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Alan Parkhurst Merriam (1 November 1923 – 14 March 1980) was an American cultural anthropologist and ethnomusicologist. He is known for his studies of music in Native America and Africa. In his book The Anthropology of Music (1964), he outlined and develops a theory and method for studying music from an anthropological perspective with anthropological methods. Although he taught at Northwestern University and University of Wisconsin, the majority of his academic career was spent at Indiana University where he was named a professor in 1962 and then chairman of the anthropology department from 1966 to 1969, which became a leading center of research ethnomusicology under his guidance. He was a co-founder of the Society for Ethnomusicology in 1952 and held the elected post of president of that

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  • Alan P. Merriam (ur. 1 listopada 1923, zm. 14 marca 1980 w Warszawie) – amerykański etnomuzykolog. Prekursor antropologii muzycznej. Za istotne zadanie etnomuzykologii uważał badanie muzyki w kontekście kultury. Najważniejsze dzieło: The Anthropology of Music (1964). Zginął w katastrofie lotniczej na Okęciu w 1980 roku. (pl)
  • Alan Parkhurst Merriam (1 November 1923 – 14 March 1980) was an American cultural anthropologist and ethnomusicologist. He is known for his studies of music in Native America and Africa. In his book The Anthropology of Music (1964), he outlined and develops a theory and method for studying music from an anthropological perspective with anthropological methods. Although he taught at Northwestern University and University of Wisconsin, the majority of his academic career was spent at Indiana University where he was named a professor in 1962 and then chairman of the anthropology department from 1966 to 1969, which became a leading center of research ethnomusicology under his guidance. He was a co-founder of the Society for Ethnomusicology in 1952 and held the elected post of president of that (en)
  • Alan Parkhurst Merriam (Missoula, 1er novembre 1923-Varsovie, 14 mars 1980) est un anthropologue culturel et ethnomusicologue américain connu pour ses travaux sur la musique amérindienne et africaine. (fr)
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