Author

Alan P. Merriam

Observed names: A. P. Merriam, A.P. Merriam, ALAN P. MERRIAM, Alan C. Merriam, Alan Merriam, Alan P Merriam, Alan P. MERRIAM, Merriam, Alan P, Merriam, Alan P., Merriam, Alan P., 1923-1980., Merriam, Alan P., 1923-, Merriam, Alan P., 1923-1980.

Observed institutions: Northwestern University, University of Wisconsin System, Northwestern University, Indiana University Bloomington, University of Wisconsin–Milwaukee, Indiana University

OpenAlex ID: A5086867314

Folk Song Style and Culture

1969 · Alan P. Merriam, Alan Lomax · Journal of American Folklore · 355

Jazz: Its Evolution and Essence

1956 · Alan P. Merriam, Andre Hodeir, et al. · Notes · 258

African Rhythm and African Sensibility: Aesthetics and Social Action in African Musical Idioms

1980 · Alan P. Merriam, John Miller Chernoff · Ethnomusicology · 150

Definitions of "Comparative Musicology" and "Ethnomusicology": An Historical-Theoretical Perspective

1977 · Alan P. Merriam · Ethnomusicology · 112

Drumming in Akan Communities of Ghana

1965 · Alan P. Merriam, J. H. Kwabena Nketia · Ethnomusicology · 110

Theory and Method in Ethnomusicology

1966 · Alan P. Merriam, Bruno Nettl · Journal of American Folklore · 91

The Story of the Original Dixieland Jazz Band

1960 · Alan P. Merriam, H. O. Brunn, et al. · Notes · 64

Ethnomusicology Discussion and Definition of the Field

1960 · Alan P. Merriam · Ethnomusicology · 63

The Ghost-Dance Religion and the Sioux Outbreak of 1890

1966 · Alan P. Merriam, James Mooney · Ethnomusicology · 60

African Music in Perspective

1985 · Robert Kauffman, Alan P. Merriam · Ethnomusicology · 47

Ethnomusicology of the Flathead Indians

1967 · Norma McLeod, Alan P. Merriam · Anuario · 46

The Jazz Community

1960 · A. P. Merriam, R. W. Mack · Social Forces · 45

Art, Behavior, and the Anthropologists [and Comments and Reply]

1977 · Denis Dutton, Donald Brook, et al. · Current Anthropology · 44

Ethnomusicology of the Flathead Indians

1968 · Barbara Krader, Alan P. Merriam · Man · 44

Characteristics of African Music*

1959 · Alan P. Merriam · Journal of the International Folk Music Council · 42

Statistical Classification in Anthropology: An Application to Ethnomusicology

1956 · LINTON C. FREEMAN, ALAN P. MERRIAM · American Anthropologist · 42

Essays on Music and History in Africa

1972 · Alan P. Merriam, Klaus P. Wachsmann · African Arts · 38

The Use of Music in the Study of a Problem of Acculturation*

1955 · Alan P. Merriam · American Anthropologist · 37

Pattern in Cultural Anthropology

1966 · Alan P. Merriam, Melville Jacobs · Ethnomusicology · 31

The Encyclopedia of Jazz

1956 · Alan P. Merriam, Leonard Feather · Notes · 30

Jazz-The Word

1968 · Alan P. Merriam, Fradley H. Garner · Ethnomusicology · 28

Yoruba Music (African); Fusion of Speech and Music

1956 · Alan P. Merriam, Ekundayo Phillips, et al. · Notes · 17

Ethnomusicology Revisited

1969 · Alan P. Merriam · Ethnomusicology · 16

Purposes of Ethnomusicology, an Anthropological View

1963 · Alan P. Merriam · Ethnomusicology · 16

Hear Me Talkin' To Ya: The Story of Jazz by the Men Who Made It

1955 · Alan P. Merriam, Nat Shapiro, et al. · Notes · 16

Works count: 182

Citation count: 2,100

H-index: 21

I10-index: 34