Centralization of concert system in Russia (1917-1941)

The article is devoted to the investigation of structural reconstruction of Culture Department bodies in total as well as concert and musical sphere particularly during the period 1917-1941. Concert and philharmonic sphere is considered in a close connection with historic-political and social processes of those times. In the article we can trace evolution of party art concept leading to the unification of organizational forms and tools for concert-philharmonic enlightenment in the country. The author comes to the conclusion that it is possible to distinguish two periods in the history of music and concert sphere and in relation of state cultural policy to it. The first period - twentieth years - is the time of “spontaneous reconstruction” and the second period - thirties years-is the decade of principal transformations in the sphere. As a result of the reorganization philharmonic received the official status of the only special state concert organization. since1940 only the state philharmonic could carry on the concert activity at the local level.