Dimitar Ninov

President

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Dimitar Ninov combines work as a music theorist, composer and educator. At the National Academy of Music 'Prof. Pancho Vladigerov' he completed a master's degree in Music Theory in 1992 and a master's degree in Composition in 1996; his composition degree work was 'Concerto for Clarinet and Orchestra'. In 2003 he earned a DMA in Composition from The University of Texas at Austin with 'Spring Symphony, for Orchestra', including a full analytical study. He has served at Texas State University since January 2006 and has held the rank of Professor of Instruction in the School of Music since Fall 2024. His teaching covers music theory, aural learning, composition, harmony and orchestration. His research centres on tonal harmony, musical form, meter and aural-training pedagogy. His professional vita describes him as a published, recorded and award-winning composer and music theorist with international outreach; his music has been performed in many countries across most continents. In 2009 he served as Chairman of the National Association of Composers, USA (NACUSA). Verified publications include 'Basic Formal Structures in Music: A New Approach' and 'The Defects of a Reigning Theory'. As a composer, he works across orchestral, chamber and keyboard genres; his university profile documents works including 'Nuages', Wind Quintet, 'The White Rhino' and the Sonata for Clarinet, Violoncello, and Piano. EuroMAC11 listed him in September 2026 as President of BSMT.

His research focuses on tonal harmony, musical form, meter and aural training.

Fields

tonal harmony · musical form · meter · ear training · music theory pedagogy

Themes

functional harmony · cadence and form · chromatic harmony

Publications shown: 12

1. Basic Formal Structures in Music: A New Approach

   2013 · Peter Lang / Music Theory and its Methods, pp. 179–208 · DOI 10.3726/978-3-653-02906-2/9

2. The Defects of a Reigning Theory

   2021 · Facta Universitatis, Series: Visual Arts and Music, vol. 7, no. 1 · DOI 10.22190/FUVAM2101001N

3. Interior Cadences in the Sentence of Schoenberg

   2021 · Musicological Annual, vol. 57, no. 1, pp. 131–148 · DOI 10.4312/mz.57.1.131-148

4. Interior Cadences in the Sentence of Schoenberg

   2022 · Music and Space. University of Arts, Belgrade, pp. 142–155

5. Functional Nature of the Cadential Six-Four

   2016 · Musicological Annual 52(1), Ljubljana University Press, vol. 52, no. 1, pp. 73–96 · DOI 10.4312/mz.52.1.73-96

6. The Craft of Harmonization

   2013 · Histories and Narratives of Music Analysis. Cambridge Scholars Publishing, pp. 552–578

7. The Craft of Harmonization (II)

   2013 · Music Scholarship (Russian Journal of Academic Studies), 2013/1 (12), pp. 150–159

8. The Craft of Harmonization (I)

   2012 · Music Scholarship (Russian Journal of Academic Studies), 2012/2 (11), pp. 185–191

9. The Independent Phrase and the Universal Sentence: Suggested Classification of Basic Formal Structures

   2010 · Muzička Teorija i Analiza. University of Arts, Belgrade, pp. 237–263

10. On Methods of Teaching Ear Training and Harmony at Bulgarian Institutions of Higher Education

    2005 · On Methods of Music Theory and (Ethno-) Musicology, vol. 4. Peter Lang, pp. 179–188

11. College-Level Music Theory in Bulgaria: A Brief Survey of Teaching Methods and Comparisons to US-American Approaches

    2005 · South Central Music Bulletin IV/1

12. Some Thoughts on William Caplin’s Formal Categories and Their Application to Compositions of Different Historical Periods

    2004 · South Central Music Bulletin III/1

The profile is compiled from verifiable public sources; only sources recorded in the research dataset are shown.

• Dimitar Ninov – faculty biographyofficial · HIGH
• Texas State University School of Music – Vita: Dimitar Ninovofficial · HIGH
• Dr. Dimitar N Ninov – Scholarly and Creative Worksofficial · HIGH
• EuroMAC11 online programmeofficial · HIGH
• EuroMAC11 conference organization and T&AM Reading Panelofficial · HIGH
• Crossref record: Basic Formal Structures in Music: A New Approachbibliographic · HIGH
• The Defects of a Reigning Theoryacademic · HIGH