Musicology Annotation << Back Formation of a three-level structure of domestic music education (the 1920s) Adishchev Vladimir I. The formation process of a three-level structure of domestic music education is revealed on the basis of the archive sources analysis. it is shown that this process began in 1921 and was due to the need to resolve the contradictions that had existed in the Russian music education since the pre-revolutionary time. The process was congruent with the work of the People’s Commissariat of Education of the RSFSR which was oriented to streamline the educational system in the country. In its development this process went through two stages. At the first stage, the conservatories were reorganized into educational institutions which included as a whole three educational levels: a music primary school, a music technical school and an institution of higher education. At the second stage, these levels were separated into independent, successively interconnected educational institutions that implemented the programs of primary, specialized secondary and higher music education. By the end of 1926, the work on the preparation of legal normative documents regulating the activities of these educational institutions was completed. It is concluded that the structure of music education (school – technical school – institution of higher education) developed in the 1920s turned out to be effective in the following decades. The Soviet and Russian music education took leading positions in the global educational space. Keywords: music education, three-level structure, music school, technical school, conservatory. DOI: 10.25791/musicology.10.2019.949 Contacts: - Pp. 03-11.