From a Private School to a State Lyceum: Reconstruction of the Stages of Institutionalization of the Mykola Lysenko Kyiv State Music Lyceum (on the occasion of the 90th anniversary of its foundation). Part One

The article considers the essential foundations of the organization of children’s art education in Ukraine in the second third of the twentieth century on the example of the institutionalization of one of the leading art educational institutions — the Mykola Lysenko Kyiv State Music Lyceum. Based on archival sources and official documents of the time, the author personalizes the management of the educational institution, reveals the problems of forming the teaching staff and the contingent of students of the period. For the first time, a significant layer of archival sources is introduced into scientific circulation, the stages of formation and conceptualization of the educational process are recorded, and the development strategies of the leading art educational institution of Ukraine are revealed. It has been found that the education of musicians took place under the close supervision of the governing state body in the field of culture — the Committee for Arts of the Ukrainian SSR and under the patronage of a higher education institution — the Kyiv State Conservatory, the faculty of which was involved in teaching practice at the school. The concept of cooperation between a higher educational art institution and the primary level of children’s music education made it possible to identify bright creative personalities in the field of music performance, music theory and composition, who created a positive image of Ukrainian culture in the world cultural space with their skills.