The Moscow Synodal School () and the associated Moscow Synodal Choir were the main centre of teaching for Russian Orthodox Church music in Russia prior to dissolution and merger with the choral faculty of Moscow Conservatory in 1919. Article in Энциклопедия «Москва» (Russian)
The school originally was directly linked with the Moscow Patriarchate but underwent a major reform in 1886.James Stuart Campbell Russians on Russian music, 1880-1917: an anthology. p.xii Important directors and faculty members of school include Alexander Kastalsky piano and director 1910-1918, Arseny Koreshchenko, counterpoint, and Viktor Kalinnikov.Dennis Shrock, Choral Repertoire p.513
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