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The Glinka Museum, or the Central Museum of Musical Culture, demonstrates a huge collection of instruments from all eras and peoples, the number of exhibits of which is close to a thousand. From historical rarities to modern sound-producing devices, you can see it in this vast collection. The main building of the museum association was built specifically for this storage, the basis of which was made up of exhibits collected by enthusiasts from the Moscow Conservatory since its foundation in 1866.

The lobby of the Glinka Museum greets visitors with a bust of the great composer, score and text quotes from the author of the Patriotic Song, which for some time was the Russian anthem. The scores of this work are accompanied by an unofficial text, which, together with the music, claimed the status of a state symbol even in tsarist times.

Here, visitors get acquainted with the announcements of events, leave their outerwear, buy admission tickets to the permanent exhibition or thematic exhibitions. The main permanent exhibition is located on the 2nd floor, temporary shows on a variety of topics are organized on the 3rd.

The lobby houses one of the notable exhibits, a recent acquisition of the Glinka Museum - the European Orchestrion. This mechanical instrument recreates the sound of an instrumental orchestra, such devices were used in several European countries as musical accompaniment for dance events.

Musical instruments, located on the front side of a kind of orchestra, emit their characteristic sounds, while accordions even demonstrate the movement of bellows. In Russia, such instruments did not have distribution, the more interesting the acquaintance with the orchestrion is for our lovers of musical wonders.

The second floor, containing the main exposition of the Glinka Museum, begins with a spacious hall, where various exhibitions devoted to musical culture are held. The main decoration of the room is a picturesque colored stained-glass window, which is much larger on the outside of the building.

A massive staircase leads to the 3rd floor for themed temporary exhibitions. The composition of several bells reminds of the role of church ringing both in the life of the Russian people and in Glinka's musical preferences.

Also in the hall is an organ made by the German master Ladegast, which has been owned since 1868 by a descendant of the Khludovs' merchant family, the only surviving product of this master. Donated to the Moscow Conservatory and changing several more owners, the instrument was practically ruined.

The difficult restoration of the viscera of the organ was carried out in 1998 by Vilnius organ masters under the leadership of Gučas. Now this instrument is positioned as the oldest organ in Russia that has preserved its working capacity, and it is actually used in organ concerts organized by the Glinka Museum.

The permanent exhibition of the Glinka Museum, which tells about the history of origin and a wide variety of musical instruments of the peoples of the world, is located in five rooms on the second floor. They are visually separated from each other with different colors of the background of the shop windows. The division of the halls, representing the most ancient of the known instruments, is made according to the geographical principle. A separate hall is allocated to European exhibits with a division by country, the rest of the continents are divided inside another hall with the allocation of expositions of individual countries.

Further, the halls present instruments that differ in belonging to wind or symphonic, percussion and keyboard. Highlighted mechanical and electronic musical instruments, devices for sound recording and playback from various media.

Vintage European musical instruments

Whether this choice of the principle of demonstrating musical instruments is correct is for professionals to understand, but the differences in the method of sound extraction seem to be more fundamental and obvious than national and state ones. After all, the shape of the pipe, no matter how great the differences, is still recognizable.

You can't confuse a drum or other percussion instrument with anything else. And finding out information about the place of origin of an exhibit, attributing it to a certain type of musical instrument and other details is still carried out by the majority of visitors according to explanatory inscriptions.

Russian folk musical instruments are collected in the Glinka Museum in a large assortment and species diversity. Here are the instruments of other peoples inhabiting the national republics within the Russian Federation. Percussion instruments are widely represented - after all, they use the simplest, but varied in execution method of extracting sounds, from simple collisions of objects, for which even wooden spoons are used, to ratchets of various devices and designs.

Naturally, our ancestors had horns made of cow horns and pipes made of wood. Craftsmen could extract sounds even from a saw blade and a scythe blade, but this is more likely from the field of musical eccentricity. The main stringed instrument of the Russian people is the gusli, which has been used in Russia since time immemorial. The balalaika also belongs to the plucked string; for all the simplicity of the device, virtuosos perform any melodies on them. Finally, the Russian accordion has been the main folk instrument for a long time.

Stringed instruments of different peoples are visually similar, but the progenitor of all strings - the Scythian harp is different from other relatives. It does not yet have a resonating body and neck, and a common feature is the way of producing sounds by playing the strings with your fingers.

