Direction of bachelor’s degree:
5150201 – Art Studies: Musicology
Direction of the magistracy:
5А150202 – Musical art
Subjects taught at the department
Bachelor’s educational disciplines:
- Specialty
- Solfeggio
- Harmony
- Polyphony
- Analysis of musical works
- Theoretical foundations of monody
- Introduction to the specialty
- Makom solfeggio
- Musical-theoretical systems
Special disciplines of the magistracy:
- Specialty
- History of musical styles
- Modern harmony
- Modern polyphony
- Modern forms
- Ethnosfeggio
- Complicated solfeggio
The Department of Music Theory is one of the leading at the State Conservatory of Uzbekistan and occupies an important place in the education and training of professional personnel. The department was founded in 1946.
Every year, highly qualified teachers of the department train specialists – professionals who successfully work not only in music universities, secondary specialized educational institutions of Uzbekistan, but also abroad.
For many years the department consisted of such leading figures of theoretical musicology as Y. Tyulin, Y. Kon, I. Karelova, O. Polikarpov, A. Kotlyarevsky, N. Yudenich, G. Balter.
During the period from 1960 to 1995, the department was represented by such highly qualified and professional personnel as S. Zakrzhevskaya, S. Galitskaya, Yu. Plakhov, M. Kovbas, D. Stern, V. Zudov, L. Koval, E. Matsokina , A. Koralsky, L. Krasutskaya, V. Shapkunova, I. Sotnikova, I. Malmberg, I. Fedorenko, Y. Katz and a promising young generation – N. Kokulyanskaya, Z. Karimova, M. Rosenberg, N. Akhmedkhodzhaeva, F Mukhtarova, A. Azimova, N. Akhundzhanova, S. Khisamova, S. Mirkhodzhaeva, V. Glinsky, S. Matyakubova, L. Bykova.
At that time, the department was headed by I. Akbarov, who made a huge contribution to the development of scientific research and methodological activities. Over the years, the department defended 4 doctoral and 27 candidate dissertations, published monographs, textbooks, anthologies, published scientific and methodological articles. It was during this period that the foundations of research in the field of the theory of monodic culture and composer creativity were laid, which served as the basis and stimulus for further scientific research.
From 1991 to 1996 the department was headed by A. Azimova. A serious scientist, experienced, highly professional teacher, she continued the traditions of I. Akbarov.
From 1996 to 2014, the department was headed by F. Mukhtarova. During this period, young, promising national cadres were invited to the department, who successfully completed their magistracy and postgraduate studies. At the same time, the department published a large number of monographs, textbooks on the courses of harmony (A. Azimova), polyphony (F. Mukhtarova), modern harmony (A. Azimova, Sh. Ibragimova), solfeggio (S. Matyakubova), modal harmony (I. Malmberg), manuals, articles in Uzbek and Russian.