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Jazz
JAZZ. Instrumental groups, dance and concert jazz music on city stages, appeared in Leningrad in the late 1920s. On April 28, 1927 the hall of the Capella hosted the debut concert of L.Y. Teplitsky's First Concert Jazz-Band. A year later G.V
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Khandoshkin I.E., (1747-1804), violinist, composer
Khandoshkin Ivan Evstafyevich (1747, St. Petersburg [?] - 1804, St. Petersburg), master violinist, composer, pedagogue, son of a former serf of Count P.B. Sheremetyev, who was a musician at the Court of Grand Prince Peter Fedorovich
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Kurekhin S.А. (1954-1996), composer
KUREKHIN Sergey Anatolyevich (1954-1996, St. Petersburg), composer, pianist, actor, showman, writer, eminent rock artist, and one of the leading postmodernists. Living in St. Petersburg from 1971, he studied in the Institute of Culture
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Lourie A.S. (1892-1966), composer
LOURIE Artur Sergeevich (Arthur Vinzent) (1892-1966), composer, pianist, musical writer. Studied at the St. Petersburg Conservatory under A.K. Glazunov. In the early 1910s he became close with N.I
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Lvov А.F. (1798-1870), composer
LVOV Alexey Fedorovich (1798-1870), military engineer, violinist, composer, conductor, and musician, major general (1843), privy counsellor (1853), and senator (1855). He was a son of F. P
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Lyadov А.K., (1855-1914), composer
LYADOV Anatoly Konstantinovich (1855, St. Petersburg - 1914), composer, conductor, teacher, and musician. A son of K. N. Lyadov (1820-71), conductor, violinist, and bandmaster of the Russian Imperial Opera Company in 1860-69
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Molodezhny (Youth) Theatre on Fontanka
MOLODEZHNY (YOUTH) THEATRE ON FONTANKA, founded in 1979 by director V.A. Malyshchitsky (main director in 1979-83), a leader of the Russian studio movement. Served as experimental grounds for the search of new theatrical forms
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Mravinsky Е.А., (1903-1988), conductor
MRAVINSKY Evgeny Alexandrovich (1903 - 1988, Leningrad), conductor, people's artist of the USSR (1954) and Hero of Socialist Labour (1973). A student of the Second Gymnasium, Petersburg University, and Academic Chapel
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Music Publishing Business
MUSIC PUBLISHING BUSINESS. Printed music was more expensive than handwritten in the 18th century to the first halа of the 19th century. Initially it was only printed for special occasions, later - only for a small number of followers
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Music salons (entry)
MUSIC SALONS, a social form of public musical performance, amateur and professional, more popular than public concerts during the late 18th century - first half of the 19th century
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Music Societies and Circles (general)
MUSICAL SOCIETIES AND CIRCLES, official associations of music lovers with their own charters and rights to hold public concerts and other activities. There were two associations founded in the last third of the 18th century: the Music Club (1772-77)
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Musical periodicals (entry)
MUSICAL PERIODICALS. Around the 1790s first musical journals, containing light adaptations of popular operetic arias and ensembles (chorals), clavier, harp, guitar pieces started to appear, among them were: St
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Musical Schools and Colleges (entry)
MUSICAL SCHOOLS AND COLLEGES, classes, courses, educational institutions for those who want to study music professionally or obtain general training in music, catering to various social groups and interests
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Musical Society, The Russian
MUSICAL SOCIETY, The Russian (in 1873-1917, it was called the Imperial Russian Musical Society; RMO, IRMO) was established in 1859 on the initiative of A. G. Rubinstein and Count Matv. Y. Vielgorsky (see the Vielgorsky Family)
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Mussorgsky М.P., (1839-1881), composer
MUSSORGSKY Modest Petrovich (1839-1881, St. Petersburg), composer. Lived in St. Petersburg from 1849, he studied at St. Petrischule and the Guards and Cavalry Cadets College in 1852-56, situated at the present-day 54 Lermontovsky Avenue
