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Lubomir Georgiev Musical Score and Personal Papers Collection

Lubomir Georgiev is remembered as an influential teacher of the cello and a talented performer. Georgiev received is training at the Bulgarian State Conservatory in Sofia in addition to studying under Janos Starker at the University of Indiana. He won several competitions in Europe, including the Carl Maria von Weber Competition in 1981 and the Valentino Bucchi Prize for his Double Bass Concerto composition. In addition to performing as a soloist and in the string quartet, Musica Multiplici Mentes, Georgiev performed as the principal cellist of the Sofia Philharmonic Orchestra for nine years. After moving to the United States, Georgiev became principal cellist of the Sacramento Symphony Orchestra. In 1993, he joined the faculty of Florida State University as Associate Professor of Cello. In addition to his time teaching, Georgiev served as principal cellist of the Tallahassee Symphony Orchestra. The Lubomir Georgiev Cello Music Collection is meticulously annotated and includes an impressive collection of music published in Moscow and Sofia. Additionally, it contains the most current releases of editions and arrangement of all the collections.

First sonata in E minor for violoncello and piano, op. 38
1 score (37 pages) + 1 part (11 pages) ;30 cm.. For violoncello and piano. Silva Collection copy imperfect; part lacking. Special Collections Eisenberg copy: part lacking; performance notes in the hand of Maurice Eisenberg. Special Collections Greenhouse copy: original score and part wanting; copy is photoreproduction of part only; performance notes in the hand of Bernard Greenhouse. Special Collections Georgiev copy: performance notes, in blue pencil and red ink, in the hand of Lubomir Georgiev; written in pencil on page 4 of part: "Congratulations on 1st in State, Feb. 15-64. " Donated by the estate of Lubomir Georgiev. Special Collections Davies copy: performance notes, in pencil, in the hand of Marion Davies. Part tattered and taped.
Schelomo = (Solomon) : rhapsodie hébraïque pour violoncelle solo et grand orchestre
1 score (35 pages) + 1 part (7 pages) ;31 cm.. For violoncello and orchestra; accompaniment arranged for piano. Special Collections Scholz copy: performance notes in the hand of János Scholz. Special Collections Cowling copy: performance notes in the hand of Elizabeth Cowling. Special Collections Magg copy: performance notes in the hand of Fritz Magg; includes manuscript sketches on the back cover of part. Special Collections Varga copy: performance notes in the hand of Laszlo Varga; includes portrait of Varga, sketched in pencil by an unknown artist, on the back cover of part. . Special Collections Aronson Box 18-10 copy: score lacking, includes cello part only ; performance notes in the hand of Lev Aronson. Special Collections Aronson Box 18-14 copy: score lacking ; includes photocopy of cello part only, bound with black plastic comb bindings in stiff blue paper covers ; performance notes in the hand of Lev Aronson, performance notes differ from those in part in ARONSON BOX 18-10 ; stamp on page 1 of score: "Property of [Selma] Tres Mennis. ";Special Collections Georgiev copy: performance notes, in pencil and red pencil, in an unknown hand; name written in blue ink on cover of score and caption of part: Adelaide Nelson. Special Collections Davies copy: performance notes, in pencil, in the hand of Marion Davies.
Six suites : (Sonatas) for violoncello solo
1 score (47 pages) ;31 cm. For violoncello alone. Special Collections Cowling copy: performance notes in red pencil in the hand of Elizabeth Cowling. Bowings by Luigi Silva. Special Collections Cowling copy: handwritten on cover: "Silva bowings, 1947. ";Special Collections Georgiev copy: performance notes, in pencil, red pencil, and green pencil, in an unknown hand. Written on cover, in black ink, "Lubomir Georgiev;" also written on cover, "Molly Cornell. ";Special Collections Davies copy: performance notes, in pencil, red pencil, and blue pencil, in the hand of Marion Davies. Publisher's no. : 841.

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