Musicology Annotation << Back «Milanese symphony». On the issue of birth of the European symphonism Ekaterina G. Varlamova The article deals with the genre of concert symphony arisen in Italy in the 1730-40s. In the fi rst half of the XVIII century Milan was considered to be one of the largest music centres in Italy, moreover in Europe. The sociocultural atmosphere of Milan became the necessary natural platform made it possible to develop a new genre – «Milanese symphony». The «new style» phenomenon («nuovo stile») and the genesis of the concert symphony genre gained great attention in the given study. One of the most signifi cant conditions that advanced the «new style» among the others was Milan’s high level of artistic resources in performance and composition noted far beyond Austrian Lombardy. The article studies stylistic peculiarities of the early «concert symphony» models by G.B. Sammartini’s and A. Brioschi’s musical compositions. It is concluded that the «new style » («nuovo stile») was the forerunner of the European classicism and «Milanese symphony» appeared to be the benchmark of the European symphonism. Keywords: Milanese composition school, «musica d’insieme», «new style» («nuovo stile»), G.B. Sammartini, «concert symphony» («sinfonia da concerto»), «Milanese symphony», Philarmonic academy. Contacts: E-mail: katerinadakazan@yandex.ru Pp. 21-26.