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Napravnik E.F., (1839-1916), composer
NAPRAVNIK Eduard Frantsevich (1839-1916, Petrograd), conductor, composer, and musician. Originally from the Czech Republic, he studied at an organ school and under I. F. Kittl, the director of the conservatory, in Prague. He lived in St
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Ossovsky А.V., (1871-1957), music theorist
OSSOVSKY Alexander Vyacheslavovich (1871-1957, Leningrad), music theorist, corresponding member of the Academy of Sciences of the USSR (1943), Honoured Worker of Arts of the Russian Soviet Federative Socialist Republic (1938)
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Patti А. (1845-1919), singer
PATTI Adelina (1845-1919), Italian singer (soprano). In 1859, she made her debut on the opera stage. She had a unique voice, equally strong in all registers, with a metallic timber and perfect technique. In 1869-77, she performed in St
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Petersburg Musical Spring, festival
PETERSBURG MUSICAL SPRING (until 1991, the Leningrad Musical Spring), annual musical festival held since 1964, organised by the St. Petersburg Branch of the Composers Union
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Philharmonic named after D.D. Shostakovich
PHILHARMONIC, Saint Petersburg Academy, named after D.D. Shostakovich, the oldest state concert establishment. Created in 1921 on the foundation of the former Court Orchestra (until 1896 the Court Chorus
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Philharmonic Society
PHILHARMONIC SOCIETY, a musical, educational and trustee society, organisation of St. Petersburg professional musicians. It was established in 1802 as a charitable organisation, called the Aid Fund of Musicians’ Widows
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Prokofiev S.S., (1891-1953), composer
PROKOFIEV Sergey Sergeevich (1891-1953), composer, pianist, director, People's Artist of Russian Soviet Federative Socialist Republic (1947). He lived in St. Petersburg (Petrograd) between 1904 and 1918
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Rimsky-Korsakov Conservatory
RIMSKY-KORSAKOV CONSERVATORY (3 Teatralnaya Square), the oldest Russian higher school of music. The Conservatory was founded in 1861-62 by the Russian Musical Society on the initiative of A.G
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Rimsky-Korsakov N.A., (1844-1908), composer
RIMSKY-KORSAKOV Nikolay Andreevich (1844-1908, Lyubensk summer residence near Luga in the St. Petersburg Region), composer, pedagogue, director, musical public figure
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Rock music
ROCK MUSIC (rock-'n'-roll), a form of mass music culture. Since its introduction in Leningrad in the late 1960s, it was popular predominantly with students, bringing on the adoption of Anglo-American youth music behaviour
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Rubini G. (1794-1854), singer
RUBINI Giovanni Battista (1794-1854), Italian singer (tenor). Made his first appearance in 1814 subsequently, excelling as a vocal performer in G. Rossini's, V. Bellini's and G. Donizetti's operas
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Rubinstein A.G., (1829-1894), composer
RUBINSTEIN Anton Grigorievich (1829-1894, Peterhof), pianist, composer, director, pedagogue, public figure. Became famous at the age of 12 over his first Europe tour in 1840-43
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Sarti G. (1729-1802), composer
SARTI Giuseppe (1729-1802), Italian composer, bandmaster, teacher. Managed the Court Capella in Copenhagen from 1768 to 1775, then, from 1779 to 1784 held the office of bandmaster at the San Marco Cathedral in Venice
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Serov A.N., (1820-1871), composer
SEROV Alexander Nikolaevich (1820 - 1871, St. Petersburg), composer, music critic, father of artist V.A. Serov. Graduated from the Legal School (1840), where he befriended V.V. Stasov
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Servais A.F. (1807 - 1866), composer, cellist
SERVAIS Adrian Francois (1807-1866), Belgian virtuoso cellist, composer, teacher. Toured the capitals of Europe after graduating from the Conservatory of Brussels in 1834; from 1839 on he repeatedly visited St
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