Роль флейтистов-иностранцев Императорского Мариинского театра в формировании отечественной флейтовой школы в XIX веке

Abstract

The paper aims to identify the role of foreign flutists-soloists of Imperial Mariinsky Theatre in the formation of domestic flute school in the XIX century. Only foreign musicians could acquire the rank of soloist which guaranteed high salary, certain privileges and an undoubted authority and presupposed the obligation to provide educational activities. Scientific originality of the study lies in the fact that the author for the first time reveals the factors that determined the prevalence of German performance traditions in Saint Petersburg flute art of the XIX century. As a result, it is shown that foreign flutists of Mariinsky Theatre contributed to the development of domestic flute performing art, laid the foundations of domestic flute teaching methodology.