The music of Bulgaria refers to all forms of music associated with the country of Bulgaria, including classical, folk, popular music, and other forms.
Abū Isḥāq Ibrāhīm al-Mawṣilī was an Arab musician of Persian origin who was among the greatest composers of the early Abbasid period. After Arab and Persian musical training in Ray, he was called to the Abbasid capital of Baghdad where he served under three successive Abbasid caliphs: Al-Mahdi, Al-Hadi and Harun al-Rashid. He became particularly close with the latter and emerged as the leading musician of his time. He championed the conservative school of Arab music against progressives such as Ibn Jami. His son and student Ishaq al-Mawsili would succeed him as the leader of the conservative tradition and his other pupils included the musicians Mukhariq, Zalzal and Ziryab. He appears in numerous stories of One Thousand and One Nights.
Ludwig August Lebrun was a German oboist and composer.
George Michael Sinclair Kennedy CBE was an English music critic and author who specialized in classical music. For nearly two decades he was the chief classical music critic for both The Daily Telegraph (1986–2005) and The Sunday Telegraph (1989–2005). A prolific writer, he was the biographer of many composers and musicians, including Vaughan Williams, Elgar, Barbirolli, Mahler, Strauss, Britten, Boult and Walton. Other notable publications include writings on various musical institutions, the editing of music dictionaries as well as numerous articles for The New Grove Dictionary of Music and Musicians and the subsequent Grove Music Online.
Carl Michael Alfred Steinberg was an American music critic and author who specialized in classical music. He was best known, according to San Francisco Chronicle music critic Joshua Kosman, for "the illuminating, witty and often deeply personal notes he wrote for the San Francisco Symphony's program booklets, beginning in 1979." He contributed several entries to the New Grove Dictionary of Music and Musicians, wrote articles for music journals and magazine, notes for CDs, and published a number of books on music, both collected published annotations and new writings.
Sophie Lebrun Dülken was a German pianist and composer, the daughter of Munich court oboist Ludwig August Lebrun and singer and composer Francesca Lebrun. Sophie Lebrun was born in London while her mother was on tour. Both she and her sister, the singer and actress Rosine Lebrun, studied singing with their uncle, composer Franz Danzi, and piano with Andreas Streicher.
The Piano Trio in D minor, Op. 11, by Fanny Mendelssohn was conceived between 1846 and 1847 as a birthday present for her sister, and posthumously published in 1850, three years after the composer's death.
Nancy Bassen Reich was an American musicologist, most renowned for her 1985 biography of Clara Schumann.
Nikolaus Hasse, sometimes spelled Nicolaus Hasse, was a German composer and organist of the Baroque period. Part of the Hasse family of musicians, he was the son of Peter Hasse. A longtime organist at St. Mary's Church, Rostock, he is best remembered today for his compositions of chamber music and sacred songs.
The Carl Flesch International Violin Competition (also known as the International Competition for Violinists "Carl Flesch" and the City of London International Competition for Violin and Viola (Carl Flesch Medal)) was an international music competition for violinists, and later viola players, held between 1945 and 1992 in London. Founded in honour of the Hungarian violinist Carl Flesch, it was originally organised by the Guildhall School of Music and Drama and after 1968 formed part of the City of London Festival. Particularly in the City of London Festival era, it was regarded as among the "most prestigious" competitions for string players, and "one of the most important testing grounds for aspiring soloists up to the age of 32."
Thomas James Mathiesen is an American musicologist, whose research focuses on Ancient music and the music theory of ancient and early periods. A leading scholar of the music of Ancient Greece, Mathiesen has written four monographs and numerous articles on the topic.
Rosine Lebrun, also known by her married name Rosine Stentzsch, was a German actress and opera singer who was a member of the Lebrun family of musicians.
The Tonic Sol-Fa Reporter was a monthly music journal established by the London music publisher John Curwen in 1851. Shortly after Curwen's death in 1880, his son, John Spencer Curwen, succeeded his father as managing editor in 1881. In 1889 the journal was renamed the Musical Herald and Tonic Sol-Fa Reporter, and in 1891 the periodical was renamed a final time to The Musical Herald. The publication had a large circulation and was one of the most widely read musical periodicals during the late 19th and early 20th centuries. The journal was unusual in that its targeted audience was both professional and amateur musicians. The periodical included a mix of scholarly publications with a music education focus along with articles reviewing music events, interviews with musicians, music news items, and advertisements for music-related events, materials, and music education opportunities. The periodical had a significant impact on the field of music education by contributing to the popularizing of the tonic sol-fa pedagogical technique for teaching sight-reading to singers. It ceased publication in 1920.
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