerts featuring the works of domestic composers is organised again, but on a smaller scale
• there is a shortage of funds for more relevant publishing activity; the available funds are divided among the authors, in order for them to publish some of their own works

October 31st

• Constituent Assembly of the Composers of the Croatian Pop Music Association (UKLMH); the regulations of the Association state that it will: a) participate in an organised manner in the cultural and artistic life of the nation; b) protect the artistic, professional, moral and material interests of its members; c) make an effort to solve the general problems of domestic pop music; d) try to make sure that the works of domestic authors prevail at public pop-music performances; e) organise festivals, concerts and performances in order to promote domestic pop-music; f) organise meetings of its members in order to discuss and solve common artistic and aesthetic problems and current profession issues; g) publish a journal in which the issues of contemporary pop-music are treated; h) print and distribute pop-music compositions; i) establish a club, a library, an archive, a discotheque and similar institutions; j) co-operate with the national authorities and with music and cultural-artistic institutions and organisations. - the first year of the Zagreb Pop Music Festival, later renamed Zagrebfest

1955.

• the transformation of the Authors' Rights Protection Organisation is completed and the Authors' Lesser Rights Protection Organisation starts to work
• at the regular Annual Assembly a group of members submits a report on the condition of the Society and warns about "disagreement among the members, and the indifference that a considerable number of members show towards the life and work of the Society"; therefore organisational changes are suggested and the formation of a Council of 15-20 members which would be more suitable for making decisions than the Managing Board; in mid-May of the same year an emergency conference accepts this suggestion and passes regulations according to which "a different member of the council would be the chairman of each meeting"; however, the Department of Internal Affairs of the National Committee of the City of Zagreb does not accept such regulations in which it is not clear, by name and surname, who represents the Society, therefore the Council is forced to choose a president; - the publishing activity of the Croatian Pop-Music Composers' Association (UKLMH) begins and will last for decades under the title "Zabavne Melodije"
• during the year, the guests of the Associations are the French composer Germaine Tailleferne who gives a presentation for the members, and British composer Benjamin Britten and singer Peter Pears

1956.

• it is established that the Council has too many members to make efficient decisions, so the number of members is reduced to 12-15
• a decision is made to form a special committee to establish a link with the Music Authors' Rights Protection Organisation office and the Yugoslav Authors' Agency
• sporadic presentations are introduced in the form of discussions with young people, and accompanied by musical examples; - the level of publishing is improving
• the Society also deals with the social problems of its members
• the guests of the Society are the Slovak composer Jan Cikker, and the French composers Henri Sauget and André Jolivet

1957.

• the director of the Music Authors' Rights Protection Organisation office (ZAMP), Dr. Milan Majer, retires, and is replaced by Dr. Ivan Henneberg
• preparations are carried out to organise a small print shop
• apportionment and the protection of authors' rights is a constant topic at the plenary meetings, some of which are also dedicated to professional topical issues

1959.

• the print shop of the Publishing Department of the Association of Yugoslav Composers (IZOD) is being equipped, which is the true beginning of the Society's publishing activity
• the first arrangements are made for the establishment of an international festival of contemporary music

1960.

August

• international conference of composers and music writers in Dubrovnik

1961.

May 17th - 24th

• The 1st Zagreb Music Biennial, an international festival of contemporary music

1962.

April 1st

• the 4th Congress of the Association of Yugoslav Composers (SAKOJ) is held in Ljubljana at which the Society proposes the reorganisation and decentralisation of the Association

October 19th - 21st

• the 1st Yugoslav Symposium on the Problems of Contemporary Music is held in Opatija

1963.

April

• General Annual Assembly of the Croatian Pop-Music Composers' Association (UKLMH) and the Croatian Composers' Society, where the decision is made to unite both associations under the name Croatian Composers' Society, and in the light of this, to change the regulations. A Managing Board of eight members replaces the Council with a president elected by the assembly; as part of the Society, individual sections operate; the first president of the new association is Jakov Gotovac; commissions are formed: 1) for membership; 2) for the selection of works to be published; 3) for artistic creation; 4) for promotion; 5) for the "Zagreb 64" festival; 6) for the publication of pop music, editions Zabavne melodije; 7) for the raising of a Society building.

1964.

