On the musical-journalistic heritage of F.A. Baisheva: towards the 100th anniversary of the first Yakut professional choirmaster

The object of the study is musical journalism in Yakutia in the second half of the 20th century. The subject of the research is the musical and journalistic legacy of the first professional choir conductor from Yakutia, People's Artist of the RS (Ya), Honored Artist of the RSFSR Fevroniya Alekseevna Baisheva (1925–2017). The author examines aspects such as the classification of F.A. Baisheva's musical and journalistic legacy, the main themes, issues in her analytical articles, reviews, notes, critiques, and creative portraits. Special attention is given to specific problems in the development of musical art in Yakutia that she raised. Her role in the development of musical journalism in Yakutia is highlighted as one of the representatives of the first generations of musicians in the academic direction of the national republics of the RSFSR, who took on the mission of being guides to the world of musical art for broad segments of the population in their regions. Being bilingual, they established the foundations of musical journalism in the subjects of Russia in both Russian and their native languages; its main tasks, in addition to informing about events in musical art, included enlightenment, musical and aesthetic development, fostering good artistic taste among the population, and forming evaluative judgments about the musical culture of Yakutia. This study employs musical-historical, comparative, classificatory, and biographical methods, which help to reveal F.A. Baisheva's contribution to musical journalism in Yakutia. The primary results of the research are the following conclusions. The first professional choir conductor from Yakutia, F.A. Baisheva, left a significant musical and journalistic legacy, familiarity with which provides insight into the main processes of the development of musical culture in Yakutia in the second half of the 20th century, including the formation of musical-theatrical and choral arts, the system of music education, training personnel for the music industry, and the main issues concerning the development of classical and folk forms of music in the republic, etc. F.A. Baisheva, as a successful musical performer and choir conductor, was also an active participant in the musical journalism process in Yakutia, an author of publications who established fruitful communication links with her readership and conducted educational and, to a large extent, enlightening work, contributing to the development of musical culture in the republic.