Sapp, Allen, 1922-1999

Composer and arts administrator Allen Sapp was born in Philadelphia in 1922. He studied with Walter Piston at Harvard University, and privately with Nadia Boulanger and Aaron Copland. Sapp taught at Harvard University (1950-58) and Wellesley College (1958-1961), then became chair of the Music Department at the State University of New York at Buffalo (1961-1975), where he co-founded the Center for Creative and Performing Arts. He also held administrative positions with Arts/Worth, the American Council of the Arts in Education, and the National Arts Council. Sapp was later Provost for Communications and the Arts at Florida State University (1976-78); and Dean, then Professor of Composition, at the University of Cincinnati College-Conservatory of Music (1978-93). Allen Sapp died in Cincinnati on Jan. 4, 1999.

From the description of Score collection, ca. 1936-1992. (SUNY at Buffalo). WorldCat record id: 53795535

American composer, music professor, and administrator.

From the description of Typewritten letter signed, dated : Buffalo, N.Y., 1 April 1964, to Joseph Chouinard, 1964 Apr. 1. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 270961847