POLYPHONISTS OF THE SARATOV CONSERVATOIRE OF THE SECOND HALF OF THE 20th CENTURY
The article is devoted to the activity of teachers-polyphonists of the Saratov Conservatoire in the second half of the 20th century, focusing on the continuity of traditions dating back to the beginning of the century, the time polyphony was taught by an outstanding Russian composer, teacher and scientist Sergei Ivanovich Taneyev (1856-1915), the creator of the counterpoint writing school at the Moscow Conservatory. The publication reviews scientific and methodological works of such major specialists in the field of polyphony as the founder of musical theoretical education in Saratov Professor L. M. Rudolf, Professor I. A. Tyutmanov, Honored Artist of the Russian Federation, Professor A. A. Brening, Associate Professor I. A. Nikonov and other representatives of the Music Theory and Composition Department of the Saratov Conservatoire. Special attention is paid to A. A. Brening’s thematic plan of the polyphony program in which he developed traditions of conducting a polyphony course in Moscow and Kazan, run by his teacher G. I. Litinsky, who in his turn was the follower of S. I. Taneev’s method of teaching. The Appendix presents information about teachers who continue the traditions of the S. I. Taneyev’s polyphonic school at the department in the XXI century.