The Role of the Economic Factor in the Activities of Cultural Institutions During the Soviet Period (on the Example of the Rostov State Philharmonic Society)

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Anastasia Y. Orekhova

Abstract

The article is devoted to the financial aspect of activities of
concert-related artistic organizations within a system of cultural
institutions. On the basis of archival data of the dynamics of
economic development of the Rostov State Philharmonic Society
is examined for the period between 1945 and 1965.
The economic factor presents an important indicator for
the development of the sphere of concert activities. Analysis
is presented of the information regarding the quantity of
concerts, the numbers of audiences, the revenues and losses of
the institution, subsidies from the state and tour activities. The
indices are cited for carrying out the production and financial
plan for the philharmonic society’s respective ensembles,
aggregate indicators of the salaries of the personnel, and other
information. On this factological basis the peculiarities of
the planned system of management of concert activities are
characterized, and proof is provided that the transition towards
market economy for institutions of the type of philharmonic
societies was inevitable.

Keywords: the culture of Russia, the philharmonic society,
concert activities

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How to Cite
Orekhova, A. Y. (2013). The Role of the Economic Factor in the Activities of Cultural Institutions During the Soviet Period (on the Example of the Rostov State Philharmonic Society). Music Scholarship / Problemy Muzykal’noj Nauki, (2), 139–144. Retrieved from https://musicscholar.ru/index.php/PMN/article/view/132
Section
Music in the System of Culture
Author Biography

Anastasia Y. Orekhova, The Rostov State S.V. Rachmaninoff Conservatory

Post-graduate student at the Music Theory
and Composition Department

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