Music and Time Annotation << Back A.N. Serov, the Founder of Russian Musical Critique L. Slutskaya In the paper the role of Russian musical critique in formation of Russian musical culture is analyzed. The space of Russian culture of the 19th century is described, the range of problems which were to resolve is brought out. The author analyses in detail the activity of A.N. Serov, an outstanding musical thinker, the founder of Russian musical critique, who opened a new chapter in the comprehension of the 19th century musical culture. Keywords: Russian musical culture, Russian musical critique, A.N. Serov. E-mail: education@mail.ru. Pp. 36–38