# Leon Dallin

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**Glen Leon Dallin Jr.** (March 26, 1918 [Silver City, Utah](/source/Silver_City,_Utah)[1] – December 31, 1993)[2] 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](/source/Eastman_School_of_Music) and a Ph.D. from [The University of California, Berkeley](/source/The_University_of_California,_Berkeley). He then was a professor at [Brigham Young University](/source/Brigham_Young_University) from 1948 to 1955 and at [California State University, Long Beach](/source/California_State_University,_Long_Beach) from 1955 to 1983.

## References

1. [Leon Dallin - Mormon Arts Wiki](https://web.archive.org/web/20180910014613/http://www.mormonartwiki.org/index.php?title=Leon_Dallin) Retrieved 2018-09-09.

1. ["Glen Leon Dallin, 31 Dec 1993"](https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:VGPR-62J); California Death Index, 1940-1997, Department of Public Health Services, Sacramento

## Sources

- [Leon Dallin Collection](https://www.esm.rochester.edu/sibley/specialcollections/findingaids/dallin/) at Sibley Music Library, Eastman School of Music

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