The Formation of Research Work in the Field of Music Theory at the Urals Conservatory (from the 1930s to the 1960s)
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The year 2016 marks the 80th anniversary of the founding of the Music Theory Department at the oldest conservatory
in the Ural Mountains area, Siberia and the Russian Far East – the Sverdlovsk (Urals) State Conservatory. For this
region the aforementioned date presents a reference point in the history of preparation of musicologists with a high
professional education. On the basis of archival materials the article presents a reconstruction of the process of
formation within the Urals Conservatory of scholarship and research activities in the field of theoretical musicology.
Its formation and development were hampered as the result of the great distance of this institution from the
country’s musical centers, the instability of the cadre personnel, the necessity of provision of methodology in the
process of learning, etc. In these conditions in the organization of scholarly activities of musicologists in this institution
great significance was given to the personal factor. At the Urals Conservatory responsibility for the supervision of the
research work in the field of theoretical musicology was taken by the famous composer Victor Trambitsky. He hald
his substantiated views on the aims and goals of music scholarship, which he presented in his article “Possibilities of
Theoretic Musicology” (in the journal “Sovetskaya muzyka,” 1957 No. 2). In accordance to the principles expounded
in this publication, he defined the directions and the methodology of the works of the department at the initial stage of
the formation of its research activities. This provided a strong foundation for the subsequent academic development of
the personnel of the Music Theory department at the aforementioned conservatory.
Keywords: Urals State Conservatory from the 1930s to the 1960s, musical area studies, regional musical
scholarship, education in music theory
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