The Composer and Music Theorist Dimitar Ninov

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Dimitar Ninov - Publications

1. Music

Nostalgic Bossa, Dreaming, and Jazz Solace - Three piano pieces, volume 1, book 3 of Contemporary Collage: Music of the 21st Century. The FJH Contemporary Keyboard Editions, The FJH Music Company, Inc., 2010.

Starry Night and My Favorite Blues - Two piano pieces, volume 1, book 2 of the Contemporary Collage: Music of the 21st Century. The FJH Contemporary Keyboard Editions, The FJH Music Company, Inc., 2008.

Being Lonely and School Is Over! - Two piano pieces, volume 1, book 1 of the Contemporary Collage: Music of the 21st Century. The FJH Contemporary Keyboard Editions, The FJH Music Company, Inc., 2007.

Golden Leaves, a piano piece published in book 6 of The Festival Collection: Succeeding with the Masters. The FJH Contemporary Keyboard Editions, The FJH Music Company, Inc, 2007.

Piano Album, Op. 1, Thirteen Light and Descriptive Pieces, The FJH Music Company Inc., within the series Contemporary Keyboard Edition, 2005.

2. Articles, Papers, and Reviews

"The Independent Phrase and the Universval Sentence: Suggested Classification of Basic Formal Structures," Article, Journal of the 8th International Conference of Music Theory and Analysis, Belgrade, 2010.

Original materials in harmony, published in the Music Theory Course Pack, Texas State University, 2007, 2008, 2009.

Original materials for aural skills, published in the Aural Learning Course Pack, Texas State University, 2006, 2007, 2008, 2009.

"On Methods of Teaching Eartraining and Harmony at Bulgarian Institutions of Higher Education," On Methods of Music Theory and (Ethno-) Musicology: From Interdisciplinary Research to Teaching, ed. by Nico Schüler. Frankfurt / New York: Peter Lang, 2005. pp. 179-188.

"College-Level Music Theory in Bulgaria: A Brief Survey of Teaching Methods and Comparisons to US-American Approaches," South Central Music Bulletin IV/1 (Fall 2005): 12-20.

"Some Thoughts on William Caplin's Formal Categories and Their Application to Music from Different Historical Periods," South Central Music Bulletin III/1 (Fall 2004): 43-50.

Four published reviews in the journal Music. Yesterday. Today, Sofia, Bulgaria. Topics: "The Brilliant Stanislav Ioudenitch", 2004; "John Corigliano and Philip Glass in Austin", 2002; "The Bolshoi Theater Orchestra in Columbia", SC, 2001; and "The Prague Chamber Orchestra With Maestro Kukal Plays Without a Conductor", 2001.

3. About Dimitar Ninov

Review of Music for Clarinet, Violoncello, and Piano by Dimitar Ninov; reviewed by Prof. Konstantin Karapetrov, Music. Yesterday. Today (journal), Sofia, Bulgaria, November / December 2007.

Lee, Elizabeth. "Dimitar Ninov (b. 1963): A Contemporary Bulgarian-American Composer," South Central Music Bulletin V/2 (Spring 2007): 54-59.

"Composer Dimitar Ninov in Interview: I Believe in the Category Named Musical Message," by Dr. Elisaveta Valchinova, Music. Yesterday. Today (journal), Sofia, Bulgaria, Sofia: January / February 2007.

"Musical Palette Series Brings Dimitar Ninov to the Hill," Los Alamos Monitor (newspaper) 43/205 (October 12, 2006).

Review of Music for Violoncello and Piano by Dimitar Ninov; reviewed by Prof. Konstantin Karapetrov, Music. Yesterday. Today (journal), Sofia, Bulgaria, November / December 2006.

Review of the piece Reflections by Dimitar Ninov; reviewed by Dr. Elisaveta Valchinova, Music. Yesterday. Today (journal), Sofia, Bulgaria, September / October 2004.

Review of Wind Quintet by Dimitar Ninov; reviewed by Prof. Konstantin Karapetrov, Music. Yesterday. Today (journal), Sofia, Bulgaria, September / October 1998.

last updated on August 2, 2011