“The work plan in the field of “light and sound” was handwritten by an employee of the State Institute of Art History, the grandson of the composer N. A. Rimsky-Korsakov – Georgy Mikhailovich Rimsky-Korsakov (1901–1965). The document is not dated, however, judging by a number of facts mentioned in it, it was compiled by G.M. Rimsky-Korsakov around October 1925. The document contains nine points of theoretical and practical orientation. Among them: “Construction of an apparatus that makes it possible to change the intensity and colour of lighting in a room (hall) at any speed of filling, if possible, the entire room with uniform light”; Collecting materials on synopsia (photism) by means of a questionnaire sent to musicians and non-musicians”, “Testing the performance of works written in light and sound terms, as well as musical works not designed for light accompaniment”, etc.
Links to Third-Party Publications:
Kolganova O. Work plan of the Department of Theory and History of Music in the field of “light and sound” (State Institute of Art History, 1920s) // The Art of Sound and Light: Galeev Readings: Materials of the International Research and Practice Conference (Kazan, July 3–6, 2025) / “Bulat Galeev–Prometheus” Foundation; ed.-comp. A. B. Maksimova, ed. O. V. Kolganova. – Kazan: Publishing House of the Academy of Sciences of the Republic of Tatarstan, 2025. pp. 154–160; Kolganova O. V. Study of “coloured hearing” at the State Institute of Art History in the 1920s (based on materials from the collections of the Russian National Museum of Music) // Cultural heritage of Eurasia: problems of collecting, preservation, study and updating: Materials and abstracts of reports of the International Research and Practice Conference (St. Petersburg, October 13–15, 2025) / Russian Institute of Art History / Comp. and resp. ed. D. A. Bulatova, editor-compiler E. P. Yakovleva. St. Petersburg, 2025. pp. 92–94. https://artcentre.ru/publications/
