Educational and Methodical Literature for the Clavier and Piano in the History of Russian Music Publishing of the Second Half of the 18th — Early 20th Century

The Russian piano school is a unique phenomenon in the global cultural space, a multifaceted and creative phenomenon, a source of creative insights and vivid interpretations. The history of Russian piano performance is deeply and comprehensively studied and is characterized by a wide semantic range. A special place in it is occupied by educational and methodical literature produced by major music publishers in Moscow and St. Petersburg during their formation and development.

The appeal to this topic is connected with the need to create a primary idea of the activities of music publishers for the production of educational materials in the historical dynamics and perspective. This complex process can be perceived as a synthesis of European traditions and Russian experience — a multidimensional multifunctional landscape of the era, illustrative reflection of important events in the cultural life of the country.

The specificity of the problem has an impressive demonstration volume. It includes the strategy and tactics of development of Russian music publishing companies, production of educational and scientific-methodical literature by Russian and foreign authors, stages in the development of piano art, increase in the production output, achievements of the Russian piano school and its unique pedagogical experience.

“P. Jurgenson” company’s catalogues, stored in the Russian State library, reflect the trends and directions that were dominant in the educational literature for piano. They include well-established, tested methods of piano playing, collections of exercises, and anthologies that enriched the pedagogical repertoire with compositions to develop of the technical base of students and expand the arsenal of its expressive means. The study aims at a primary classification of “P. Jurgenson” publishing house’s educational resources recorded in its catalogues of the late 19th — early 20th century.

1. Alekseev A.D. Istoriya fortepiannogo iskusstva: uchebnik: v 3-kh ch. Ch. 1 i 2 [History of Piano Art: textbook: in 3 parts. Part 1 and 2]. Moscow, Muzyka Publ., 1988, 415 p.

2. Findeizen N.F. Ocherki po istorii muzyki v Rossii s drevneishikh vremen do kontsa XVIII veka: v 2-kh t. T. 2: S nachala i do kontsa XVIII veka. Vyp. 7 [Essays on the History of Music in Russia from Ancient Times to the End of the 18th Century: in 2 volumes. Volume 2: From the Beginning to the End of the 18th Century. Issue 7]. Moscow, Leningrad, Gosudarstvennoe Izdatel’stvo. Muzsektor Publ., 1929, pp. 347—376.

3. Sukhova L.G. Natsional’nye i internatsional’nye aspekty rossiiskoi muzykal’no-pedagogicheskoi shkoly [National and International Aspects of the Russian Music Pedagogical School], doct. ped. sci. diss. abstr. Moscow, 2005, 53 p.

4. Zaslavskaya P.I. Nemetskaya klavirnaya pedagogika i teoriya ispolnitel’stva serediny i vtoroi poloviny XVIII veka [German Clavier Pedagogy and Performance Theory of the Middle and Second Half of the 18th Century], cand. art. diss. abstr. St. Petersburg, 2009, 27 p.

5. Zenaishvili T.A. Harpsichord or Clavichord: What Does Georg Simon Löhlein Recommend to Practice on? Nauchnyi vestnik Moskovskoi konservatorii [Journal of Moscow Conservatory], 2011, no. 2, pp. 191—201 (in Russ.).

6. Lisovsky N.M. Muzykal’nye al’manakhi XVIII stoletiya [Music Almanacs of the 18th Century]. St. Petersburg, I. Gabermana Publ., 1882, 32 p.

7. Alekseev A.D. Iz istorii fortepiannoi pedagogiki: rukovodstva po igre na klavishno-strunnykh instrumentakh (ot epokhi Vozrozhdeniya do serediny XIX veka): khrestomatiya [From the History of Piano Pedagogy: Guides to Playing Keyboard-String Instruments (From the Renaissance to the Mid-19th Century): textbook]. Kiev, Muz. Ukraїna Publ., 1974, 163 p.

8. Stepanov S.V. Book Publishing Activities of the Saint Petersburg Governorate Printing House, Trudy SPbGUKI. T. 201: Knizhnoe delo: vchera, segodnya, zavtra. V 2-kh ch. Ch. 1. Traditsii i innovatsii v knizhnom dele: XVII Smirdinskie chteniya [Works of the Saint Petersburg State University of Culture And Arts: Volume 201: Book Business: Yesterday, Today, Tomorrow. In 2 parts. Part 1. Traditions and Innovations in Book Business: 17th Smirdin Readings]. St. Petersburg, SPbGUKI Publ., 2013, pp. 45—53 (in Russ.).

