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Khakassia Symphony Orchestra in the Context of Musical Culture Development in the Republic Journal of Siberian Federal University. Humanities & Social Sciences 7 (2017 10) 1032-1042 ~ ~ ~ УДК 70.03 Khakassia Symphony Orchestra in the Context of Musical Culture Development in the Republic Emil M. Preismana and Marija I. Razdolievab* a Krasnoyarsk State Art Institute 22 Lenin Str., Krasnoyarsk, 660049, Russia b Children’s Music School No. 12 11 Slovtsova Str., Krasnoyarsk, 660130, Russia Received 15.01.2017, received in revised form 03.07.2017, accepted 12.07.2017 The article describes Khakassia symphony orchestra as a phenomenon caused by the republic industrial development that has stimulated the rise of the artistic culture. It regards economic and social background, organizational mechanisms of the orchestra staff formation. The analysis of creative documents (brochures, posters, newspaper articles) and decisions of administrative authorities, interviews with the orchestra veterans and some of its audience, comparison of the orchestra performances in different periods have revealed the ways of the orchestra development, its creative members, instrumental structure, characteristics of the repertoire, peculiar features of the performances, and the perspectives of further development. The orchestra is an organic element of the artistic culture of Khakassia, a factor of intensification of musical life in Abakan, a means of education of the population of the south of the Krasnoyarsk Krai, a creative laboratory piloting the Khakass composers’ works. The orchestra activity is supported by the republic authorities, this being the key to broadening its creative prospects. Keywords: Khakassia, artistic culture, musical life, the Khakass Republican Philharmonic named after V.G. Chaptykov, the Abakan music college, symphony orchestra, V.G. Inkizhekov, symphony, instrumental concert, cinema music, international cultural relations. DOI: 10.17516/1997-1370-0113. Research area: theory and history of art. Introduction the capitals about which volumes of art literature At the turn of the XX-XXI centuries the are written, but also in the regions with their artistic and, in particular, musical life of the distinctive character and many-sided nature. Russian regions underwent visible intensification. This caused the statement of the problem of a It became evident that a full understanding of comprehensive study of regional cultures, a full culture of the whole country, its past and present, growth of the problem formation starting in the and forecasting of culture development make it second half of the XX century already. In Siberia essential to study artistic creativity not only in a lot has been done to research the musical culture © Siberian Federal University. All rights reserved * Corresponding author E-mail address: [email protected] – 1032 – Emil M. Preisman, Marija I. Razdolieva. Khakassia Symphony Orchestra in the Context of Musical Culture Development… of Novosibirsk, Tomsk, Irkutsk, Krasnoyarsk and in 1909-1930. Among Russian cities he mentions other regional centres. Monographs, collections both the names of major administrative and of works, a large number of articles in scientific industrial centres (Kiev, Nizhniy Novgorod, journals have been published. The scope of this Astrakhan, etc.) and the cities in the remote but articles cannot embrace even a small part of widely known places (Kizhi, Rybinsk, Sergiev them, yet it will indicate the most significant Posad, Sol’vychegodsk, etc.) (Marterialy k ones: “Muzykal’naia kul’tura Sibiri” (“Musical biografii B. Asafieva, 1982: 58-60). We argue that Culture of Siberia”), a fundamental three-volume a prominent musicologist and composer could not monograph (six books) edited by B.A. Shindin fail to draw his attention to the distinctive folklore, (Muzykal’naia…, 1997), “Muzykal’naia kul’tura musical life of these places. In 1921 in the memo to rossiiskikh gorodov Vostochnoi Sibiri” (“Musical the Board of the Russian Institute of Art History Culture of the Russian Cities in Eastern Siberia”), “On the establishment of science organizations an impressive monograph by I.V. Belonosova at the music faculty” he notes the need for “the with rich reference materials (Belonosova, research of a general state of Russian musical 2015), “Muzykal’naia zhizn’ Krasnoiarska” life till the XIX century” (Marterialy k biografii (“The Musical Life of Krasnoyarsk”), the B. Asafieva, 1982: 193). In 1927 in the courses first comprehensive research of the musical of history of music the scholar states the problem culture of Krasnoyarsk by B.G. Krivosheia, of “town and village in music: exchange and L.G. Lavrusheva, E.M. Preisman (Krivosheia, interaction” (Marterialy k biografii B. Asafieva, Lavrusheva, Preisman, 1983), monographic 1982: 239). In