Muzikinis ugdymas XIX  a. Vilniaus žydiškose švietimo įstaigose
Musical training at Jewish educational institutions in Vilnius in the 19th century

Summary/Abstract: This article provides the first review of the situation of musical training at several Jewish educational institutions in Vilnius in the 19th century. The review is based on archival material stored at the Lithuanian State Historical Archives and the publications of the 2nd half of the 19th – beginning of the 20th century, dedicated to the situation of education in Vilnius.The ideolog y and cultural policy of Czarist Russia were clearly reflected in Jewish educational institutions – in state institutions students were taught the works of Russian composers and Russian folk songs that were found suitable by the tsarist government; the private ones were allowed to be established on condition that studies were conducted in Russian. For example, even the psalms in the Great Synagogue of Vilnius were sung in Russian by students of Vilnius’ Rabbinical School.Based on surviving data, the article provides a fragmentary review of the specifics of musical education in several Jewish institutions (Rabbinical School and Jewish Teachers’ Training Institute in Vilnius), study programs, personalities. One can conclude that music teaching was considered to be important in these institutions, because the professional musicians (Vasily Markovitch Natanson, Zdeněk Fibich, Vasily (Wolf ) Ebann) were invited to teach; an orchestra of students was operating in the Jewish Teachers’ Training Institute.

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