Plucked string instruments have evolved from the ancient lyre and harp to the lute, domra, mandolin, balalaika, and guitar, which have remained most popular to this day. Harpsichords, pianos and grand pianos are also related to plucked string instruments of percussion on strings, for which they invented keys with a drive system.

In the renewed exposition, the European section has been replenished with instruments of Belarusians and Ukrainians, Moldovans and Baltic peoples. As before, instruments from the Mediterranean and Scandinavian countries, Central and Eastern Europe are widely represented. Stringed instruments are exhibited both plucked and bowed, with different forms of resonating body and bow arrangement. The simplest xylophones represent a group of percussion instruments.

Bagpipes are presented in several versions, which are generally considered to be Scottish and Irish traditional instruments. This is indeed so, but other peoples also used a similar device with air fur and pipes with reed formation of sounds. These are the French musette, Portuguese gaita, duda and dudeizak of the countries of Eastern Europe.

Musical Instruments of Eastern Countries

The countries of the East were the first to invent bows for extracting sounds from taut strings, historians consider the musicians who lived in the territory of present-day Uzbekistan to be the pioneers. From here the bonds came to China and India, to the Arab countries and from them to the Pyrenees. Shepherd's violin of three strings - Rabelle, as well as a viola with a large number of strings. The latter were later supplanted by violins and their larger relatives. Oriental string instruments often feature longer necks, although there are designs with shorter necks.

The wind and percussion instruments of the Eastern peoples are very diverse. Bamboo trunks and other hollow plant stems were often used for winds. Percussion instruments were also made from tree trunks by hollowing out the core. Dressed animal skins were also used, stretched over frames made of various materials. In addition to stationary drums, hand drummers such as tambourines, sometimes supplemented by bells, were popular.

The Japanese originality of the national dress is much more striking than the differences between Japanese musical instruments and all others. Japanese percussion instruments were usually placed on figured stands; different materials were used for the cases, even porcelain and other ceramics. Strings and wind instruments have forms close to traditional for other peoples, and it is difficult to invent something different in these areas.

Eastern countries used a variety of materials to make musical instruments, from stone, wood, and metal to silk, leather, and even hollowed-out pumpkin shells. The local craftsmen paid special attention to the external design of their products, their decorative appeal.

Painting and carving, traditional for every nation, also decorated musical instruments; it is by these elements that it is easiest to identify xylophones, drums and other instruments from those belonging to the culture of other countries.

An old violin workshop at the Glinka Museum

The creation of violins and other bowed instruments has been a long time ago and is now a work of high complexity. Preparing wood for various parts and parts of tools required a mastery of many technological operations - cutting and drilling, measurements and various methods of joining parts. The instruments and devices necessary for this work are presented on the violin maker's workbench in the recreated interior of the musical instrument making workshop.

Violin craftsmen could make pieces of all sizes, from violin and viola to cello and giant double bass. The violin could also be either classical sizes or half or even four times smaller.

In the room restored in the Glinka Museum, you can see all the stages of making instruments, from a wooden board to a finished violin or cello. You can see all the components - the front and back deck and the shell connecting them, the neck with the neck and the bridge for laying the strings.

Classical musical instruments of the Glinka Museum

The instruments used by contemporary musicians are presented to the visitors of the Glinka Museum in several expositions. Components for symphony and brass bands, accessories for musical ensembles of various composition are exhibited. Strings - bowed and keyboards coexist with horns, wood and copper.

One of the museum corners contains genuine treasures - a concert harp and a collectible piano for home use. The perfectly balanced harp is stable on its small base, the resonator made of precious wood is in harmony with the gilding of the column and neck, the shape of which is especially whimsical and attractive.

Showcases of bowed instruments are located on the sides of the painting depicting the greatest violinist Niccolo Paganini, the Genoese. It was this violinist and composer who developed the technique of playing the violin, which has remained practically unchanged to this day.

In addition to the violin, Paganini also had an impeccable command of the mandolin and guitar. The great performer's own compositions, written for both violin and guitar, are popular. The world's most popular violin competition is annually held in Paganini's homeland, in Genoa, Italy.

A showcase of classic wind instruments shows them in order of increasing size, with varieties of wood instruments on display first, then copper ones. This division has been preserved since ancient times and now does not correspond to reality - the wooden flutes, clarinets, oboes and bassoons included in the group can be made far from only wood. They can be plastic and metal, flutes - even glass. The saxophone, which was considered by musicologists to be wooden according to the principle of operation, had no ancient analogs, and was always made of metal.

