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Academic Capella

The State Academic Capella of St. Petersburg is Russia's oldest professional musical institution whose mission is formation and development of the entire Russian professional musical culture. For several centuries, it was the musical face of Russia. It was here that first appeared consequently all the main areas of music performance and music education.

The State Academic Capella is the oldest Russian professional musical establishment, its activities determined the foundation and the development of the Russian musical culture during last couple of centuries. Here for the first time sequentially appeared many major trends of musical exsecution and education. It all started in 1479 with organization of the chorus of Tzar's Singing Prince's Scribes which was renamed in 1701 to the Court Chorus and finally in 1763 named the Emperor Court Singing Capella. In 1738 the emperor order established for the needs of the Capella the first professional musical school, then in 1740 the other emperor order assigned for young students the obligational education in using the orchestra musical instruments. That educational course was many times cut until the 19th century.

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