Професійне камерне виконавство в Полтаві, Миколаєві та Херсоні на початку ХХ століття
Professional chamber performance in Poltava, Mykolayiv and Kherson at the beginning of the the 20-th century

Summary/Abstract: The development of musical culture of Ukrainian cities in the late XIX – early XX century was characterized by increasing professionalization of participants of the concerts. This surge of musical activity in Poltava, Mykolaiv and Kherson was associated with opening of the local offices of the Imperial Russian Musical Society (the IRMS) with music classes, later, schools. The appearance of such special structures contributed to the influx of highly professional musicians into these cities, mostly foreigners, graduated from Prague, Leipzig, Vienna, Brussels conservatories and some other Western European music schools. The important representative part of musical culture of any Ukrainian city at that time was chamber performing.Thus, the aim of this research is to identify the specific of chamber performance evolution in Poltava, Mykolaiv and Kherson in the context of activity of Western European representatives of musical and performance traditions. IRMS Offices annual reports of these cities, and some reviews of the performances of chamber ensembles in the press of the time have been used as research materials. IRMS Local Offices foundation in Mykolaiv (1892), Poltava (1899) and Kherson (1904) had its cultural frame; in all the cities, at that time, over a certain period, private music schools and amateur music association were working.

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