9. Svodnyi katalog russkoi knigi grazhdanskoi pechati XVIII veka: 1725—1800: v 5 t. T. 2: K—P [Union Catalog of the Russian Civil Type Books of the 18th Century: 1725—1800: in 5 volumes. Volume 2: K—P]. Moscow, 1964, 517 p.

10. Sikorsky N.M. (ed.) Knigovedenie: entsiklopedicheskii slovar’ [Bibliology: Encyclopedic Dictionary]. Moscow, “Sovetskaya Entsiklopediya” Publ., 1982, 664 p.

11. Findeizen N.F. Ocherki po istorii muzyki v Rossii s drevneishikh vremen do kontsa XVIII veka: v 2-kh t. T. 2: S nachala i do kontsa XVIII veka. Vyp. VI [Essays on the History of Music in Russia from Ancient Times to the End of the 18th Century: in 2 volumes. Volume 2: From the Beginning to the End of the 18th Century. Issue VI]. Moscow, Leningrad, Gosudarstvennoe Publ., 1929, pp. 184—345.

12. Ryzhkova N.A. Dalmas’ Music Publishing House “Northern Troubadour”, Notnye izdaniya v muzykal’noi zhizni Rossii: rossiiskie notnye izdaniya XVIII — nachala XX v. [Music Publications in the Music Life of Russia: Russian Music Publications of the 18th — Early 20th Century]. St. Petersburg, Rossiiskaya Natsional’naya Biblioteka Publ., 2003, issue 2, pp. 15—29 (in Russ.).

13. Belov S.V. Muzykal’noe izdatel’stvo P.I. Yurgensona [P.I. Jurgenson’s Music Publishing House]. St. Petersburg, Rossiiskaya Natsional’naya Biblioteka Publ., 2001, 130 p.

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16. Otechestvennye notnye izdaniya pervoi poloviny XIX veka: svodnyi katalog: v 2 ch. Ch. 1. Kn. 2. Otdel’no izdannye proizvedeniya kompozitorov: E—Ya [Russian Music Publications of the First Half of the 19th Century: Union Catalog: in 2 parts. Part 1. Book 2. Separately Published Works by Composers: E—Ya]. Moscow, 1988, 202 p.

17. Tsypin G.M. Obuchenie igre na fortepiano [Learning to Play the Piano]. Moscow, Prosveshchenie Publ., 1984, 176 p.

18. Stellovsky F.T., Istoriya gitary v litsakh [Portraying the History of the Guitar]. Available at: http://www.guitar-times.ru/pages/publishers/stellowsky.htm (accessed 01.04.2020) (in Russ.).

19. Findeizen N.F. Ocherk deyatel’nosti S.-Peterburgskogo otdeleniya Imperatorskogo Russkogo muzykal’nogo obshchestva (1859—1909) [An Essay on the Activities of the St. Petersburg Branch of the Imperial Russian Musical Society (1859—1909)]. St. Petersburg, Glavnogo Upravleniya Udelov Publ., 1909, 119 p.

20. Zima T.Yu. Russkoe muzykal’noe obshchestvo kak sotsiokul’turnoe yavlenie v Rossii vtoroi poloviny XIX — nachala XX vekov [Russian Musical Society as a Socio-Cultural Phenomenon in Russia in the Second Half of the 19th — Early 20th Centuries], doct. cult. diss. abstr. Moscow, 2015, 38 p.

21. Logacheva N.V. Rol’ P.I. Yurgensona v razvitii russkoi muzykal’noi kul’tury vtoroi poloviny XIX — nachala XX vv. [P.I. Jurgenson’s Role in the Development of Russian Musical Culture of the Second Half of the 19th — Early 20th Centuries], cand. hist. sci. diss. Moscow, 2016, 190 p.

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23. Muzykal’noe izdatel’stvo P. Yurgensona v Moskve: 1861—1911 [P. Jurgenson’s Music Publishing House in Moscow: 1861—1911]. Moscow, 37 p.