Forte, Allen, 1926-2014
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From the Allen Forte Papers at Yale University:
Allen Forte (1926-2014) was the Battell Professor Emeritus of the Theory of Music at Yale University. He was a specialist in 20th-century atonal music, musical analysis using Schenkerian methods, and the American popular ballad. He is the author of over one hundred books and articles, and advised seventy-two Ph.D. dissertations. Allen Forte received his B.A. and M.A. from Columbia University, and taught at Columbia University Teachers College, Manhattan School of Music, and Mannes College of Music before joining the faculty of Yale University.
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| associatedWith | American Academy of Arts and Sciences | corporateBody |
| associatedWith | American council of learned societies, recipient. | corporateBody |
| correspondedWith | Carter, Elliott | person |
| alumnusOrAlumnaOf | Columbia University | corporateBody |
| employeeOf | Columbia University. Teachers College. | corporateBody |
| associatedWith | Eastman school of music | corporateBody |
| associatedWith | Ekwueme, Lazarus Edward Nnanyelu, 1936- | person |
| associatedWith | Florida State university | corporateBody |
| spouseOf | Forte, Madeleine, 1938- | person |
| associatedWith | Graziano, John | person |
| associatedWith | Guggenheim Fellowship. | corporateBody |
| associatedWith | Hanyang university | corporateBody |
| associatedWith | Indiana University | corporateBody |
| correspondedWith | Johnson, Robert Sherlaw | person |
| associatedWith | Journal of Music Theory | corporateBody |
| associatedWith | Kowalke, Kim H., 1948- | person |
| associatedWith | Luening, Otto, 1900-1996 | person |
| associatedWith | Mahoney, Michael S. (Michael Sean) | person |
| employeeOf | Manhattan School of Music (New York, N.Y.) | corporateBody |
| employeeOf | Mannes College of Music | corporateBody |
| associatedWith | Marymount College (Tarrytown, N.Y.) | corporateBody |
| associatedWith | Massachusetts Institute of Technology | corporateBody |
| associatedWith | National Endowment for the Humanities | corporateBody |
| correspondedWith | Oster, Ernst | person |
| associatedWith | Peabody Conservatory of Music | corporateBody |
| associatedWith | Porter, Quincy, 1897-1966 | person |
| associatedWith | Schmalfeldt, Janet | person |
| correspondedWith | Schoenberg, Gertrud | person |
| associatedWith | Shackford, Charles. | person |
| associatedWith | Shifrin, Seymour, 1926-1979 | person |
| memberOf | Society for Music Theory. | corporateBody |
| associatedWith | Southwestern University (Georgetown, Tex.) | corporateBody |
| memberOf | United States. Navy | corporateBody |
| associatedWith | University of British Columbia. | corporateBody |
| associatedWith | University of North Texas. College of Music | corporateBody |
| associatedWith | University of Texas at Austin. | corporateBody |
| associatedWith | Ussachevsky, Vladimir, 1911-1990 | person |
| associatedWith | Yale Music Curriculum Project. | corporateBody |
| associatedWith | Yale Summer School of Music and Art. | corporateBody |
| employeeOf | Yale University. | corporateBody |
| associatedWith | Yale University press | corporateBody |
| associatedWith | Yeston, Maury | person |
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| Portland | OR | US | |
| New York City | NY | US | |
| Portland | OR | US | |
| Hamden | CT | US |
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| Music theory |
| Schenkerian analysis |
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Birth 1926-12-23
Death 2014-10-16
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