11 Slaveikov Square, Sofia 1000, Bulgaira
tel/fax:
+359 2/ 877 963; 892 642; 835 233
Editor-in-Chief Nelly Kulaksuzova
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11 Slaveikov Square, Sofia 1000, Bulgaira tel/fax: +359 2/ 877 963; 892 642; 835 233 Editor-in-Chief Nelly Kulaksuzova |
Musica Publishing House Ltd. was founded 25 years ago. Surveys have
established that it has an over 80% share of the Bulgarian market of music-related
literature, including scores, performance research, theoretical and educational
materials. The company's production is subject to rising interest on part
of foreign publishers and distributors from Europe and the USA. That is
mainly in the area of pre-print operations for musical publications, complete
cycle of production of musical scores and foreign literature in translation,
distribution of Bulgarian publications to orchestras, libraries and research
centres, fairs and exhibitions. Many research publications in the field
of Medieval Bulgarian music, folklore, Bulgarian composers, methodological
works are ordered from the US, UK, Germany, Denmark, Austria etc.
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contact: 11 Slaveikov Square, Sofia 1000, Bulgaria tel/fax: +359 2/ 877 963; 892 642; 835 233 Editor-in-Chief Nelly Kulaksuzova |
Specialized in the area of sheet music and pedagogical publications
of research and popular books on music, the largest musical publishers
in Bulgaria also publish Bulgarian and foreign reference, historic literature
and fiction. Secondary and higher schools of music are provided with learning
and teaching materials in all theoretical disciplines, including music
exercises, collections, individual pieces, thematic publications for all
instruments, for voice and choirs, orchestra scores. This is done through
the successful combination of tradition (reprints) with the quest for new
aspects in music training literature - new books by Bulgaria's most prominent
musical pedagogues.
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Over the past few years international contacts have become a main priority
of Musica Publishing House. They have resulted in the publication of the
unique work of Bozhidar Karastoyanov "Chants for the Saints Cyril and Methodius
in Neumatic Sources from the 12th - 20th Century". This is the first publication
in the world of these sources, and it includes deciphers of the authentic
musical artifact along with transcripts to provide accessibility for contemporary
performance. The texts are in Bulgarian, English and Russian. The qualities
of this publication of Slavic hymnographic material has been acclaimed
by research centres and libraries. The book has been included in the stock
of the universities of Oxford, Hamburg, Pennsylvania, Graz, etc.
Widening the thematic scope and aimed at popularization of Bulgarian musical and interpreting traditions resulted in the publication and translation to German of a book dedicated to singer Lubomir Panchev, "The Bulgarian from the Vienna Opera" which was commissioned by the Society of Friends of the Stattsopera in Vienna.
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"Seven Fantastic Stories" by Karen Blixen was published in collaboration
with the Danish Institute of Literature in Copenhagen, and "Anthology of
Austrian Poetry" was commissioned by the KulturKontakt programme of the
Austrian Ministry of Science and Art.
Musica Publishing House's latest publication is the two-volume "History
of Music", editor Marie-Claire Beltrando-Patier, with the support of the
French Ministry of Foreign Affairs, the Department of Cultural and Scientific
Development at the French Embassy to Bulgaria, and the National Book Centre
at the Ministry of Culture of France. An encyclopedic survey which provides
unique contact with the musical heritage of West Europe, seen through the
eyes of the contemporary researchers.
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