''Music Academy'' (russian: Музыкальная Академия, translit=Muzykalʹnaja Akademija, italic=yes; before 1992 – ''Soviet Music'') is the oldest
Russian
peer-reviewed
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academic journal about
music.
History
''Soviet Music'' (russian: Советская музыка, translit=Sovetskaya muzika, italic=yes) was established in February 1933 by the
Union of Soviet Composers and the
Soviet Ministry of Culture
The Ministry of Culture of the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics (USSR) (), formed in 1936, was one of the most important government offices in the Soviet Union. It was formerly (until 1946) known as the State Committee on the Arts (). The Minis ...
. In the first year, the journal was a bimonthly publication 200 pages in length, but after that until
World War II the journal was published once a month and was on average 110 pages long.
In 1979, the circulation of the magazine was 21,000 copies. In Soviet times, the journal published articles devoted to the works of domestic and foreign composers, the problems of music science, the development of national and ethnic musical cultures, heritage and education, and questions of the performer skills. The journal also contained various discussion materials, reviews of the concerts and theater premieres, book and music editions, and a chronicle of Soviet and foreign musical life.
Dmitry Kabalevsky was
editor-in-chief of ''Soviet Music'' from 1940 to 1946.
In 1992, the name of journal was changed to ''Music Academy'' with new publishers: the
Union of Composers of Russia, the Russian
Ministry of Culture, and
Compozitor Publishing House.
Editors-in-chief
The following persons are or have been editors-in-chief:
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Nikolai Chelyapov
Nikolai or Nikolay is an East Slavic variant of the masculine name Nicholas. It may refer to:
People Royalty
* Nicholas I of Russia (1796–1855), or Nikolay I, Emperor of Russia from 1825 until 1855
* Nicholas II of Russia (1868–1918), or Niko ...
(1933–1937)
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Moses Greenberg
Moses hbo, מֹשֶׁה, Mōše; also known as Moshe or Moshe Rabbeinu ( Mishnaic Hebrew: מֹשֶׁה רַבֵּינוּ, ); syr, ܡܘܫܐ, Mūše; ar, موسى, Mūsā; grc, Mωϋσῆς, Mōÿsēs () is considered the most important pr ...
(1937–1939)
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Dmitry Kabalevsky (1940–1946)
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Alexander Nikolaev (1947)
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Marian Koval (1948–1952)
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Georgy Hubov (1952–1957)
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Yuri Keldysh (1957–1961)
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Elena Grosheva (1961–1970)
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Yuri Korev (1970–2012)
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Marina Voinova (2012–2018)
*
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(from 2018)
References
External links
*{{Official website, http://mus.academy/
Music theory journals
Contemporary classical music journals
Publications established in 1933
Russian-language journals
Soviet music