Ivan Spassov

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Sofia, Bulgaria (1934 - 1996) Ivan Spassov was a Bulgarian composer, conductor, musical professor and lecturer. He was one of the leading figures of the vanguard tendencies of modern Bulgarian classical music. He composed operas, symphonies, concertos, numerous cantatas, orchestral, instrumental, and vocal music; choral and solo songs, music scores for more than 50 theatre performances and 3 films. In his music, the traditional Bulgarian melody with its rich ornamentation and rhythmical diversity is subject to an individual rethinking by means of vanguard techniques such as aleatory, improvisation, etc. His choral songs are well established in the repertoire of the most eminent Bulgarian choral ensembles and are internationally acclaimed. His vocal-orchestral works from 1980s and 1990s are marked by a deeply felt spirituality. Ivan Spassov graduated from the State Academy of Music in 1957 majoring in Composition under Professor Pancho Vladigerov and Choral Conducting under Professor Georgi Dimitrov. He specialized in composition with Kazimierz Sikorski and Stanislaw Wislocki at the Warsaw Conservatoire (1960-62). He founded the Plovdiv Chamber Orchestra and the Plovdiv Musical Youth Society. This gave him the opportunity to stage works by Penderecki and other modern composers. In 1967, he took part in the summer courses for new music in Darmstadt, wherein 1968 the Orchestra of Radio Frankfurt conducted by Gilen performed his Episodes for Four Timbral Groups. From 1

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Spassov, I.: Choral Music

Canti dei Morti (Songs Of The Dead)

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MUSICA SLAVICA

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Prayer Chants

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Ivan Spassov: Aishinka

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Quiet Songs

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Contemporary Bulgarian Composers, Vol. 1

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Aishinka ~ Two Bulgarian Female Choirs a capella

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Canti Dei Morti

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Bulgarian Composers And Sofia Chamber Choir

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Sound Magic

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