On the other hand, copper tools were made only from this metal only at the dawn of the development of metallurgy; now copper alloys or silver are used. The group of brass instruments includes trumpet, French horn, trombone and tuba. Instruments in this series are of increasing size and complexity. The trombone, which has a movable curtain for a smooth change in pitch, stands somewhat apart.

Almost all wind instruments are included, in addition to brass bands, in symphony orchestras and ensembles. Dixielands and jazz bands also use them.

The combination of stretched strings and percussion mechanisms controlled by the keyboard is typical for concert musical instruments, which include pianos, grand pianos and upright pianos. Some experts consider grand pianos and upright pianos to be varieties of pianos, characterized by horizontal or vertical arrangement of strings.

Since the middle of the last century, only grand pianos and pianos have been produced, traditional pianos, which have less expressive possibilities due to the shorter length of the strings, have gone down in history. Grand pianos are mainly used in concert activities as a vocal accompaniment or independently, pianos - for home or chamber music.

On display in the Glinka Museum are the predecessors of the current keyboard instruments, both strings and reeds. Strings include percussion clavichord and plucked harpsichord, while reed harmoniums are related to harmonics, button accordions and accordions. The first instrument with air bellows was the tabletop harmonica of Kirchner, a Czech who worked in Russia. Unlike her and our familiar hand instruments, the bellows of the harmonium were operated by foot pedals.

From organ to synthesizer

The last hall of the Glinka Museum presents several instruments that are not included in the ensembles and orchestras, ancient means of reproducing recorded sounds. Here are presented unique exhibits, which are quite rare in the collections of museums and private individuals. Among them, the organ stands out, which many have heard of, but not all visitors have seen.

According to the device, the instrument is a small organ, air injection and the operation of the sound mechanism are provided by rotating the handle on the body. Hurdy-gurdy used by wandering musicians, their sounds accompanied the performances of booth circus performers.

The creation of the first sound recording and reproducing devices has a concrete pioneer, the famous inventor Edison. The phonograph he designed in 1877 provided recording and reproduction of sounds with a sharp needle on a roller wrapped in tin foil or covered with wax paper.

Recording on a flat round plate was invented by Berliner, the sound was reproduced by devices with an external horn - a gramophone. Apparatuses with a horn hidden in the case were produced by the Pathé firm, hence the name of the gramophone. Further progress in sound recording was rapid: magnetic tapes, laser discs, high quality digital sound recordings.

A rare photoelectronic sound synthesizer ANS, named after the initials of the great composer Scriabin, was invented by the Russian Murzin back in the late 30s of the last century, and was made only in 1963. The unusual sounds of this device can be remembered by viewers of the fantastic films of Tarkovsky and Gaidai's Diamond Hand.

The music on it was created by the composer without writing notes and involving the orchestra. Synthesizers also developed rapidly, with the invention of transistors becoming compact and affordable. Now all musical groups of various genres have synthesizers.

Another notable exhibit of the Glinka Museum is the gigantic drum set of the musician and composer, tireless experimenter R. Shafi. Manual control of such a complex set of drums and drums is clearly impossible,

Shafi invented a unique control pedal Serpent Gorynych, which, due to the number of instruments served, ended up in the Guinness Book. There are other interesting exhibits in this section, including personal instruments of famous musicians.

A visit to the Glinka Museum may seem unnecessary after a story about him, but this impression is extremely erroneous. There are many interesting things here that are difficult to describe in a cursory review; there are new and interesting forms of work with visitors. It is informative and interesting to visit here for people with any level of interest and understanding of music, after visiting this interest will definitely increase.

