Music Manuhandwritten Scores of the Priest Peter Taratuta from the Rare Collection of the Library of the Yekaterinburg Theological Seminary (Part 1)

The publication presents for the first time a full scientific description of two manuscript sheet music collections of Archpriest Peter Taratuta (1909-1978) from the collection of the library of the Ekaterinburg Orthodox Theological Seminary (ETS RK 43208 and ETS RK 43211).According to the records, the scores with spiritual works by composers for church choirs were compiled by Archpriest Peter Taratuta from 1938 to 1945 in Lithuania and Ukraine.The appearance of musical scores was connected with the revival of traditional forms of church life in this period.The introduction of new musical sources into the scientific turnover will serve for further study of choral culture and traditions of church singing in the Urals, which developed thanks, among other things, to the existence of Peter Taratuta's scores.