Maria Kotlyarevskaya-Kraft

Maria Alexeevna Kotlyarevskaya-Kraft was a Soviet and Russian musicologist, pedagogue, enlightener and.

Biography

The musician was born on March 24, 1922, in Vitebsk. Her father A. F. Shtein was a hereditary musician and one of the founders of musical education in Novosibirsk and her mother T. M. Kotlyarevskaya was a pianist.
In 1952, she graduated from the Tashkent Conservatory.
Kotlyarevskaya-Kraft died on August 27, 2012 and was buried at the Zayeltsovskoye Cemetery.

Pedagogical activity

Kotlyarevskaya-Kraft was a teacher of music theory and solfeggio at the Children's Music School No. 1 and Novosibirsk Musical College.
Her methodology has become the educational basis for more than one generation of novice musicians.
She was a supporter of the relative solmization method.
Kotlyarevskaya summarized her pedagogical experience in a monograph based on lectures for students of Novosibirsk Musical College and children's music teachers from other cities of Russia.

Works

Сольфеджио для подготовительного, 1—6 кл. ДМШПриглашение к творчеству. Новосибирск, 1987

''Промолчать не смогу... Затронуть струны детской души. Новосибирск: РНД, 2000''