The Composer and Music Theorist Dimitar Ninov

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Dimitar Ninov - Publications

1. Music

Canon. In book five of "Made in San Antonio" piano book series, Kefáli Press, 2019.

Romantic Adventure and A Whim. In book four of "Made in San Antonio" piano book series, Kefáli Press, 2018.

Lullaby and In a Playful Mood. In book three of "Made in San Antonio" piano book series, Kefáli Press, 2016.

Romantic Mood in Sol. for violin and piano. Abundant Silence Publishing, 2015.

Gallery of Images. Fifteen Light and Descriptive Piano Miniatures. Abundant Silence Publishing, 2012.

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, 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, 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, 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, 2007.

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

2. Articles, Papers, and Reviews

"Functional Nature of the Cadential Six-Four." Musicological Annual LII/1: 73-96.

"The Craft of Harmonization," Histories and Narratives of Music Analysis, ed. by Miloš Zatkalik, Milena Medić and Denis Collins, Newcastle upon Tyne, UK: Cambridge Scholars Publishing, 2013. pp. 552-580.

"Basic Formal Structures in Music," Music Theory and its Methods: Structures, Challenges, Directions, ed. by Denis Collins, Frankfurt / New York: Peter Lang, 2013. pp. 179-208.

"The Craft of Harmonization II," Problemy Muzykalnoi Nauki 12/1 (2013): 150-154 (English) and 155-159 (Russian).

"The Craft of Harmonization I," Problemy Muzykalnoi Nauki 11/2 (2012): 185-191 (English) and 192-197 (Russian).

"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 February 8, 2020