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Marin Petrov Goleminov ( bg, Марин Петров Големинов; 28 September 1908 – 19 February 2000) was a
Marin Goleminov at the Union of Bulgarian Composers
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Marin Petrov Goleminov ( bg, Марин Петров Големинов; 28 September 1908 – 19 February 2000) was a Bulgaria
Bulgaria (; bg, България, Bǎlgariya), officially the Republic of Bulgaria,, ) is a country in Southeast Europe. It is situated on the eastern flank of the Balkans, and is bordered by Romania to the north, Serbia and North Macedo ...
n composer
A composer is a person who writes music. The term is especially used to indicate composers of Western classical music, or those who are composers by occupation. Many composers are, or were, also skilled performers of music.
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, violin
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ist, conductor and pedagogue
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Life and career
Goleminov was born inKyustendil
Kyustendil ( bg, Кюстендил ) is a town in the far west of Bulgaria, the capital of the Kyustendil Province, a former bishopric and present Latin Catholic titular see.
The town is situated in the southern part of the Kyustendil Valley, ...
, Bulgaria
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; the son of an attorney, he studied law before switching to music. Having studied music at Sofia
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, Bulgaria
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, Paris
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, France
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, and Munich
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, Bavaria
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, Germany
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, in 1943 he was appointed to the faculty of the Bulgarian State Academy of Music in Sofia to teach orchestration, conducting and composition. From 1954 to 1956 he served as Rector of the Sofia Opera, and as Director of the same organization from 1965 to 1967. In 1976 he was presented with the Gottfried von Herder Award of the Vienna University, and in 1989 was made an Academician of the Bulgarian Academy of Sciences
The Bulgarian Academy of Sciences (abbreviated BAS; bg, Българска академия на науките, ''Balgarska akademiya na naukite'', abbreviated ''БАН'') is the National Academy of Bulgaria, established in 1869.
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. He died in Espinho, Espinho, Portugal
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Goleminov's compositions draw heavily on the traditional rhythms and melodic patterns of Bulgarian folk music
The music of Bulgaria refers to all forms of music associated with the country of Bulgaria, including classical, folk, popular music, and other forms.
Classical music, opera, and ballet are represented by composers Emanuil Manolov, Pancho Vlad ...
, while also exploring more modernist classical trends. His son Michail was also a composer.
Honours
Goleminov Point inAntarctica
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is named after Marin Goleminov.
References
* Don Michael Randel, ''The Harvard Biographical Dictionary of Music'', p. 320-21. Harvard University Press, 1996,Further reading
External links
Marin Goleminov at the Union of Bulgarian Composers
People from Kyustendil Bulgarian classical composers Ballet composers 20th-century classical composers 1908 births 2000 deaths Bulgarian conductors (music) Bulgarian violinists 20th-century violinists Male classical composers Herder Prize recipients 20th-century conductors (music) 20th-century male musicians {{violinist-stub