Background
Kremenliev, Boris Angeloff was born on May 23, 1911 in Razlog, Bulgaria. Came to the United States, 1929, naturalized, 1944. Son of Angel A. and Elena (Pashkuleva) Kremenliev.
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Boris Angeloff Kremenliev
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Boris Angeloff Kremenliev, composer, author, music critic. Served with psychological warfare branch Army of the United States, 1943-1945. Member International Society Folklore and Ethnology, Screen Composers Association, American Society of Composers, American Federation Musicians, American Musicol. Society, American Folklore Society, Society for Ethnomusicology (vice president, chairman Southern California).
Education
Bachelor of Music, DePaul University, 1935. Master of Music, DePaul University, 1937. Doctor of Philosophy, University Rochester, 1942.
Career
Museum director S. German Network War Department, 1945-1946. Professor music University of California at Los Angeles, 1947-1948, professor emeritus, since 1978.
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Bulgarian-Macedonian Folk Music
(PARTIAL LIST OF KEYWORDS: ASSYMETRIC METERS, UNMEASURED M...)
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Bulgarian-Macedonian Folk Music
Membership
Served with psychological warfare branch Army of the United States, 1943-1945. Member International Society Folklore and Ethnology, Screen Composers Association, American Society of Composers, American Federation Musicians, American Musicol. Society, American Folklore Society, Society for Ethnomusicology (vice president, chairman Southern California).
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Married Elva Florence Baer, September 20, 1945. Children: Gregor, Elena.
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Recipient Penrose award research folklore Am Philosophical Society, 1955. Recipient awards for contribution to music American Society of Composers, 1968, 69, 70, 71, 72, 73. Ford Foundation International and Comparative Studies grantee, 1962. University California fellow Institute Creative Arts, 1966-1967. Grantee Bulgarian Council of Ministers, 1969, Bulgarian Academy of Sciences, 1979. International Research & Exchanges Board grantee, 1979.Recipient Penrose award research folklore Am Philosophical Society, 1955. Recipient awards for contribution to music American Society of Composers, 1968, 69, 70, 71, 72, 73. Ford Foundation International and Comparative Studies grantee, 1962.
University California fellow Institute Creative Arts, 1966-1967. Grantee Bulgarian Council of Ministers, 1969, Bulgarian Academy of Sciences, 1979. International Research & Exchanges Board grantee, 1979.