Vera Baeva ( bg, Вера Баева; 18 March 1930 − 16 June 2017) was a Bulgarian writer and composer. She was born in

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and studied at the Sofia State Academy of Music with Dimiter Nenov,

Marin Goleminov Marin Petrov Goleminov ( bg, Марин Петров Големинов; 28 September 1908 – 19 February 2000) was a Bulgarian composer, violinist, conductor and pedagogue. Life and career Goleminov was born in Kyustendil, Bulgaria; the son ...

and

Lyubomir Pipkov Lyubomir Panaïotov Pipkov ( bg, Любомир Панайотов Пипков) (September 6, 1904 – May 9, 1974) was a Bulgarian composer, pianist, and music educator. He is considered among the founders of Bulgaria's modern professional musi ...

. After graduating in 1953, Baeva worked as a choral conductor for Radio Sofia and as a pianist, performing with various ensembles and also the

Bulgarian National Radio Symphony Orchestra The Bulgarian National Radio Symphony Orchestra (Bulgarian: Симфоничен оркестър на Българското национално радио) is a Bulgarian radio orchestra based in Sofia, Bulgaria, affiliated with Bulgarian Natio ...

. She taught voice from 1982 to 1988 at the State Academy of Music and chamber music at the Open Society Foundation from 1993. Baeva wrote two books of short stories.

Works

Baeva composed over 200 vocal, instrumental and orchestras works. Selected compositions include: *''Mothers' Prayer'' for soprano, flute, trumpet, snare-drum, violoncello, double bass and piano *''Pirin'', cantata (1954) *''I Bow'' for soloist, reader, mixed choir and orchestra (1975) *''My Homeland'' for choir and orchestra (1985) *''Butterflies'', ritual music based on traditional tunes for female voices choir, flute, double bass, piano, organ and percussion *''Revelation'', cycle of four songs for female voices choir, flute and piano after lyrics by St. Pencheva (1981) *''Tangra'', ritual dance for male voices choir, flute, double bass, piano and percussion (1991) *''Modern Tarnovo'' for piano and orchestra (1980) *''String Quartet'' *''Piano Trio'' *''Sonata'' for violin and piano (1988) *''Two Impressions'' for violoncello (1981) *''Two Pieces'' for violin and piano (2002) *''Circus'' for reader, flute, violoncello, piano and percussion (2003) *''Five Preludes'' for piano (1974) *''Sonata Do-Re'' for two grand pianos (eight hands) (1976) *''Sonata'' for eight hands (1987) *''Three songs'' for soprano and piano, on poems by Blaga Dimitrova (1976) *''Men’s Moods'', three songs, lyrics by Dimitar Metodiev (1977) *''Three Songs'' for mezzo-soprano and piano, lyrics by Emilya Karapetrova (2003) Her music has been recorded and issued on media, including: *''Baeva, Vera-Glinka, Taneev, Rachmaninov, Bulakhov, Varlamov, Gurilev etc.'' LP Russia Melodia EX/NM 1772

References

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