Abstract. The article is devoted to the problem of style in Russian music of the 20th century. The author emphasises its inclusion in the general panorama of the world artistic and creative movement, differentiated in modern science by direction styles, national style, individual styles of composers. The article describes the romantic orientation of Russian music at the beginning of the last century and the dominance of A. Scriabin’s creativity in stylistic parameters. The reaction of scientists of that time to the style breach in the mid 1920s is shown. The author substantiates the nomination of S. Prokofi ev as the leader of the renewal of musical thinking, the dominant fi gure of neoclassicism. The author formulates the philosophical and aesthetic concept of this direction, the essence of the composer’s method and systematises the main stylistic features. Based on the example of Yu. Tyulin’s Third Piano Sonata and D. Shostakovich’s First Piano Sonata, the direct contacts with Prokofi ev’s texts are demonstrated. The continuation of the composer’s ideas in subsequent decades is revealed.

Keywords: domestic music of the 20th century, stylistic panorama of the era, neoclassicism, individual style, S. Prokofi ev, musical language