• the Yugoslav Music Forum is established
• principled debates are held between the Croatian Composers' Society and the Association of Yugoslav Composers; - the Society is visited by the Russian music writer I. M. Yampolsky, the Polish musicologist Zofia Lissa, the American musicologist Nicolas Slonimsky and the Russian composer Dmitri Shostakovich

1965.

May

• a sales agreement is closed with the Hunters' Association of Croatia on buying part of the building in 9 Berislaviceva Street
• the Society celebrates the 20th anniversary of its foundation

1966.

February 26th

• the new community premises in 9 Berislaviceva street are formally opened; - the first edition of the book by Krešimir Kovacevic, "Muzicko Stvaralaštvo u Hrvatskoj 1945-1965" (Musical Art in Croatia 1945-1965); in the foreword, the current president Natko Devcic writes: "Twenty years of activity is a lot when we speak of an association, and particularly when this is an association whose members are artists, each with his/her own artistic attitude and style, each with his/her own ideas, ambitions, problems, affinities and antipathies. Therefore, we can say after this past period: it is a miracle that we still exist. However, the Croatian Composers' Society really still exists, and I would even like to add - you bet it exists"

September 10th

• a concert is held at which the works of Croatian authors, who received a prize at the competition that the Society opened to celebrate the 20th anniversary of its foundation, are performed. The following authors received prizes: B. Bjelinski, I Brkanovic, M. Körbler, F. Pomykalo and I. Stamac, and the works of A. Bubanovic and T. Vidošic were sold

1967.

• in the Society's premises, a series of 23 concerts is held entitled "The Forum UMUH-a and UKH", at which the works of Croatian composers are performed
• to accompany the 10th International Musicology Congress in Ljubljana; the Croatian Composers' Society publishes the book by Dr. K. Kovacevic "The History of Croatian Music of the Twentieth Century"
• fifteen editions are printed by IZOD even though the financial difficulties of publishing are increasing
• in 1967-68, 11 numbers of the Society's Bulletin are issued

1968.

• the Society passes a new Statute
• the main issues that are discussed are the improvement of the publishing activity, promotion, the issuing of records, the commemoration of members' anniversaries
• the reorganisation of the publishing department of the Association of Yugoslav Composers (IZOD) is carried out
• the 50th anniversary of the work of J. Gotovac and I. Tijardovic is celebrated
• Koraljka Kos is appointed new editor of the Bulletin
• the decision is made to organise Tjedni Hrvatske Glazbe (Weeks of Croatian Music) in the year between the two MBZ festivals, from which the Dani Hrvatske Glazbe (Days of Croatian Music) will develop

1969.

• the 150th anniversary of the birth of Vatroslav Lisinski is celebrated by the following events: a renovated memorial plaque is unveiled at 37 Ilica Street; a musicology conference and an exhibition on Lisinski's life are organised; his bust is unveiled in Jurjevska Street, a commemorative concert is held, the "Vatroslav Lisinski" prize is established; seven volumes of his works are published
• the 80th birthday of Franjo Lucic is celebrated
• an edition is under the title "Hrvatski Glazbeni Spomenici" (Croatian Music Monuments) is started
• sections for arrangers and musicologists are founded

1970.

November 15th

• at an emergency assembly, the name of the Society is changed from Udruženje Kompozitora Hrvatske to Hrvatsko Društvo Skladatelja
• to commemorate the 20th anniversary of its foundation, the Society organises in Zagreb a series of concerts under the common name "Panorama Hrvatske Glazbe" (A Panorama of Croatian Music), and the last part of this event is called Dani Hrvatske Glazbe (Days of Croatian Music); the leader of the event is Zlatko Pibernik

1971.

• the Contemporary Music Composers' Club is established
• the Music Information Centre is founded; the first director is Branimir Sakaè

September

• the 6th Congress of the Association of Yugoslav Composers is held in Pržno (Montenegro) where the Croatian delegation wins the right to keep in Croatia the apportionment funds collected in Croatia up to the time of their redistribution; such an exception for only one of the societies belonging to the Association of Yugoslav Composers was a huge step forward towards financial independence for Croatian composers

October 26th

• a plenary members' meeting is held where a Committee for Legal Issues is established which has the task of examining the possibilities for the independent protection of authors

1972.

• the 100th anniversary of the birth of Blagoje Bersa is celebrated; a musicology conference is held to discuss his life and work; several volumes of his music are published and an exhibition is organised

1973.

