Guseinova Zivar Makhmudovna

Guseinova Zivar Makhmudovna – well-known specialist in the field of ancient Russ and classic Russian music, Doctor of Arts, professor, head of History of Russian music chair of N. A. Rimsky-Korsakov Saint Petersburg State Conservatory, editor-in-chief of “MUSICUS” journal, member of editorial board of journals "OPERA MUSICOLOGICA" and "Vestnik Bashkirskogo Universiteta"

PhD thesis: "The Principles of Systematization of Ancient Russian Musical writing of 11^th–14^th Centuries. (The Problem of Deciphering the Early Form of Znamenny Notation)" (1982).

Doctoral thesis: “Notice” by Alexander Mezents and Music Theory of 17^th Century

Z. M. Guseinova has advised one doctoral and eight PhD theses. She is the author of more than 100 scientific and educational works.

Area of scientific interests: old Russian music, Russian classical music, textual criticism, source studies.

Monographs and textbooks:

1. "Notice" by Alexander Mezents and Music Theory of 17^th Century. Monograph. St. Petersburg: SPbGK publishing house, 1995. 226 pp.
2. Signs of Old Russian Notation. Handbook. St. Petersburg: SPbGK publishing house, 1999. 21 pp.
3. Russian Musical Alphabet of 15^th–16^th Centuries. Textbook. St. Petersburg: SPbGK publishing house, 1999. 146 pp.

Main works:

1. Old Russian Chants: Diversity of Music Interpretations // Musical Education in the Modern World. Dialogue of Times. Materials of international scientific-practical conference. 10-12 December 2009. Part 2. Ed. M. V. Vorotnoi. St. Petersburg: Herzen RSPU press, 2010. Pp. 47-52.
2. M. O.Steinberg: FirstYearinTashkent // Operamusicologica. 2011. No. 1(7). Pp. 24-39.
3. Die Theotokia und Kreuzteotokia aus den Menaionbuchern als Gesangszyklus // Theorie und Geschicte der Monodie. Band 6. Brno, 2012.Pp. 197–219.