Reviews of the Museum of Musical Culture. M. I. Glinka

Lyudmila Milkina 03/01/2017 at 18:39

I got to this museum by accident: I was walking down the street, I saw a bus stop with that name. I think it means he is somewhere nearby, I found a museum - and did not regret it. I got to three Exhibitions: "Sound and ... man, universe, play", musical instruments of different times and peoples and "Dances of buffoons" with drawings by B. Messerer. First I went to an interactive exhibition about sounds. It was very interesting for both children and adults. You could listen to different sounds, you could create different sounds, see how they affect nature and humans, and much, much more, which we do not know, but which is very interesting to learn. The exhibition of instruments from different nations and times in general stunned me with the number and variety of these instruments, some instruments of such a peculiar shape that it is not clear how they are played and what sounds they make. And here, unfortunately, I again faced the disease of all our museums: the inscriptions near the exhibits are academically dry and do not explain anything about them: the name, date of manufacture, even the country where it is from is not always indicated. There are, of course, banners with long boring texts that no one reads. People come to the museum to see! It would be very cool if at least near the most unusual instruments there were pictures (photos, drawings), by which it would be possible to understand how they are played, and if you could also listen to their sound, it would be just fantastic. By the way, the black letters on the glass are practically invisible, so that even those inscriptions that are there are not readable. Various concerts are also held in this museum. I took a ticket for one of them. I hope to become a regular visitor to this museum. Judge about the exhibition of B. Messerer's drawings by my photos.

Lyudmila Milkina 03/01/2017 at 18:32

I got to this museum by accident: I was walking down the street, I saw a bus stop with that name. I think it means he is somewhere nearby, I found a museum - and did not regret it. I got to three Exhibitions: "Sound and ... man, universe, play", musical instruments of different times and peoples and "Dances of buffoons" with drawings by B. Messerer. First I went to an interactive exhibition about sounds. It was very interesting for both children and adults. You could listen to different sounds, you could create different sounds, see how they affect nature and humans, and much, much more, which we do not know, but which is very interesting to learn. The exhibition of instruments from different nations and times in general stunned me with the number and variety of these instruments, some instruments of such a peculiar shape that it is not clear how they are played and what sounds they make. And here, unfortunately, I again faced the disease of all our museums: the inscriptions near the exhibits are academically dry and do not explain anything about them: the name, date of manufacture, even the country where it is from is not always indicated. There are, of course, banners with long boring texts that no one reads. People come to the museum to see! It would be very cool if at least near the most unusual instruments there were pictures (photos, drawings), by which it would be possible to understand how they are played, and if you could also listen to their sound, it would be just fantastic. By the way, the black letters on the glass are practically invisible, so that even those inscriptions that are there are not readable. Various concerts are also held in this museum. I took a ticket for one of them. I hope to become a regular visitor to this museum.

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All-Russian Museum Association of Musical Culture named after V.I. M.I. Glinka (VMOMK named after M.I. Glinka)- a museum association that includes branches throughout Moscow. Mailing address: 125047, Moscow, Fadeeva street, 4.

The museum is a complex of the main premises and several branches that function as repositories of valuable exhibits and a research and educational institution for musical culture.

For a long time, 1938-1984, the singer and musicologist Ekaterina Nikolaevna Alekseeva was the director of the museum.

In early 1995, by decree of the President of the Russian Federation, the Museum was included in the State Code of Especially Valuable Cultural Heritage Sites of the Peoples of the Russian Federation.

Based on the order of the Ministry of Culture of the Russian Federation No. 921 dated September 9, 2011, the name of the State Central Museum of Musical Culture named after M.I. Glinka changed to ALL-RUSSIAN MUSEUM ASSOCIATION OF MUSICAL CULTURE named after M.I. Glinka

History of the creation of the museum

The history of the museum is set out on its official website. The foundations of the museum were laid by the Moscow Conservatory, where gradually, over the course of many years, manuscripts, sheet music, scores, personal belongings of musicians, their musical instruments, photographs from musical performances were accumulated. After the death of her husband, the wife of Prince V.F. In the late 1880s, musical instruments of the peoples of Central Asia and Kazakhstan were purchased from A.F. Gradually, an extensive fund was gathered, growing more and more.

Unique items and documents required special storage. From these and other exhibits of the conservatory, in March 1912, the Rubinstein Museum at the Moscow Conservatory was solemnly opened. The name of Nikolai Grigorievich Rubinstein was not given to the museum by accident - it was a prominent Russian musician, founder of the Moscow Conservatory and its first director.

Since the end of the 1930s, so many funds have accumulated that their thorough systematization and classification has already been required.

Even during the Great Patriotic War of 1941-1945. the conservatory museum was not evacuated and continued to work.

The museum was at the conservatory for many years, gaining independence in 1943 and receiving a new name: the State Central Museum of Musical Culture. A few years later, in 1954, in connection with the 150th anniversary of the birth of M.I. Glinka, the museum was named after him.

In 1964, the Museum of Musical Culture was housed in the Troekurov Chambers (Georgievsky Pereulok, 4), where it existed until 1980, when the construction of a new museum building with a concert hall was completed, in which the organ of the German company Schuke (Potsdam) was installed.

