Humanities & Social Sciences 6 (2015 8) 1052-1064 ~ ~ ~ УДК 7.022.26 Musical Interests and Priorities of Vladimir Lenin (Modern Vision) Emil’ M. Preisman* Krasnoyarsk State Academy of Music and Theatre 22 Lenin Str., Krasnoyarsk, 660049, Russia Received 12.10.2014, received in revised form 06.01.2015, accepted 29.01.2015 In modern Russia the problem of cultural education, including musical and aesthetic one, has become quite acute as one of the barriers on the way of globalization negative impacts. <...> In the search for modern approaches to its reestablishment, the author suggests to turn to the experience of the past and, in particular, to study the attitude of Vladimir Lenin to music, who though not being an expert in the fi eld, but as a politician believed that cultural education of the people is important and prospective. <...> Keywords: Lenin, music, musical and aesthetic education, opera, symphonic music, quartet, piano music, vocal lyrics, art songs, songs. <...> This phenomenon is mainly economic, nevertheless affecting all the spheres of human life and activities.1 In the cultural fi eld, globalization leads to leveling of national and religious identity of cultures, substitution of cultural values of different nations and countries by aggressively imposed, adjusted for empty-headed consumption, socalled “western values” leading to downplaying of the personality, making it easy to impose, and, that globalization provides the most dangerous effect on young people, while it is the mind and hands of modern youngsters, which will create the future. © Siberian Federal University. <...> Let us note In the cultural fi eld, Therefore, opposing globalization is natural. the priority for Russia is counteraction to the imposing of the alien way of thinking in the fi eld of culture, fi rst of all moral, determining other types of cultures as well, including musical. <...> The attitude to musical culture is extremely important, while the language of music with its profound emotional impact is a mediator of both the high level of cultural values and intoxicating bright advertising in opposition to the skillfully “packed” grayness. <...> It is obvious, that to differentiate between grains and weed one should have general musical education, which means not only learning how to play a musical instrument, but also learning how Emil <...>