• The Music Information Centre merges with the Zagreb Concert Management and becomes one of its branch offices

1974.

• the Initiative Committee of the Zagreb Music Biennial is established to take over the festival. From 1975, the Society will be the artistic carrier, and from 1989, also the organiser of this festival

1975.

• the Society celebrates its 30th anniversary; - there are numerous initiatives to reorganise and further decentralise the Association of Yugoslav Composers; - a new statute is passed; - sections are constituted according to a principle of delegates

1976.

• the classical music section is making efforts to raise the Days of Croatian Music to a higher artistic level and proposes to make the organisation professional, to extend throughout the year performances in Zagreb and its surroundings and to increase the number of performances in the region, as well as to accept only those concerts whose programme organisation can be influenced by the Croatian Composers' Society
• the section of musicologists and music writers at their plenary meetings draft suggestions on musicology gatherings connected with the anniversaries of some prominent Croatian composers

1977.

• the successful work of different sections is stressed; at plenary meetings the following topics are discussed: the MBZ '77, international co-operation, co-operation with other artists' associations, the "Zagreb 77" festival, the performance of concert activities in the Society's premises
• the section of musicologists and music writers is also very active, since many of its members take part with their contributions at various professional conferences

1978.

May 28th

• the Annual Assembly accepts the working programme of the Society with ten items on the agenda, which articulate the basic intentions of the Society: from caring for the social and economic status of composers through publishing activity to international co-operation; of Bruno Bjelinski's 70th birthday

1979.

March

• the beginning of work on the publishing project Sabrana djela Josipa Štolcera Slavenskog (Collected Works of Josip Štolcer Slavenski); the project is to be realised in co-operation by the Croatian Composers' Society and the Serbian Composers' Association; 45 volumes are to be published, categorised according to the criteria of types of music, or groups of performers; the first team of editors is made up of Natko Devcic (editor-in-chief), Eva Sedak, Mirjana Živkovic, Vlastimir Pericic and Vladimir Cvija (technical editor)

July

• the publishing of the bulletin, which was stopped for some time, starts again; Jasmina Juracic, Mario Kinel and Nikša Njiric are in the editorial team
• the name of the Society is changed, this time into Društvo Skladatelja Hrvatske
• the transformation of the offices of the Music Authors' Rights Protection Organisation is discussed again; the Croatian Composers' Society insists on including the offices of the Music Authors' Rights Protection Organisation in the working sections of other Societies or Associations
• musical creativity is stimulated

October 25th - 27th

• The 25th Zagreb festival

November 12th - 17th

• The 1st Zagreb Jazz Days

November 23th - 24th

• a musicology conference celebrating the 100th anniversary of Josip Hatze's birth (in co-operation with the Music Information Centre KDZ)

December 7th - 16th

• the 10th anniversary of the Days of Croatian Music; Adalbert Markovic takes over the artistic leadership of this festival; as part of the celebration, the exhibition 10 years of the Days of Croatian Music is held; a meeting of musicologists and music writers (Dec 14th and 15th), and on Dec16th a formal session of the presidency of the Croatian Composers' Society, at which commemorative medals are awarded to B. Sakac, Z. Pribernik, S. Horvat, S. Zlatic, I. Vuljevic, J. Stojanovic (posthumously), M. Kelemen, F. Kops, M. Marjanovic, F. Pomykalo (posthumously) and M. Prohaska

1980 January 7th

• a special conference of the Society; the agenda includes membership revision, the new statute of the Association of Yugoslav Composers and complaints against the work of their professional service, repeated discussion (on the need for the Music Authors' Rights Protection Organisation to remain within the CCS; the transformation of the Music Authors' Rights Protection Organisation is a fundamental issue in the Society

May 12th

• the Presidency sends a letter to the Association of Yugoslav Composers in which he makes a demand for an increase in apportionment, or to be more precise, for the unblocking of funds of which a certain percentage has been kept in Belgrade as fixed-term deposits which makes payment to authors to whom they belong difficult or impossible; comprehensive remarks are signed by the secretary Z. Pibernik

September 12th - 25th

• the Days of Croatian Culture in Ukraine; many Croatian compositions are performed

1980.

