Birth Name:

Alan P. Merriam

Male

Birth Date:

Thu, Nov 01, 1923

Time of Birth:

Unknown (using Noon)

Place of Birth:

Missoula, Montana, United States

Age:

101

Zodiac Sign:

Scorpio

Astrology Data:

Sun

8°

Sco

20'

About Alan P. Merriam

Alan Parkhurst Merriam (1 November 1923 – 14 March 1980) was an American ethnomusicologist 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 ethnomusicology research under his guidance. He was a co-founder of the Society for Ethnomusicology in 1952 and held the elected post of president of that society from 1963 to 1965. He edited the Newsletter of the Society for Ethnomusicology from 1952 to 1957, and he edited the journal Ethnomusicology from 1957 to 1958.

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Astrological aspects and planetary data / tags for Alan P. Merriam: Sun 8 Scorpio, Moon 7 Leo, Mercury 29 Libra, Venus 21 Scorpio, Mars 9 Libra, Jupiter 24 Scorpio, Saturn 24 Libra, Uranus 13 Pisces, Neptune 20 Leo, Pluto 12 Cancer, Sun Trine Pluto, Mercury Conjunct Saturn, Sun Semi Sextile Mars, Mercury Sesquiquadrate Uranus, Venus Semi Square Mars, Venus Conjunct Jupiter, Venus Square Neptune, Mars Semi Square Jupiter, Mars Square Pluto, Jupiter Semi Sextile Saturn, Jupiter Square Neptune, Jupiter Sesquiquadrate Pluto, Uranus Trine Pluto

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