Music and Time Annotation << Back Musical. Historical analysis of the formation of the genre D.S. Zhivov In this article an author provides a historical analysis of the formation of the musical genre up to the «Show Boat» – the first conventionally acknowledged representative of the musical genre. An important feature of this analysis is a maximal expansion of a period within which analysis is being provided and, thus, maximal deepening into the past of a starting point of the analytical process. For each period of the formation of the musical genre there is an accentuation of an origin of inherent to the «Show Boat» elements of dramaturgy. There is a conclusion following the results of the analysis determining main sources and processes which influenced the formation of the musical genre. Keywords: genre, music, musical, scene, dramaturgy. Contacts: - Pp. 03-08.