January 7th

• a special conference of the Society; the agenda includes membership revision, the new statute of the Association of Yugoslav Composers and complaints against the work of their professional service, repeated discussion (on the need for the Music Authors' Rights Protection Organisation to remain within the CCS; the transformation of the Music Authors' Rights Protection Organisation is a fundamental issue in the Society

May 12th

• the Presidency sends a letter to the Association of Yugoslav Composers in which he makes a demand for an increase in apportionment, or to be more precise, for the unblocking of funds of which a certain percentage has been kept in Belgrade as fixed-term deposits which makes payment to authors to whom they belong difficult or impossible; comprehensive remarks are signed by the secretary Z. Pibernik

September 12th - 25th

• the Days of Croatian Culture in Ukraine; many Croatian compositions are performed

December 3rd

• 3rd - the first in a row of debate meetings on present professional and social problems is held under the title "The Composer and Today's Society"; moderator A. Tomašek

December 5th - 16th

• The Days of Croatian Music which includes the commemoration of the 40th anniversary of the artistic work of Mario Kinel and the 70th anniversary of Slavko Zlatic and Josip Kaplan and the 100th birthday of Ivan Matetic Ronjgov; a musicological meeting on I.M. Ronjgov is held

December 14th

• a formal session of the Presidency on the occasion of the 35th anniversary of the establishment of the Society is held at the Croatian Music Institute; - preparatory work on the project Collected Works of Josip Štolcer Slavenski is in progress and a plan of publishing in seven stages from 1981-1987 is formulated

1981.

• the discussion on the transformation of the Music Authors' Rights Protection Organisation (ZAMP) continues
• a protest is lodged about the way in which the annual financial statement is issued in the Association of Yugoslav Composers and again the way in which fixed-term deposits are made is rejected; disapproval of the extravagant behaviour of the Association is expressed

March 11th

• a debate meeting on the subject "The Social Basis of Our Today's Music Opus", moderator A. Tomašek

June

• the Presidency of the CCS brings a decision that the Music Authors' Rights Protection Organisation as a working collective of the CCS starts working from Jan 1st 1982

June 15th

• the Presidency temporarily takes over the function of the board for the celebration of the 40th anniversary of the Society

December 8th - 16th

• The 12th Days of Croatian Music which includes the musicological meeting on the life and work of the composer Božidar Širola.

1982.

• on the occasion of the death of the respected musicologist, the academician Josip Andreis, the "Josip Andreis" Award for exceptional musicological achievements is established

1983.

• branches are organised in Rijeka and Split
• the new statute of the Association of Yugoslav Composers and the new regulations on apportionment are discussed
• difficulties on financing manifestations and publishing are also considered
• the commission for standard is being activated
• the CCS commission for advertising analyses the programme of Radio Zagreb and in a special letter warns the management of that institution that the collections of old, partly post-war works of Croatian composers should be systematically renewed, since many previous recordings are obsolete

May

• a publishing contract is signed with the inheritors-copyright holders of Josip Štolcer Slavenski

May 16th

• action is carried out to establish the credibility of reports on performances of works of music

June 15th

• the concert on the occasion of the 50th anniversary of Josip Deci; December -the promotion of the first volume of piano works by J. Š. Slavenski at Legata Slavenski in Belgrade; the duties of the editor-in-chief after the resignation of Prof. N. Devcic are taken on by Prof. S. Horvat

December 16th

• the 100th birthday of F. Lhotka
• a musicological meeting on the life and work of F. Lhotka
• the 200th birthday of Juraj Wisner von Morgenstern, the 50th anniversary of the artistic work of I. Brkanovic and J. Deci, the 70th birthday of I. Lhotka Kalinski, K. Kovacevic and N. Roje are marked
• the decision is taken that the main events of the Days of Croatian Music in Zagreb will be held on even years, alternating with the Zagreb Music Biennial

December 30th

• the first board meeting at the premises of the Society

1984.

• the inadequate international co-operation of the Society is considered in particular; it is emphasised that "all requests and plans for 1984 are rejected by the Commission for the International Co-operation of the Committee for Culture"
• the committee for the celebration of the 40th anniversary of the Society is established; I. Vuljevic, (president), E. Krpan, Z. Pibernik, Z. Špišic, A. Tomašek
• improved work by the Music Authors' Rights Protection Organisation's on-site controls is being stimulated
• Dr. Ivan Henneberg retires and Zvonimir Puškaric becomes director of the Music Authors' Rights Protection Organisation

April 16th - 27th

• The 15th Days of Croatian Music marks the 80th birthday of Z. Bradic and J. Deci, the 70th birthday of N. Devcic and S. Šulek and the 50th anniversary of the death of B. Bersa
• Fedor Kopsa is awarded the plaque of the Society on the occasion of the 50th anniversary of his artistic work
• the work on the project Collected Works of Josip Štolcer Slavenski is in progress

1985.

