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Music and Letters 2004 85(1):41-61; doi:10.1093/ml/85.1.41
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A New Class of People: The Conservatoire and Musical Professionalization in Russia, 1861–1917

Lynn Sargeant1

1 The (US) National Academy of Education and the Spencer Foundation

The Russian music profession emerged through a conscious attempt by the Russian Musical Society (RMO) to create the institutions and legal framework to support it. Although the process of musical professionalization in Russia had much in common with that in Western Europe, the peculiarities of Russian social, political, and cultural life strongly shaped the character of the Russian musical profession. RMO conservatories and music schools were dominated by students, particularly women and Jews, who did not fit the preconceived ideal of the professional musician, complicating the RMO's professionalization project. An examination of class, gender, and ethnicity in the shaping of the Russian musical profession highlights the interaction between the broader processes of social evolution and the narrower musical developments.


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