Hugo Kauder

Several volumes of Guido Adler's Denkmäler der Tonkunst in Österreich, a compendium of music including that of the Franco-Flemish School, especially interested him.

[5] From 1911 to 1917, Kauder played violin in the Wiener Tonkünstler-Orchester[6] under Ferdinand Loewe, Franz Schalk, Arthur Nikisch, and Richard Strauss.

So began a lifelong friendship with Dutch hornist Willem Valkenier [de] (1887–1986), which inspired many horn compositions.

He was a member of Arnold Schoenberg's Society for Private Musical Performances, to which he referred (perhaps skeptically) as "our club" in a 1918 letter to Alban Berg.

[b] There César Saerchinger advocated for "Weltmusiktage", and Rudolf Réti and Egon Wellesz founded the Internationalen Gesellschaft für Neue Musik at the Café Bazar [de].

[9] Kauder's 1916 Nachts, three movements for viola, cello, and piano, was performed as part of a concert program on the topic of night.

For the rest of his life, in Vienna and later in New York City, Kauder composed and privately taught violin, music theory, and composition.

[3] Many notable musicians appreciated and performed Kauder's music in pre-Anschluss (and to some extent post-World War II) Vienna.

Conductors included Viktor Bermeiser, Siegmund Levarie, Josef Mertin [de], Karl Ristenpart, and Alexander Zemlinsky.

Its mission is to foster awareness and appreciation of the composer, and to provide opportunities to emerging musicians to perform (and sometimes premiere) his music.