International Institute for Traditional Music

Internationales Institut für Traditionelle Musik German non-university institution for cultural research. Established in West-Berlin in 1963 with a grant from the Ford Foundation, it was supported by the Berlin Senate for Cultural Affairs until 1996, when the institution was dissolved. It was known as the International Institute for Comparative Music Studies and Documentation (IICMSD) until 1991. Directors included Alain Daniélou, Iván Vándor and Max Peter Baumann.