Reconstructing a musician scientific biography using library science methods (a case of A. I. Ziloti)

Abstract

Scientific disciplines integration sometimes leads to unexpected results at the present stage of science development. Research techniques, developed in frames of one science to solve their own problems, occurred to be useful for another one. A representative instance became reconstructing scientific biography of A. I. Ziloti - an outstanding musician of the late ХIХ - early ХХ centuries - based on the library science research methods, in particular, «linear-mine» technique of structuring and presenting personal biographical materials, offered by St. Petersburg scientist M. N. Kolesnikova and effectively implemented in E. V. Bakhtina’s thesis about a prominent library scientist V. F. Sakharov.