ABSTRACT
In Soviet musicology, the second half of the 1930s is usually considered a happy and fruitful period, and from a certain point of view this is true. In 1922, Khachaturian moved to Moscow and entered the department of biology at the University and, simultaneously, the Gnesin College of Music. Besides, while studying at the Gnesin College, Khachaturian was in contact with another great specialist in oriental music—Gliere. Regarding the character of music and the degree of formal perfection, both Concertos by Khachaturian stand in the same relation to each other as do the Concertos by Tchaikovsky. In the first half of the 1930s, two young composers came forth to play a very specific role in the history of Soviet music: Tikhon Khrennikov and Dmitriy Kabalevsky. In the annals of Soviet music, the year 1936, apart from the Lady Macbeth affair, was marked by a great event of a positive kind.
