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Richard Alan Waterman (1914-1971)

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  14 February 2019

William R. Bascom*
Affiliation:
University of California, Berkeley, California

Abstract

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Type
Obituary
Copyright
Copyright © 1973 By the International Folk Music Council 

References

Bibliography: A Selection

(For a more complete bibliography of Dr. Waterman's work by Gillis, Frank J. and Merriam, Alan P. see Vol. 17, No. 1, January, 1973 of Ethnomusicology.)Google Scholar
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