Musicology Annotation << Back S. Rachmaninov’s «The Prayers Incessantly of God» in the Context of the Development of the Genre of Spiritual Concert Andrew B. Kovalev The article discusses the work of «The prayers incessantly of God» in the context of the development of the genre of spiritual concert in the era of a new direction in Russian spiritual music at the turn of XIX–XX centuries. This genre, which goes back to the tradition of singing zaprichastnogo, established at the turn of XVII–XVIII centuries, has been widely used in the works of Russian composers of the Baroque and Classical. The article reveals the ambiguity of stylistic works Rachmaninov, which is clearly showing signs of classicist choral concert and a whole range of characteristics of sacred music a new direction: podgolosochnost tendency to linearity, dynamic development, Alloy znamenny chant and folk songs. The assumption about the prototype works Rachmaninov – the eponymous concert A.L. Vedelya written in the 90s XVIII century. The similarity of these works in terms of a musical composition is due to the three-part structure, the logic of tonal plan, tempo changes, using a variation of liturgical texts «in the intercession of the world immutable hope». Features individually-personal incarnation Rachmaninoff sacred themes expressed in the subordination of all means of musical expression disclosure content, ideas, directly or indirectly related to the liturgical texts kontakion feast of the Assumption of the Blessed Virgin. The general conclusion: the traditional genre of Russian sacred music, choral concert once again confi rmed its viability in the new historical period, despite the bullying situation in the service, and received a new impetus to development in the composer’s work. Keywords: spiritual concert, kontakion, worship genre, a new direction, is famous painting, folk song, podgolosochnost. Contacts: E-mail: andrej-kovalev@yandex.ru Pp. 41-46.