Musicology Annotation << Back The Music of Leonid Sabaneev in His Contemporaries` Critiques: On the Problem of Appreciation Alexander O. Maksimenko The name of L. Sabaneev has been on the periphery of musicians' interests for a long time. In the Soviet period a reputation for L. Sabaneev as an insignifi cant composer and scientist was created. His works have been criticized in the late 1920-s and then suppressed. The situation began to change in 2000 after some of his books and articled been republished and again entered the musicological discourse. However, Sabaneev’s musical art didn't receive any due attention in Russia. This cannot be said of the foreign musical world where beginning in 2012 three CDs with Sabaneev’s music have been released. His compositions received positive reviews from foreign critics but still didn't awake any interest for his music in his homeland. The article discusses the specifi cs of a situation in which L. Sabaneev’s fi gure turned up. The specifi city of it is in that L. Sabaneev’s music received critics’ appraisal in Russia before his emigration in 1926, and immediately after that he became criticized and neglected. At that time appeared a false opinion that he was Scriabin’s imitator, and that opinion is still fairly widespread. The article seeks to demonstrate that that opinion is false, for which purpose the analysis of a number of critiques of different periods is made. Also, the article rises the problem of evaluating L. Sabaneev’s music by the contemporary musicians Keywords: Leonid Sabaneev, music of Sabaneev, the infl uence of Scriabin, appreciation of the musical heritage, Sabaneev's musical recordings. Contacts: E-mail: mao_ts@list.ru Pp. 29-38.