Since 1985, permanent exhibitions have been opened in the museum.

Branches

Currently, the museum has six branches:

Foundations

The museum currently has the world's largest fund of musical culture, numbering about 1,000,000 items and covering all components of the concept of "musical culture". These are author's manuscripts, and archives of musicians of different times, and autographs, and photographs of musical figures - both portraits and scenes from performances - and musical instruments of different eras, and audio and video recordings of musical works of all types and genres, from classical to folk and contemporary rhythmic - in the section of photographic documents there are currently about 89,000 items. The first Russian gramophone records (about 60,000 storage units) are also kept here, issued by Gramophone, Zonofon, Path, Metropol, and publications of the Soviet period (Melodiya), and leading foreign firms.

Many composers donated to the Museum the manuscripts of their works, among them S. V. Rachmaninov, A. K. Glazunov, A. T. Grechaninov, D. D. Shostakovich and others. These unique documents have been preserved, accessible, and visible.

In addition, the museum has a research department called "We are looking for ...", which searches for missing manuscripts, scores and everything related to music.

The museum has a recording studio equipped with modern equipment and used by musicians of various styles.

Scientific and educational activities

Researchers conduct more than 20 subscription cycles of concerts, lecture-concerts, educational lectures for visitors of all ages and levels of musical knowledge. There is a separate program for the musical development of children (cycles of lectures with musical inserts, demonstration of musical instruments, a story about their origin and history). A cycle of concert programs under the general title "For the whole family" is being developed.

Thematic exhibitions are shown not only in the halls of the hospital, but also in other cities of the country and abroad.

The museum publishes music and text editions, holds music concerts, works on publications of music and scientific research.

The museum organizes listening to recordings of the music library, holding musical concerts, exhibitions, expositions, lectures, since 2007 there has been a Moscow Opera Club, which first opened in November 1989 at the Museum of Cinema, then moved to the A. A. Bakhrushin Theater Museum , and since 2007 he has firmly settled in the Glinka Museum of Musical Culture. The programs of the Opera Club are dedicated to a specific topic: the biography of a composer or singer, a musical direction or an opera school. Within the framework of the Opera Club, seminars are also held with the participation of foreign performers, musicians and musicologists.

Within the framework of the International Competition. PI Tchaikovsky, the Museum hosts International Violin Master Competitions every four years.

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Named after Glinka is one of the largest treasuries, which presents monuments of musical art. It has no analogues in the world.

general information

The museum contains 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.

Musical instruments of many peoples of the world are of particular interest. In 2010, the State Collection donated to the Museum the largest collection of works by masters from different eras. Among them are masterpieces made by the hands of A. Stradivari, representatives of the Amati and Guarneri families. The Glinka Musical Museum is proud of the oldest organs installed within its walls, including the work of F. Ladegast.

Main job

Permanent exhibitions are on display here. Dialogue concerts, excursions and recording evenings can be organized upon prior request. Those who wish can attend interactive classes, as well as educational children's holidays.

Story

The beginning of the Museum of Musical Culture. Glinka takes from the Moscow Conservatory. It was here, from the very first moment of its existence, that 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, within the walls of a small hall next to the library of the conservatory was opened the Museum. N.G. Rubinstein. It was dedicated to the memory of this outstanding musical figure, whom the metropolitan audience was especially fond of. It was Rubinstein who founded the Conservatory and the Moscow Branch of the Russian Musical Society. Here were concentrated IRMO documents, rare instruments and books, his personal belongings, as well as letters and autographs.

Changes

Throughout its short history, the Glinka Museum experienced both times of rise and difficult stages when, being in complete oblivion, it was on the verge of closing. For almost three decades, he served as a service department at the Moscow Conservatory. These were the functions of a kind of educational 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, on the eve of the celebration of the 75th anniversary of the Moscow Conservatory, the nature of the museum's activities changed dramatically. His collection began to grow at a rapid pace, the exhibition area of ​​work was noticeably intensified, the research side of the funds was popularized.

In 1941, on the basis of the conservatory division, by Stalin's decision, the Central Museum of Musical Culture was created. And already in 1943 it was awarded the status of a state institution. From that moment on, the State Center for Metallurgy and Metallurgy began not only to gain great popularity, but also received its own 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 widely disseminated and entered into general cultural use. Thanks to source studies, this cultural center began to acquire the status of a research center. However, the Glinka Museum officially received it only in 1974. But despite the fact that this happened with some delay, nothing could any longer prevent the employees devoted to their beloved work from engaging in scientific activities.

