The Glinka Museum of Musical Culture is one of the largest treasures in which monuments of musical art are presented. It has no analogues in the world.
general information
The museum stores not only literary and musical manuscripts, but also many studies, as well as rare books. The collection contains autographs and letters, a variety of documents that are associated with the work of famous cultural figures, both Russian and foreign.
Of particular interest are musical instruments of many peoples of the world. In 2010, the State Collection handed over to the Museum the largest collection of works by masters of different eras. Among them are masterpieces made by A. Stradivari, representatives of the Amati and Guarneri families. The Glinka Music Museum is proud of the oldest organs established within its walls, including the work of F. Ladegast.
Main job
Permanent exhibitions are exhibited here. By prior arrangement, dialogue concerts, tours and sound recording evenings are organized. Those who wish can attend interactive classes, as well as informative children's parties.
History
The Museum of Musical Culture named after Glinka takes from the Moscow Conservatory. It was here that from the first moment of its existence, enthusiasts began to collect on their own initiative rare musical materials - documents and autographs, as well as manuscripts and instruments, which became the basis of today's collection.
On March 11, 1912, in the walls of a small hall next to the library of the conservatory, the Museum named after N.G. Rubinstein. It was dedicated to the memory of this outstanding musical figure, who was especially loved by the metropolitan audience. It was Rubinstein who founded the conservatory and the Moscow branch of the Russian Musical Society. Here were concentrated the IRMO documents, rare tools and books, his personal belongings, as well as letters and autographs.
Changes
Throughout its short history, the Glinka Museum experienced both the times of rise and the difficult stages when, being completely oblivious, it was on the verge of closure. For almost three decades, he served as the service department at the Moscow Conservatory. These were the functions of a certain training library, since the employees were mainly engaged in storage and, to a very small extent, in the acquisition of new exhibits.
At the end of the thirties of the last century, in anticipation of the celebration of the 75th anniversary of the Moscow Conservatory, the nature of the museum's activity changed dramatically. His collection began to grow rapidly, the exhibition area of work was noticeably activated, the research side of the funds was popularized.
In 1941, the Central Museum of Musical Culture was created on the basis of the conservative unit by decision of Stalin. And already in 1943, he was assigned the status of a state institution. From that moment, the GTsMMK began to not only gain great popularity, but also got its special place.
It was then, in the mid-forties, that the name of Rubinstein for some reason disappeared from the official name of the museum. And already in 1954, on the anniversary of M.I. Glinka, he was named after the great composer.
Confession
Gradually, year after year, both the structure and the direction of work began to take shape. The works published by the Glinka Museum were widespread and included in the general cultural routine. Thanks to source studies, this cultural center began to acquire the status of research. However, officially the Glinka Museum received it only in 1974. But despite the fact that this happened with some delay, nothing could stop the employees devoted to their beloved business from engaging in scientific activities.
Throughout its history, the Glinka Museum in Moscow twice changed its address. After the territory of the conservatory, for almost two decades it was located in a beautiful old mansion - in the chambers that belonged to the boyars Troekurov. This building was located in Georgievsky Lane: indigenous Muscovites knew it well. But since the early 1980s, the Museum of Musical Culture. Glinka finally acquired his final home: a building was built specifically for him along Fadeeva Street.
Record collection
Currently, he is called one of the largest funds in the world of musical culture. His collections include about one million storage units, which cover all the components of musical culture. Here you can see not only author’s manuscripts, but also autographs and photographs that depict the most famous cultural figures.
The Glinka Museum has both a huge collection of musical instruments of various eras, as well as audio and video recordings of works of all genres and types, from classical, including modern, to folk.
Here are the very first Russian records. There are about sixty thousand storage units. The first issues of Gramophone and Zonophone, Pate and Metropol are also shown. Many publications of the Soviet period, which produced the company "Melody", as well as leading foreign music organizations.
Glinka Museum on Fadeev - a place where manuscripts of works by composers are stored. Among them are such masters as Glazunov, Rachmaninov, Shostakovich, Grechaninov and many others. These amazing documents are perfectly preserved. They are available for viewing, so anyone who visits the Glinka Museum can admire them.
It also has its own recording studio, which is equipped with modern equipment. Musicians of various directions come to record their works in the Museum.
Divisions
The composition of the All-Russian Museum of Musical Culture. Glinka, in addition to the main building located on Fadeeva Street, today includes branches. These departments are located in the center of the capital. Many of its inhabitants, music fans, know about them. This is the Chaliapin memorial estate , Prokofiev Museums , "P. Tchaikovsky and Moscow ”, apartments of A. Goldenweiser and N. Golovanov, as well as the S.I. House Museum Taneyev, who is still at the creation stage.
In 1995, by the decree of the President of the Russian Federation, the Glinka Museum was included in the State Arch, which contains especially valuable cultural heritage sites.
Educational work
Its researchers conduct about twenty subscription cycles of lectures, concerts, educational courses for visitors of different ages and levels of knowledge. There is a separate program for the development of children - a demonstration of instruments with musical inserts, stories about their origin and creation stories.
Thematic exhibitions can be viewed not only by visiting the Glinka Museum on Fadeev or other metropolitan branches, but also in other cities of the country and abroad, where collections are brought in constantly.
Employees prepare and issue musical and textual publications, conduct work for publishing musical and scientific research.
Glinka Museum holds not only music concerts and exhibitions. Since 2007, the Moscow Opera Club has been operating here. At first it was opened at the Museum of Cinema, after it moved to the Theater Hall named after A.A. Bakhrushin, and already from 2007 it has firmly settled in the walls of the M. Glinka Museum. The club’s programs are devoted to a very specific topic: these are biographies of composers or singers,
musical directions or opera schools. In the framework of his activities, seminars are held in which foreign performers, musicians and musicologists take part.
The main expositions
The Glinka Museum has a unique collection of tools, a third of which is on display. Five of its halls, finished in individual color schemes, present to the attention of visitors more than nine hundred traditional and professional exhibits. Here are collected the instruments of both the peoples of Russia and almost all countries of Europe, Asia, America, Africa and Australia.
In the first hall, visitors can see Russian folk instruments. Here you can admire the unique gusli, made presumably in the thirteenth and fourteenth centuries. They were found during archaeological excavations in ancient Novgorod. After reconstructing their lost fragments, these unique finds took their place of honor. Copies from sniffles and beeps are also shown here: fragments of them were also found during excavations.
In the window of another hall, in which the instruments of the countries neighboring our country are presented, is the oldest collection, which the Musical Museum rightly be proud of. Glinka. This is a collection of thirty-six musical instruments played by the peoples of Central Asia. It was collected by August Eichhorn - bandmaster of the Turkestan military district.
Another amazing exhibit is the Chinese small lab organ "Sheng", which was created, according to researchers, in the second millennium before our reckoning. Other instruments - the Vietnamese monochord, decorated with filigree mother-of-pearl inlay, as well as the nineteenth-century Irish harp - are always of great interest to visitors. Here you can see the Scottish bagpipe and the Japanese string "koto", which should be able to play girls from aristocratic families, Indian "guilt", as well as African tom-toms, whose membranes are made of animal skins.