Petko Stainov

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Petko Staynov (Bulgarian: Петко Стайнов; December 1, 1896 in Kazanlak – June 25, 1977) was a Bulgarian composer and pianist. He enriched the Bulgarian musical culture and contributed considerably to its development. A composer of great creative talent, of wide musical and general culture, possessing a keen sense for the topical ideas of modern time, he dedicated his entire life and all his abilities to Bulgarian music and musical culture, and to the Bulgarian Academy of Sciences. He became blind at age 11, but this did not prevent him from developing his musical and teaching talents. Staynov's symphonic output includes the suites Thracian Dances (1925, 1926) and A Fairy Tale (1930), the symphonic poems A Legend (1927) and Thrace (1937), Symphonic Scherzo (1930), the concert overtures Balkan and Youth Overture (1936 and 1953), two symphonies (1945 and 1949). They reveal the beauty of his native land, the fervour of folk dances, and evoke fairy-tale images. His two symphonies are marked by deeply felt philosophic generalisations. Staynov's symphonic works breathe powerful philosophic suggestions, while some of them, like, for example, Thracian Dances and Thrace, have become symbolic for Bulgarian music. Petko Staynov's choral songs reveal features of the Bulgarian people's character (A Fir Tree Is Bending; A Bright Sun Has Risen; Hey, Ivan; Play a Tune, Dimo; Oh, That Man Dimo; Hey, Dimo). Till the early 1930s, he followed the traditions of choral art laid by the first compos

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Classics of Bulgarian Music: Petko Stainov

Петко Стайнов: Симфонична сюита Приказка

Petko Stainov: Symphony No. 2 in C minor

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Classics of Bulgarian Music

Petko Stainov: Symphonic Poem Thrace & Symphonic Suite Thracian Dances

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Sorceries For Piano

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Alexander Raichev: Ballet Suite Haidouk Song - Petko Stainov: Symphonic Suite Thracian Dances

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Great Bulgarian Composers - Bulgarian National Radio Symph Orchestra

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Compositions

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Great Bulgarian Composers

Петко Стайнов: Хорови балади

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Compositions by Petko Stainov

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