The society was founded in 1967 by Gary Karr as the International Institute for String Bass (IISB).
In Leonard Bernstein's famous recording of the piece with the New York Philharmonic the melody is performed on double bass by a 20 year old Gary Karr.
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His formal bass instruction started after college with Jerome Magil in Portland, James Harnett in Seattle, Gary Karr in New York, Plough Christenson in Copenhagen, Ludwig Streicher in Vienna and Francois Rabbath in Hawaii.