The article is devoted to the multifaceted musical and folkloristic activities of the Ethnographic Department of the Scientific Research Institute of Music at Moscow Conservatory (1934–1937), which included scientific, expeditionary-collecting work, the preparation of textbooks and educational programs. The circumstances accompanying the creation of SRIM as an independent unit are described, the tasks of the Institute, its structure as a whole, and the most important areas of activity are determined.
The role of the Ethnographic Department of SRIM as the largest musical and folkloristic center of the country for that time is shown, numerous contacts of the Department with other organizations in the center and on the periphery are revealed. The characteristics of the main forms of work of the Department are given, such as: description of the funds of background materials, study of musical instruments, preparation of publications, cooperation with third-party organizations, provision of consultations, drawing up conclusions, examinations. The detailed plan of the expeditions of K. V. Kvitka (1937), which determined the further collecting activity at Moscow Conservatory, is considered.
Based on the involvement of archival documents, the place of the Ethnographic Department of SRIM in the history of Russian ethnomusicology, which underwent its formation and development through several organizations connected with each other in a single chain, was designated.
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