Allen Forte (born December 23, 1926) is a music theorist and musicologist. Professor Forte was born in Portland, Oregon and fought with the Navy at the close of World War II before moving to the east coast. Professor Forte is now Battell Professor of Music, Emeritus at Yale University. He is best known for his influential book The Structure of Atonal Music (1973), in which he elaborates on the set theory of Milton Babbitt, establishing a complete theory of pitch class set analysis or musical set theory. Forte is also known for his analyses of the works of Webern and of Alban Berg's Wozzeck, as well as his writings on American popular song. Now in retirement, Professor Forte is travelling, giving lectures and seminars. He is married to pianist Madeleine Forte. December 23 is the 357th day of the year in the Gregorian Calendar (358th in leap years). ... 1926 was a common year starting on Friday (link will take you to calendar). ... Music theory is a field of study that describes the elements of music and includes the development and application of methods for analyzing and composing music, and the interrelationship between the notation of music and performance practice. ... A musicologist is someone who studies musicology. ... Portland, Oregon - Wikipedia /**/ @import /skins-1. ... For other uses, see Yale (disambiguation). ... Milton Byron Babbitt (born May 10, 1916) is an American composer. ... Musical set theory is an atonal or post-tonal method of musical analysis and composition which is based on explaining and proving musical phenomena, taken as sets and subsets, using mathematical rules and notation and using that information to gain insight to compositions or their creation. ... Anton Webern (December 3, 1883 – September 15, 1945) was a composer of classical music and a member of the so called Second Viennese School. ... Alban Maria Johannes Berg (February 9, 1885 – December 24, 1935) was an Austrian composer. ... Wozzeck is the first and most famous opera by Alban Berg. ...

He studied the theories of Heinrich Schenker, Schenkerian analysis. Heinrich Schenker (June 19, 1868 - January 13, 1935) was a music theorist, best known for his approach to musical analysis, now usually called Schenkerian analysis. ... Schenkerian analysis is an approach to musical analysis devised by Heinrich Schenker. ...

He is also the author of

• (1995) The American Popular Ballad of the Golden Era 1924-1950. Princeton: Princeton University Press. ISBN 069104399X.

External link

• AllenForte.com