a year Asafiev develops “The draft studies on individual components of the of the charter of the musical regional group” of development of music art in Krasnoyarsk by the Leningrad State Conservatory. A separate V.A. Averin, E.A. Vaniukova, I.V. Efimova, clause in it states the following requirement: E.V. Prygun, et al. “Establishment of the relations with the local The above mentioned and other works have provincial institutions and individuals related to opened new frontiers of research, the closest of some branch of musical work, and carrying out them being the following ones: special registration of the contemporary musical – the study of musical life of the regions life of the Union (only the USSR can be meant which has not been in the focus of musicologists’ here – E.P., M.R.) and musical-ethnographic attention until recently; activities of local research and local history – the study of the “detonators” of musical life societies through them” (Marterialy k biografii in these regions, i.e. the activities of certain art B. Asafieva, 1982: 227). He further includes institutions, creative teams, creative individuals. the clause “Cultural-Educational work with the aim of musical and regional history knowledge Conceptual Basis of the Research promotion” (Marterialy k biografii B. Asafieva, Russian musicological literature lacks the 1982: 227). Asafiev writes about the organization works with the stated conception of the regions’ of special “libraries of musical ethnography” artistic life research. However, the very first (Marterialy k biografii B. Asafieva, 1982: 228), individual steps in this direction were taken by publication of works in this field of scientific B.V. Asafiev. In his autobiographical materials research and promotion of “music-and-regional he, who travelled much, gives a brief description history knowledge” in the format of the lectures of his trips in many cities of Europe and Russia (Marterialy k biografii B. Asafieva, 1982: 228). – 1033 – Emil M. Preisman, Marija I. Razdolieva. Khakassia Symphony Orchestra in the Context of Musical Culture Development… The same year the scholar hands in a memo to the University, the Khakass Business Institute, the Board of the Leningrad State Conservatory “On Abakan branch of the Modern Humanitarian the organization of musical-historical museum” Academy, a number of colleges. which could keep the funds of various materials The Khakass Research Institute of History, about music (musical-ethnographic materials, Language and Literature plays a significant instruments, audio-gramophone archive, role in the humanitarian sphere of the region. manuscripts from different times, memorial There is also the National Library named after materials related “to individual eras, institutions N.G. Domozhakov with its great traditions and and people”), reflecting the musical life of the the National Museum of Local Lore named after past and present of the Soviet Union” (Marterialy L.R. Kyzlasov. k biografii B. Asafieva, 1982: 229). The republic has a wide network of media: the Written by Asafiev, the documents indicate republican newspapers “Khabar” (in the Khakass that the scholar foresaw this phenomenon in language) and “Khakassia”, weekly newspapers outlining the direction of his study. Yet, they “Pravda Khakassii” (“The Truth of Khakassia”, do not state the conception of the musical life the newspaper of the Khakass regional branch of development in the regions. the Communist party) and “Piatnitsa” (“Friday”), the “Khakassia” news agency, the “Novyi Fokus” Problem Statement (“New Focus”) Internet journal, the republican One of such regions is Khakassia, an artistic state television and radio company “Khakassia”, face of which is largely determined by music the television network (RTS), the media group development. “South Siberia”, the “Stroika Khakasii” (“The Khakassia is an industrial region. It is Construction in Khakassia”) magazine, the a region of extraction of iron, molybdenum, “Khakassia-Inform” news agency, etc. gold, coal, and such non-metallic mineral The range of art institutions is represented resources as barite, bentonite. Production of by the Russian Republican Drama Theatre named building materials is developed here. The basis after Mikhail Lermontov, the “Chitigen” Khakass of the regional economy is technologically Drama Theatre, the “Skazka” Puppet Theatre. connected hydroelectric power industry and The musicians of the Khakass Republican aluminum production. The energy system of Philharmonic named after V.G. Chaptykov give Khakassia includes the Sayano-Shushenskaya their concerts here. There is the Abakan Art and Mainskaya hydroelectric power station. Gallery in Khakassia. The Centre of Culture Sayanogorsk and Khakass aluminum smelters of Folk Art named after S.P. Kadyshev is very and JSC “Sayan
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