Bulgarian Society for Music Theory

Angelina Petrova

Musicologist and professor of solfeggio and contemporary music theory at the National Academy of Music.

Member

Musicologist and professor of solfeggio and contemporary music theory at the National Academy of Music.

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Role and activity in BSMT

Member
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Documented activity

  • Admission meeting / acceptance into BSMT

Biography

Angelina Petrova is a Bulgarian musicologist, theorist and educator with a sustained focus on contemporary music theory, solfeggio and twentieth-century Bulgarian music. The current Music Theory Department page at the National Academy of Music lists her as Professor in solfeggio. Her Institute for Art Studies profile identifies her principal research areas as solfeggio, contemporary music theory, musical hermeneutics and contemporary Bulgarian music. In 1993 she completed a PhD on contemporary linear trends, and in 1997 specialised with Gernot Gruber at Universität Wien. Her principal books include 'Composer Lazar Nikolov' (2003) and 'Solfeggio and the Compositional Methods of the Twentieth Century' (2008), as well as the co-authored project 'My World'. Her publications address solfeggio, aural analysis, meter/rhythm and post-tonal syntax. Crossref/Oxford Music Online also confirms her authorship of reference entries. No formal BSMT role was established from public sources.

Current professional positions

Professor, Solfeggio

National Academy of Music 'Prof. Pancho Vladigerov'

Research profile

She works on solfeggio as an analytical discipline, contemporary music theory and twentieth-century Bulgarian music, with particular interest in Lazar Nikolov and post-tonal aural models.

Fields
solfeggio · contemporary music theory · musical hermeneutics · contemporary Bulgarian music
Themes
20th-century compositional methods · aural analysis · Lazar Nikolov · post-tonal syntax · meter and rhythm

Publications

Publications shown: 6

  1. Моят свят

    year not stated

  2. Композиторът Лазар Николов

    2003 · Sofia

  3. Солфежът и композиционните методи на ХХ век

    2008 · Sofia

  4. Solfège – Current Aspects of Music Perception Structure

    2013 · NMA Almanac

  5. Възгледи за музикалното време от XX в. и приложни идеи за слухов анализ на метроритъма

    2022 · Academic Forum

Public sources

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