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Music educator.
Mr. Britton (b. 1914) is a prominent figure in American music education and musicology. He has served as president of the Music Educators National Conference and the Sonneck Society of America as well as on many committees and boards. He is dean and professor emeritus at the University of Michigan School of Music. His accomplishments include the authorship of several books and being the founding editor of the Journal of Research in Music Education and American Music. In addition, Mr. Britton has also performed extensive research on early American tunebooks.
Allen Perdue Britton (1914 2003), a prominent figure and pioneer in American music education and musicology, served as president of the Music Educators National Conference (MENC), now known as the National Association for Music Education (NAfME), and the Sonneck Society for American Music, as well as committee member of the Museum for American Music, the University Musical Society, and the Interlochen Center for the Arts. Britton graduated from the University of Illinois in 1937 with a Bachelors in Instrumental Music, followed by a Masters in Education in 1939 and a Ph.D. in Musicology from the University of Michigan in 1949. A dean and professor for the University of Michigan School of Music, Britton was named dean and professor emeritus in 1984. Britton also served as Acting Dean for the Manhattan School of Music, as well as the Peabody Conservatory of Music. His accomplishments include authoring several books and being the founding editor of the Journal of Research in Music Education and American Music .
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- 1914 Born May 25, Elgin, Illinois
- 1930-1938 Member of various professional dance bands and orchestras
- 1937 University of Illinois, B.Sc. with honors (Instrumental Music)
- 1938 Married Veronica Fern Wallace
- 1939 University of Illinois, M.A. (Education)
- 1943-1946 Technical Sergeant, US Army, member of military and dance bands
- 1949 University of Michigan, Ph.D. (Musicology)
- 1949-1969 Professor of Music, University of Michigan
- 1949-1969 Lecturer, School of Education, University of Michigan
- 1950 PhD dissertation Theoretical Introductions in American Tune-Books to 1800 published
- 1953-1972 Founding Editor, Journal of Research in Music Education
- 1956-1959 Director, the University of Michigan Division of the National Music Camp
- 1959-1969 Chairman, Department of Music Education, School of Music, the University of Michigan
- 1960-1962 President, Music Educators National Conference
- 1960-1962 Assistant Dean, School of Music, the University of Michigan
- 1961-1969 Chairman, Faculty Council on Doctoral Studies, School of Music, the University of Michigan
- 1962-1969 Associate Dean, School of Music, the University of Michigan
- 1962-1975 Member, USO Overseas Tours Screening Committee
- 1963 Elected to the Council of the American Musicological Society
- 1963 Participant, Yale Seminar on Music Education
- 1963-1964 Consultant, Committee on Music Education of Presidents Panel on Educational Research and Development (USA)
- 1964-1969 Consultant, Juilliard Repertory Project
- 1964-1974 Member, Arts and Humanities panel, U.S. Office of Education
- 1964-1976 General editor, Prentice-Hall, Foundations of Music Education
- 1964-1984 Board of Directors, Musical Youth International
- 1966 Director, International Seminar on Teacher Education in Music
- 1967 Participant, Tanglewood Symposium on Research in Music Education
- 1967-1970 Member, Museum of American Music executive committee
- 1967-1970 Member, Advisory Council Institute for Studies in American Music
- 1969-1971 Acting Dean, School of Music of the University of Michigan
- 1969-1973 Member, MENC Commission of Teacher Education (1970-1973 Chairman, Task Group V)
- 1971-1979 Dean, School of Music of the University of Michigan
- 1971-1985 Board of directors, University Musical Society
- 1973-1997 Board of trustees, Interlochen Center for the Arts
- 1980-1981 Acting Dean, Manhattan School of Music
- 1980-1994 Member, Friends of the Stearns Collection of Musical Instruments Board of Directors
- 1981-1982 Acting Dean, Peabody Conservatory of Music
- 1982-1985 Founding Editor, American Music
- 1982-1994 Member, University of Illinois School of Music Alumni Board
- 1984-2003 Dean and professor emeritus in the School of Music of the University of Michigan
- 1985-1989 President of the Sonneck Society for American Music
- 1986 Elected to the Music Educators National Conference (MENC) Hall of Fame
- 1988 Elected to the American Antiquarian Society
- 1990 Given Senior Researcher Award by the MENC
- 1990 Published American Sacred Music Imprints, 1698-1810, a Bibliography in collaboration with Richard Crawford and Irving Lowens
- 1991 Given Distinguished Service Citation by the Sonneck Society
- 1997 Trustee emeritus, Interlochen Center for the Arts
- 1997 School of Music named recital hall for Britton
- 2000 Engraved brick in the MENC Walk of Fame
- 2000 March 6, "The Historians Perspective: A Symposium in Tribute to Allen P. Britton", the University of Maryland, College Park, MD
- 2003 Died February 17, in DeKalb, Illinois at the age of 88.
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