FROM THE HISTORY OF PIANO EDUCATION IN BESSARABIA OF THE 1900-1930s: THE MUSIC COLLEGE AT THE CHISINAU BRANCH OF THE I.R.M.S.

At the beginning of professional musical education in Bessarabia in the 19th century, piano, more than other musical instrument, contributed to the aesthetic and artistic education of a wide range of the Bessarabian society. The appearance of the section of the I.R.M.S. in Chisinau and later — the Music College as a branch of this organization, allowed it to become one of the most musically developed cities from the South East of the Russian Empire. On the basis of the documents found in the National Archives (particularly „The Music School Programme in special and compulsory piano”, the newspapers of that time, works of V. Gutor and V. Buliciov), the author of the article considers the 30-year activity of the given educational organization, which proclaimed by its existence the end of the „epoch of dilettantism” and raised local musical education to a new level which had great importance in the formation and further development of musical culture of the country.