Leon Dallin
Music theorist
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| Intro | Music theorist | ||||||
| Places | United States of America | ||||||
| was | Musicologist Musician Music theorist | ||||||
| Work field | Academia Music | ||||||
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| Birth | 26 March 1918, Utah, USA | ||||||
| Death | 31 December 1993Orange County, USA (aged 75 years) | ||||||
| Star sign | Aries | ||||||
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Biography
Glen Leon Dallin, Jr. (March 26, 1918 Silver City, Utah – December 31, 1993) was an American music theorist whose primary work was Techniques of Twentieth Century Composition: A Guide to the Materials of Modern Music.
Dallin was born in Utah. He received his bachelor's and master's degrees in music from Eastman School of Music and a Ph.D. from The University of California, Berkeley. He then was a professor at Brigham Young University from 1948-1955 and at California State University, Long Beach from 1955 to 1983.
Sources
- Leon Dallin Collection at Sibley Music Library, Eastman School of Music