Orchestral Performances in Corps de Cadets of the Emperor’s Russia

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Svetlana M. Filaretova

Abstract

The article is devoted to performing arts in Corps de cadets, namely, the performance on wind and stringed instruments. Based on archival sources and materials of the pre-revolutionary period the author discusses the enrollment requirements in musical classes, types of exercises and requirements for technical equipment. The author provides the analysis of repertoire for the Cadet Orchestra: suggests its main directions and draws parallels with the repertoires of the regimental bands of the Imperial Army.

Keywords: Corps de cadets, a brass band, a string band

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Filaretova, S. M. (2011). Orchestral Performances in Corps de Cadets of the Emperor’s Russia. Music Scholarship / Problemy Muzykal’noj Nauki, 9(2), 102–105. Retrieved from https://musicscholar.ru/index.php/PMN/article/view/525
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Russian Music History