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Gramophones and Gramophone Records in the Price Lists of the F.I. Detlaf & Co. Music Publishing Company: from the Holdings of the Russian State Library and Private Collections

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  • DOI: https://doi.org/10.37816/2073‑9567‑2026‑80‑144‑157
  • УДК / UDC: 655.426:78
  • Publication Type: Research Article
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    Radzetskaya, O.V. “Gramophones and Gramophone Records in the Price Lists of the F.I. Detlaf & Co. Music Publishing Company: from the Holdings of the Rus‑ sian State Library and Private Collections.” Vestnik slavianskikh kul’tur, vol. 80, 2026, pp. 144–157. (In Russ.) https://doi.org/10.37816/2073‑9567‑2026‑80‑144‑157 
  • Author 1: Olga V. Radzetskaya
  • Information about the Author 1:

    Olga V. Radzetskaya — DSc in Arts, Professor, Professor, Maimonides Academy, A.N. Kosygin Russian State University (Technogology. Design. Art), Sadovnicheskaya St., 52/45, 115035 Moscow, Russia.

    ORCID ID: https://orcid.org/0000‑0003‑1595‑1047

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  • Abstract: The paper continues a series of studies devoted to the domestic music pub‑ lishing business of the early 20th century, related to the search and analysis of rare docu‑ mentary materials that help create a comprehensive picture of the activities of leading Russian firms during the period of growth of their trading potential. The price lists of the largest players in the music printing industry, which are rarely found or practically unknown in the scientific community, have the greatest effectiveness in this process. They contain valuable information about the specifics of working with a number of related products that reflect current trends. Among them are gramophones and gramo‑ phone records from various manufacturers, primarily the Gramophone joint — stock company and others, which are extremely fashionable and in demand among the aver‑ age consumer. They are actively advertised in various sources. Among the active players is the firm F.I. Detlaf & Co — a young and ambitious structure whose style illustrates the innovative profile of commercial strategies of the early 20th century, acting as a guarantor of quality, professional orientation and readiness for mul‑ tidisciplinary cooperation. Her commercial course is an expanded retail space, which includes related industry characteristics that form a multifunctional coordinate system. Collectively, all these processes reveal the historical and cultural facets of domestic entrepreneurship, its scale, as well as the unique information resource of the Russian State Library and private collections, which are being introduced into scientific circula‑ tion for the first time.
  • Keywords: music trade, price lists, catalogs, gramophones, gramophone records, F.I. Detlaf & Co., Russian State Library, private collections
  • Страницы / Pages: 144–157
  • Received: November 16, 2025
  • Approved after Reviewing: March 02, 2026
  • Publication Date: June 25, 2026
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