There is covered the issue, little-studied in the local history, of establishment of the system of professional music education in pre-revolutionary Tsaritsyn. With the use of new archival materials and modern researchers works, there is suggested the review of the stages of beginnings of Tsaritsyn Department of the Imperial Russian music society and its Music classes as the first educational institution of the music art. For the first time in scientific literature, there is given the unknown information about charitable and organizational activities in the field of music education of major Tsaritsyn supporters, in particular, A.A.Repnikov, A.V.Lapshin, G.G.Serebryakov.