Throughout its history, the Glinka Museum in Moscow has changed its address twice. After the territory of the conservatory, for almost two decades he was located in a beautiful old mansion - in the chambers that belonged to the boyars Troyekurov. This building was located in Georgievsky Lane: native Muscovites knew it well. But since the beginning of the 1980s, the Museum of Musical Culture. Glinka finally acquired his final home: a building on Fadeev Street was built especially for him.

Collection of records

Today it is called one of the world's largest foundations of musical culture. Its collections number about one million items, which cover all components of musical culture. Here you can see not only the author's manuscripts, but also autographs and photographs depicting the most famous cultural figures.

The Glinka Museum has a huge collection of musical instruments from different eras, as well as audio and video recordings of works of all genres and types, from classical, including modern, to folk.

The very first Russian gramophone records are also located here. There are about sixty thousand storage units. Also shown are the first issues of the companies "Gramophone" and "Zonophone", "Path" and "Metropol". There are many publications of the Soviet period, which were produced by the Melodiya company, as well as leading foreign musical organizations.

The Glinka na Fadeeva Museum is a place where manuscripts of works by composers are kept. Among them are such masters as Glazunov, Rachmaninov, Shostakovich, Grechaninov and many others. These amazing documents have been perfectly preserved. They are available for viewing, so everyone who visits the Glinka Museum can admire them.

It also has its own recording studio, which is equipped with modern equipment. Musicians of various styles come to the Museum to record their works.

Subdivisions

The composition of the All-Russian Museum of Musical Culture. Glinka, in addition to the main building located on Fadeev 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 memorial estate of Prokofiev, “P. Tchaikovsky and Moscow ", the apartments of A. Goldenweiser and N. Golovanov, as well as the House-Museum which is still at the stage of creation.

In 1995, by decree of the President of the Russian Federation, the Glinka Museum was included in the State Code, which includes especially valuable objects of cultural heritage.

Educational work

Its researchers conduct about twenty subscription cycles of lectures and concerts, educational courses for visitors of different ages and levels of knowledge. There is a separate program for the development of children - instruments with musical inserts, stories about their origin and history of creation.

Thematic exhibitions can be viewed not only by visiting the Glinka Museum on Fadeeva or other branches of the capital, but also in other cities of the country and abroad, where collections are constantly brought.

Employees prepare and publish music and text publications, carry out work for publications of music and scientific research.

The Glinka Museum holds not only music concerts and exhibitions. Since 2007, the Moscow Opera Club has been operating here. At first, it was opened in the Museum of Cinema, after it moved to the A. A. Bakhrushin Theater Hall, and since 2007 has firmly established itself within 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, or opera schools. As part of its activities, seminars are held in which foreign performers, musicians and musicologists take part.

Main expositions

The Glinka Museum has a unique collection of instruments, one third of which is displayed in exhibitions. Its five rooms, decorated in individual color schemes, present more than nine hundred traditional and professional exhibits to the attention of visitors. Here you can find instruments of both the peoples of Russia and practically all countries of Europe, Asia, America, Africa and Australia.

In the first hall, visitors can see the Russians. Here you can admire the unique harp, presumably made in the thirteenth and fourteenth centuries. They were found during archaeological excavations in ancient Novgorod. After the reconstruction of their lost fragments, these unique finds took their place of honor. Here are also copies from the nozzles and horns: their fragments were also found during excavations.

In the showcase of another room, which presents instruments of the states adjacent to our country, there is the oldest collection, which is rightfully proud of the Musical Museum. Glinka. This is a collection of thirty-six musical instruments played by the peoples of Central Asia. It was collected by August Eichhorn - Kapellmeister of the Turkestan Military District.

Another amazing exhibit is the Chinese small labial organ "sheng", which, according to researchers, was created in the second millennium before our chronology. Other instruments - the Vietnamese monochord decorated with filigree mother-of-pearl inlays, as well as the nineteenth-century Irish harp - are always of great interest to visitors. Here you can also see the Scottish bagpipes and the Japanese string "koto", which girls from aristocratic families should have been able to play, Indian "wine", as well as African tam-tams, the membranes of which are made of animal skins.