Open AccessForte's Lecture on Jazz: An Introduction
Author(s) -
Benjamin Givan
Publication year - 2011
Publication title -
journal of jazz studies
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
ISSN - 2158-1401
DOI - 10.14713/jjs.v7i1.2
Subject(s) - font , jazz , character (mathematics) , context (archaeology) , art , style (visual arts) , face (sociological concept) , art history , literature , visual arts , history , philosophy , linguistics , mathematics , archaeology , geometry
This article provides background on Allen Forte’s 1958 lecture, “The Development of Diminutions in American Jazz,” which is published for the first time in this issue of the Journal of Jazz Studies . Topics include the context in which the lecture was delivered; the lecture’s place in the history of jazz theory and analysis; and the career of Forte, one of the nation’s most prominent music theorists, including his little-known ties to the jazz world.