• the organisation and the start of activities of the Working collective of the Music Authors' Rights Protection Organisation
• Yugoslav Composers due to material rights of authors and the functioning of "the Yugoslav composers' community"; activity on the agreement on merging individual societies into an association
• the work of the group plenum has started
• organisation of the celebration of the 40th anniversary of the Society
• the project Collected Works of Josip Štolcer Slavenski is adjusted to conform to measures of economic stabilisation, so there is to be a reduction in the press run

December 26th - 29th

• the celebration of the 40th anniversary of the Society
• a formal session of the Presidency in the foyer of the "Vatroslav Lisinski" Concert Hall, formal concert and an exhibition (the author Z. Blažekovic) and a large musicological meeting at which thirteen musicologists and music writers participate

1986.

• the managing of Zagreb festival is discussed
• the problem of the under-representation of Croatian works on radio and TV programmes is emphasised
• numerous group plenums on the subject "Assumptions for the transformation of the professional association of composers, musicologists and music writers" is held, by theses made by a group of members on the occasion of the initiative for the separation of composers of serious music and musicologists and their formation in an independent society
• a decision on not awarding the "Vatroslav Lisinski" and "Josip Andreis" prizes is made"

April 15th - 24th

• The Days of Croatian Music marks the birthday of I. Brkanovic, M. Cipra and B. Papandopulo

September

• a group of musicologists and music writers start an organisation of so-called Musicological Wednesdays where interesting issues from the profession are to be discussed once a month

1987.

March 1st

• a crisis in the Society, both financial and social, is discussed at the annual conference; the CCS is reduced to "a critical minimum"; for this reason, the new session of the Presidency decides on a strict application of the criteria of professionalism as the basis of deciding on positions held within the Society

June 8th

• the Presidency adopts regulations on ways and conditions of admitting new members which intensify the existing criteria
• the regulations and standards for further work on the project Collected works of Josip Štolcer Slavenski are adopted in their entirety; a bilingual brochure is published with an advertising leaflet mentioning conditions of purchase and with an advertising message; nine volumes are published in the meantime; problems of the organisation of co-editing accumulate: criteria in work, the relation towards editing, notography, and financing are diverse
• Mladen Mazur is appointed as editor- in - chief of the Society's bulletin

1988.

• the work of the Society is focused on the persevering of its completeness and on the solving of the financial problems; the membership is still not very active, especially considering expert work
• the legal process of the court registration of the author's rights protection activity is coming to its end; ZAMP works continually and develops
• further insisting on the higher quality and more regular activity of the SOKOJ
• attempt of stimulating the activities of the sections, committees and commissions

April 18th - 23rd

• The Days of Croatian Music marks the 70th birthday of E. Cossetto, the 80th birthday of K. Fribec, the 100th birthday of K. Odak and the 50th anniversary of the artistic work of M. Kinel

April 22th

• the Presidency of the Association of Yugoslav Composers brings the decision on appointing E. Krpan as editor-in-chief of the journal Zvuk; after this decision the editorial office of this journal moves to Zagreb for the first time; the editorial staff includes M. Bergamo, N. Gligo, A. Petroviæ, E. Sedak, M. Veselinoviæ;

May 26th

• the first Musicological Wednesday is held, led by Z. Weber

October 7th

• the concert of works of Croatian composers is held at the festival of contemporary music "Janacek and the Present Time" in Brno as the result of successful co-operation with the Music Biennial Zagreb; works by S. Horvat, M. Kelemen, B. Gagic, S. Foretic, I. Kuljeric, R. Radica and D. Kempf are performed

December 9th

• the formal inauguration of the CCS club

1989.

