Духові інструменти у музичній культурі Санкт-Петербурга 20–30-х років ХVIII століття (за матеріалами газети «Санкт-Петербурзькі відомості»)

Abstract

The article studies wind instruments in the musical culture of St. Petersburg. The initial stage of the city's existence was taken into consideration – the 1720s and 1730s. At that time, the city, officially founded in 1703, already had the status of the capital of the Russian Empire, but its construction was still ongoing. This affected the state of performing culture, with a gradual transition from military ceremonial to secular palace and concert music.This transition is clearly evident in the 1720s and 1730s. This is due to a change in the preferences of Russian emperor Peter I, who was on the throne until 1727, preferred military affairs, so during his reign military-musical ceremony was more developed. Anna Ioanovna (1730–1740) preferred palace entertainment, so during her tenure on the throne began the development of secular court music. Wind instruments from military chapels partly passed into secular music, partly into the music of court ceremonies (so-called «hoff-music»), which was largely close to military music.An overview of the development of wind instruments in the musical culture of St. Petersburg is based on the materials of the newspaper «St. Petersburg Gazette», which was published in 1728. Descriptions of festive and mourning ceremonies in which wind and percussion instruments took part are quoted and commented on. Descriptions of chamber court concerts are provided. The names of court musicians-wind instruments, which were indicated in the lists of court musicians of that time, in the registers of 1731 and 1736, in particular, are given and commented.The study of wind instruments in the musical culture of St. Petersburg in the 1720s and 1730s showed their important role in the life of the city, in military and court ceremonies and in the formation of the tradition of secular music making.