TY - JOUR AU - Givan, Benjamin PY - 2011/02/28 Y2 - 2024/03/28 TI - Forte's Lecture on Jazz: An Introduction JF - Journal of Jazz Studies JA - JJS VL - 7 IS - 1 SE - Articles DO - 10.14713/jjs.v7i1.2 UR - https://jjs.libraries.rutgers.edu/index.php/jjs/article/view/2 SP - 3–6 AB - <!-- @font-face { font-family: "Times New Roman"; }@font-face { font-family: "Adobe Caslon Pro"; }p.MsoNormal, li.MsoNormal, div.MsoNormal { margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; font-size: 12pt; font-family: "Adobe Caslon Pro"; }table.MsoNormalTable { font-size: 10pt; font-family: "Times New Roman"; }div.Section1 { page: Section1; } --> <span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: &quot;Adobe Caslon Pro&quot;;">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 <em>Journal of Jazz Studies</em></span><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: &quot;Adobe Caslon Pro&quot;;">. 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.</span> ER -