Participation of women in educational activities of the departments of the Imperial Russian Musical Society in the second half of XIX - early XX centuries

The article defines the place of the gender component in the construction of Russian music in the second half of the XIX - early XX centuries, particularly in the development of the Imperial Russian Musical Society (IRMS). Russian women in the specified period of history, having had an opportunity of socialization, actively expressed their creativity as kontsertantki, educators, organizers and director of IRMS and vocational schools in them.