The Foreign Music History Department of the Moscow Conservatory at the Turn of the Century: the 75th Anniversary of Mikhail Alexandrovich Saponov

Abstract

For more than 30 years, the Department of the History of Foreign Music of the Moscow Conservatory has been headed by Doctor of Art History, Professor M. A. Saponov. A major researcher of European music of different times, a talented translator, an enthusiastic teacher, he also proved to be an excellent organizer, who managed not only to preserve, but also to promote the multiplication of the creative achievements of his department.

Keywords

Mikhail Alexandrovich Saponov, Moscow Conservatory, Music history department, higher education, research activity