Musicology Annotation << Back On the Theory of Instrumental Theatre Vladislav O. Petrov The given article is devoted to the consideration of the theory of genre of the instrumental theatre. The con¬ception of the article is based upon the semantic inter¬pretation of the genre by the composers and musicologists of the 20th century. The objective of the article is to give substantiation of the instrumental theatre functioning, revealing its semantico-linguistic peculiarities. Key words: instrumental theatre, absurd, theatre of absurd, action. E-mail: petrovagk@yandex.ru