Marin Goleminov

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Marin Goleminov, 1940

Marin Petrov Goleminov (

pedagogue
.

Life and career

Goleminov was born in

Gottfried von Herder Award of the Vienna University, and in 1989 was made an Academician of the Bulgarian Academy of Sciences. He died in Espinho, Espinho, Portugal
.

Goleminov's compositions draw heavily on the traditional rhythms and melodic patterns of

Bulgarian folk music, while also exploring more modernist classical trends. His son Mihail
was also a composer.

Honours

Goleminov Point in Antarctica is named after Marin Goleminov.

References

  • Don Michael Randel, The Harvard Biographical Dictionary of Music, p. 320-21. Harvard University Press, 1996,

Further reading

Yacono, Patrick (2002). The songs for voice and piano of Marin Goleminov. PhD dissertation, Boston University College of Fine Arts.

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