Allen Forte

Allen Forte
NationalityAmerican
TitleBattell Professor Emeritus of the Theory of Music, Yale University
SpouseMadeleine Forte
AwardsGuggenheim Fellow
Academic background
Alma materColumbia University
Academic work
DisciplineMusic Theory
Sub-discipline20th-century atonal music and music analysis
InstitutionsYale University
Columbia University

Allen Forte (December 23, 1926 – October 16, 2014) was an American music theorist and musicologist. He was Battell Professor Emeritus of the Theory of Music at Yale University and specialized in 20th-century atonal music and music analysis.

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