• increasing problems of publishing are emphasised
• the need for the computerisation of the Society is stressed as well as the need to adjust the Society to the criteria of a market economy
• the Presidency is still dissatisfied with the high costs of protection, the inefficiency of the Association of Yugoslav Composers and the lack of a planned development policy; and for this reason it reduces commission

March 28th

• at the premises of the Society, a forum under the title "Music Criticism between Causes and Consequences of the Music Life in Zagreb" is held

April 5th

• the meeting of members of the ex-jazz orchestra and the first Croatian jazz club "Devils" is held, marking the 50th anniversary of its establishment

May

• R. Dujmic wins the Eurovision Grand prix

May 26th

• the promotion of the first issue of Zvuk in Belgrade

December 6th - 9th

• "Zagrebfest" for the first time, a special contract is concluded with the organisers by which the team becomes more independent, but there is also more risk with the planned sharing of possible profit
• the CCS club substitutes the role of groups and the Society establishes itself as one of the places where the cultural policy of Croatia is discussed with valid arguments

1990.

• further insistence on the radical transformation of protection subjects and on the separation of protection costs from all other costs in SOKOJ and on the rationalisation of all expenses; the transformation of SOKOJ, aimed at centralising the decision process of money apportionment, is prevented
• according to the altered transactional conditions, the Presidency elaborates a development strategy issued in a special document, based upon the following: the de-deologisation of the Society, a consistent move towards the "personnel market" within the Society, and the reorganisation of the inner structure of the Society in order to enable efficient and rational business dealings
• a debate on the renaming of the Society starts
• The Zagreb Jazz Club, gathering together approximately 150 members, assembles on a weekly basis

February 25th

• a concert and meeting on the occasion of the 85th birthday of Boris Papandopulo

April 23rd - 26th

• The Days of Croatian Music marks the 80th birthday of S. Zlatic and J. Kaplan, the centenary of the birth of I. Parac and 110 years since the birth of I. Matetic Ronjgov
• The Society Club works with continuity and success

1991.

• The Society is renamed the Croatian Composers' Society
• reports emphasise the successful shift from the usual way of functioning
• the Society participates, as a co-organiser, in a protest meeting of the cultural workers of the Croatian National Theatre and addresses a letter of appeal to the foreign authors' organisations informing them of the current situation in Croatia: "... CCS's members contribute individually to the homeland war, not only as authors of numerous compositions of various genres which have encouraged and motivated the moral of defence, but also by participating in the Art Force formations as well as in the regular Croatian Army and units of the Ministry of Internal Affairs, or by performing other kinds of works relevant to the defence of the Republic of Croatia. The Society has also contributed to the defence of the country by providing financial help for relief and for refugee funds and by participating in protests and other forms of activities performed by Croatian artists" (an extract from the annual report by I. Josipovic, the CCS Secretary)
• The Society is transformed from a society organisation to an association of citizens; ZAMP is incorporated in the Society as an expert service in order to reinforce the authors' influence in the process of authors' rights protection
• The Croatian-Slovenian section of the Zvuk journal editorial board informs SOKOJ that it cannot continue with its activities under circumstances of aggression on Croatia.
• The Zagreb Jazz Club organises the International Jazz Days - Zagreb 91.

1992.

• after Croatia, as an independent and sovereign state, becomes a member of the United Nations, further steps are taken in order to incorporate it into specialised organisations within the UN, as well as into other smaller international organisations and associations; The Croatian Authors' Agency and Croatian Composers' Society, as the Croatian authorial organisation, become members of the confederation of international societies of authors and composers CISAC; CCS becomes the member of the BIEM and ISCM
• preparations for the complete take-over and organisation of authors' rights protection are continued, involving the following: a) separation from SOKOJ; b) the adjustment of the inner organisation of the Society; c) the fight to obtain statutory and other conditions for the complete functioning of authors' rights protection
• The festival in Opatija is organised under the title The Opatija Music Festival as an event to present Croatian music production to broader music audiences once a year
• the project Complete works of J.Š. Slavenski is delayed

May 23rd

• a studio session with the theme " Mediterranean Croatia and European Music Culture from the Middle Ages to 1800"

1993.

• further development of the CCS into a modern authorial society and the inevitable institution of Croatian musical culture continues
• in the field of authors' rights protection, a complete database of Croatian works is made; new equipment is provided, including computers and special software for the processing of lesser and mechanical rights, meeting world standards; contracts are made with almost all the more important of the world authors' agencies
• the Society's representatives play an important part in the legislation of the Law on Modifications and of the Annexe to the Law on Authors' Rights
• an apportionment service is established, and the licensing department inaugurates significant changes
• the publication of the new CCS journal, Cantus; the editor- in - chief of Cantus is Jagoda Martinceviæ
• publishing activity is considerably reduced, for obvious reasons

1994.

