Musicology Annotation << Back Vasily Sergeyevich Kalinnikov. In Memoriam The 150th anniversary of the composer`s birthday (1866–1901) Vera I. Yudina The article is dedicated to the memory of Vasily Sergeyevich Kalinnikov (1866–1901) – a bright representative of traditionalism in Russian musical culture of the 80–90-ies of the XIX century. In a number of other composers of his generation, the disciples and followers of P.I. Tchaikovsky and N.A. Rimsky-Korsakov – S.I. Taneyev, A.K. Glazunov, A.S. Arensky – his music is distinguished by sincerity, simplicity and unspoiled generated by the inner link with the best spiritual traditions of the Russian provinces. Reliance on the historical-biographical method allows us to represent the creative evolution of the composer from the stage of formation of musical interests (childhood years in Orel) through the period of apprenticeship (Moscow, 1884–1893) to the fl ourishing of creativity (Yalta, 1893–1901). Emphasizes the importance of the symphonic genre in its musical heritage of Kalinnikov – the sphere that determined the contribution of the composer in Russian and world musical culture. We consider separately the fate performing his works throughout the XX and early XXI centuries. Keywords: Vasily Sergeyevich Kalinnikov, Russian province, creative evolution, the Symphony genre, historical and biographical, performance practice, individual music tone. Contacts: E-mail: udina@orel.ru Pp. 40-44.