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Title of the article: |
SPECIFICS OF THE TRADE ACTIVITY OF THE MUSIC PUBLISHING SHOPS IN THE SECOND HALF OF THE XIX – EARLY XX CENTURIES: PERSONALITIES, PRICE LISTS AND CATALOGS (FROM THE COLLECTIONS OF THE RUSSIAN STATE LIBRARY AND PRIVATE COLLECTIONS) |
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Author(s): |
Olga V. Radzetskaya |
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Information about the author/authors |
Olga V. Radzetskaya — DSc in Arts, Professor, Professor, A. N. Kosygin Russian State University (Technogology. Design. Art), Maimonides Academy, Sadovnicheskaya St., 52/45, 115035 Moscow, Russia. |
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Section |
History of Arts |
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Year |
2023 |
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Volume |
Vol. 70 |
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Pages |
pp. 302–317 |
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Received |
February 26, 2023 |
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Approved after reviewing |
March 15, 2023 |
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Date of publication |
December 25, 2023 |
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DOI: |
https://doi.org/10.37816/2073-9567-2023-70-302-317 |
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Index UDK |
7.078 |
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Index BBK |
85.313(2) |
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Abstract |
In the history of the music publishing business of Russia in the second half of the 19th – early 20th centuries there are many interesting, yet insufficiently explored areas that have become traditional for Russian culture over time. Among these, one may cite the trade in musical instruments, which was an indispensable attribute of successful and various enterprises on the scale of their activities. The commercial status of this phenomenon was reflected in the price lists and catalogues of large and small publishing companies, which demonstrated a serious volume of presented products and advertising materials. First of all, famous brands — grand pianos “K. M. Schroeder”, “R. Ratke”, “F. Mulbach” in St. Petersburg, the Diederichs brothers, the court factories “Ya. Becker”, “E. Caps” in Dresden and “Schiedmeyer Sons” in Stuttgart, “R. Weisbrod” in Eisenberg, “K. Bechstein” in Berlin, “Y. Blutner” in Leipzig, “K. Renisch” in Leipzig, etc., as well as automatic pianos, harmoniums, physharmonicas and other rarities. At the head of these processes always stood the personality of the leader, energetic, extraordinary and creative. One of them is F. I. Detlaf, who has established himself as a talented publisher, manufacturer and composer. The totality of all these achievements determined another research facet — insignia, state awards that adorned the catalogs of music publishers: “For diligence”, “For diligence and Art from the Ministry of Finance”, etc. |
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Keywords |
Music Publishing, Musical Instruments, Price Lists, Catalogs, State Awards. |
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References |
1 Bol'shoj juridicheskij slovar' [Large Legal Dictionary], [V.A. Belov and other]; ed. A. Ja. Suhareva, V. E. Krutskih. Moscow, INFRA-M Publ., 2003. 703 p. (In Russ.) |
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