• CCS-ZAMP establishes itself as an inevitable subject in the field of authors' rights protection
• intensive collaboration with foreign societies goes on: - the setting of long-term goals which assume more aggressive public media monitoring, regulation of relations with radio and television stations...
• CCS events continue, focusing on the reorganisation of the The Opatija Music Festival into an international event
• CCS representatives participate in the establishment of the Croatian Radio Television "Porin" Music Award
• publishing activity makes progress
• CCS releases eight CDs with works of Croatian music
• the "Stjepan Šulek Fund" is established within the CCS; - in place of Zvonimir Puškaric, who is assigned a new job, Ozren Kanceljak becomes the new director of ZAMP

1995.

• preparations for the 50th anniversary of the CCS are underway

March 31st - April 7th

• The 18th Zagreb Music Biennial - further development of the authors' rights protection organisation, with the system subsequently growing in quality
• besides organisational interventions within the expert service and constant improvements in the computer data processing, high-level collaboration has been established with many state institutions, especially with the Ministry of Internal Affairs, regarding the solution of the piracy problem

October 17th - 20th

• The International Jazz Days

November 3rd - 5th

• The 32nd Opatija Music Festival

November 16th - 17th

• The 41st Zagrebfest

December 9th

• celebration on the occasion of the 50th anniversary of the CCS in the "Vatroslav Lisinski Concert Hall"; promotion of the new edition of the monograph The Croatian Composers' Society; the "Josip Andreis Award" was presented to the academician Lovro Županovic for his revision of motets composed by Julije Skjavetic; Pavica Gvozdic and Vladimir Krpan received the "Vatroslav Lisinski Award" for the project Forty Years of Croatian Piano Music

1996.

• The "Stjepan Šulek Foundation" Award was given to Dalibor Bukvic for his piece Psalm, for Mixed Choir and Orchestra

April 19th - 24th

• The Days of Croatian Music were held in spite of serious financial problems

September 22nd

• the opening of the renovated premises and concert hall of the CCS in 9 Berislaviceva Street
• the licensing department of ZAMP has been re-organised to improve its activities

November 17th - 10th

• The 33rd International Music Festival in Opatija; a session "Music publishing - experiences and directions" drew wide attention

1997.

• Croatia is again represented at MIDEM, under the general title "Croatian Discography". CCS is the moderator of this project, which gathered eleven publishers

April 12th - 19th

• The 19th Zagreb Music Biennial
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• Tomislav Radocaj was elected as president of ZAMP; - the initiation of a new activity by the CCS - "The CCS Music Meetings" which gather together CCS members and all those interested in commenting on a wide range of themes connected to music and composing
• The Spring Jazz Show; International Jazz Days - in line with existing financial resources, publishing activities continue (Ars Croatica, Cantus, CD)
• CCS participates in the realisation of the projects "The Croatian Music Award, Porin" and "Music Evenings of the Island Vis"

November 13th - 16th

• The 34th International Music Festival in Opatija
• CD production continues; Ars Croatica controls the publishing activity; the CCS newspaper Cantus is regularly published

November 15th - 16th

• The Zagrebfest; general opinion stresses the need to improve all the conditions of this manifestation
• the activities of the Jazz Club take place regularly

1998.

• present again at MIDEM
• The "Stjepan Šulek Award" was presented to Davor Bobic - for lack of money, the managing committee decides that The Days of Croatian Music are not to be held

November 12th - 15th

• The 35th International Music Festival in Opatija
• Ars Croatica publishes ten editions and eight new CDs; - The "Europhonia" cycles are held in the CCS concert hall (four concerts).

1999.

January

• the hundredth issue of Cantus; the design is changed and the editorial department is reinforced; the edition is enlarged and also distributed to the authors protected by ZAMP

April 16th - 25th

• The 20th Zagreb Music Biennial
• ZAMP obtains a permit to widen its activities for the protection of so-called major authors' rights
• the sixth staging of the "Croatian Discography Award, Porin" - for the first time held in Makarska; May 3rd-6th - The Spring Jazz Show
• After thirty-five years, The International Music Festival in Opatija was very successfully held in Pula, with great hopes for its further development.