[ANPPOM-Lista] Allen Forte, 1926-2014
Carlos Palombini
cpalombini em gmail.com
Qui Out 16 13:24:21 BRT 2014
It is with great sadness that I convey the news of Allen Forte's death, at
his Hamden home, on October 16. A founding member and the first President
of SMT, Forte was a model for our field--a widely influential adviser, a
productive and agenda-setting scholar, and a tireless advocate for music
theory and its practitioners. He was an extraordinary man. His passing is
an occasion for us to reflect upon our heritage, and to renew his
commitment to passing it on.
Allen's wife, Madeleine, has released a short obituary:
Allen Forte, born on December 23 1926 in Portland, Oregon, passed
peacefully in his Connecticut home on Thursday October 16 2014 at 8:00
a.m. .During World War II he served in the American Navy from 1944 to 1946
on the U.S.S. General Butner in the Pacific. Thanks to the G.I. bill he
attended Columbia University where he received his masters and doctorate
and taught at Teachers College. He also taught at M.I.T., at Harvard
University, and at Yale University, where during forty-four and half years
he advised seventy two Ph.D. students as Battell Professor of the Theory of
Music and as a leading speculative music theorist. He was the Founder and
First President of the Society of Music Theory, and a Fellow of the
American Academy of Arts and Sciences. He received an Honorary Doctorate
from the Eastman School of Music. He has earned critical acclaim with
twelve scholarly books and one hundred articles. THE STRUCTURE OF ATONAL
MUSIC ranks as one of the most important contributions to music theory in
the twentieth century. His use of the computer as well as traditional means
of analysis has led to fuller knowledge of musical structure and thereby
enhanced both the understanding and the enjoyment of music. He is survived
by his wife, concert pianist Madeleine Forte, her sons, and her
grandchildren.
Information about memorial events will be forthcoming from the Yale
University Department of Music.
--
carlos palombini
professor de musicologia ufmg
professor colaborador ppgm-unirio
orcid.org/0000-0002-4365-7673
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