Special issue of the Bulgarian Musicology journal for 2026

The issue contains papers from the scientific conference ‘Dobri Hristov and His Time’, organised by the Music Sector of the Institute of Art Studies and held on 15 December 2025.
The published studies present various aspects of Dobri Hristov’s multifaceted work – in the fields of church music, music theory, and the study of musical folklore; as well as his impact on music education. They also trace the presence of his compositional work in the soundscape of his own time and of later decades, and outline comparisons with his contemporaries and successors.
With the conference and this collection, the musicology community marks the 150th anniversary of the birth of this foundational figure in Bulgarian musical culture.