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Mantle Hood

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American ethnomusicologist

United StatesMusiciansLived 1918 to 2005 · aged 87
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Mantle Hood was an American ethnomusicologist. Among other areas, he specialized in studying gamelan music from Indonesia.

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A portrait of Mantle Hood taken in 1960.A portrait of Mantle Hood taken in 1960.

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Fulbright Scholarship

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About this person

Mantle Hood was an American ethnomusicologist. Among other areas, he specialized in studying gamelan music from Indonesia. Hood pioneered, in the 1950s and 1960s, a new approach to the study of music, and the creation of the first American university program devoted to ethnomusicology, at the University of California, Los Angeles (UCLA).

Country
United States
Category
Musicians
Type
Singer / Musician
Status
deceased
Dates
Lived 1918 to 2005 · aged 87
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8 languages

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