Musicology Annotation << Back Idea of «Phonosphere» Ekaterina M. Tarakanova The article is devoted to phonosphere concept put forward 30 years ago by outstanding Russian musicologist, Doctor in Arts Mikhail Evgen’evich Tarakanov. Scientist considered the phonosphere as an organic part of the noosphere, and pointed to the special role of music in the sound environment of the human habitat. The background radio emission of the Earth has increased substantially in recent decades. A signifi cant part of these emissions is “encoded” music. With the help of modern electronic sound recording and reproducing technical means it can be translated into real sounds in any part of the planet. The world is surrounded by a new geosphere – phonosphere. Human infl uences on it, and the phonosphere effects on human and humanity in general. In this connection the question arises about the musical ecology. This article contains one of the earliest texts preceding Tarakanov’s article «Folklore and "phonosphere"», published in May 1986 in the “UNESCO Courier” magazine. Keywords: phonosphere, noosphere, musical ecology, sound environment, Mikhail E. Tarakanov. Contacts: E-mail: musickate@list.ru Pp. 03-12.