Florida State University Libraries Electronic Theses, Treatises and Dissertations The Graduate School 2007 Sonatas for Violin and Piano by the Bulgarian Composers Pancho Vladigerov, Lubomir Pipkov, Dimitar Nenov, Veselin Stoyanov, and Marin Goleminov Lora V. Lipova Follow this and additional works at the FSU Digital Library. For more information, please contact
[email protected] THE FLORIDA STATE UNIVERSITY COLLEGE OF MUSIC SONATAS FOR VIOLIN AND PIANO BY THE BULGARIAN COMPOSERS PANCHO VLADIGEROV, LUBOMIR PIPKOV, DIMITAR NENOV,VESELIN STOYANOV, AND MARIN GOLEMINOV By LORA V. LIPOVA A Treatise submitted to the College of Music in partial fulfillment of the requirements for the degree of Doctor of Music Degree Awarded Fall Semester, 2007 The Members of the Committee approve the treatise of Lora Vaskova Lipova defended on October 18th, 2007. _________________________ Alexander Jiménez Professor Directing Treatise _________________________ Jane Piper Clendinning Outside Committee Member _________________________ Beth Newdome Committee Member The Office of Graduate Studies has verified and approved the above named committee members. ii Dedicated to Nikola Lipov iii ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS I would like to thank the following people for their help: Alexander Jiménez, the professor directing my treatise. Dr. Jiménez graciously agreed to step in as the head of my committee. His continuous support is much appreciated; Jane Piper Clendinning, the outside member of my committee. Dr. Clendinnng worked hard with me in preparing the document; Beth Newdome, member of my committee; Karen Clarke, my violin professor; Pamela Ryan, my viola professor; Filka Borisova in the National Library “Ivan Vazov” in Plovdiv, Bulgaria; all of my close friends at the Florida State University College of Music for standing beside me; and finally, my wonderful family in Bulgaria for their continuous love and support.