This is a textbook on the history of Russian music of the 20th century, from the beginning of the century to the present day. The history of Russian music is presented in the book as a single process, without the traditional sharp division into periods before and after 1917.
The publication is intended for young people - teenagers who are interested in culture and art, but have no special musical training. The textbook can be used in high schools, lyceums and gymnasiums, in specialised secondary educational institutions of humanitarian profile, as well as in higher education institutions.

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PART 1. THE SILVER AGE
Beginnings and Endings
Spirits of Time
Symbolism
Key words
"The world is filled with complicity"
"I create the world ...". A N. Scriabin (1871/72-1915)
Bells
Music in the temple
Oh, My Russia... С. V. Rachmaninov (1873-1943)
"World of Art"
Diaghilev Seasons
"Tsar Igor". I. F. Stravinsky (1882-1971)
Budetliani
SPRKFV, aka S. S. Prokofiev (1891-1953)
Silver Age. Conclusion

PART 2. SEVENTY YEARS OF SOVIET MUSIC
State music construction
Music in exile
"Let's renounce the old world"
Our march
To new shores
Symphony or song?
New faces of music
Radio to every home
"The Great Mute" has spoken
Music of the technical age
The return of Prokofiev
Music and power
The Fate of Shostakovich (1906-1975)
The Thaw Generation
"National in form, socialist in content".
After 1991. Conclusion