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Ruth Stone

Director—Ethnomusicology Institute, Chairperson—Folklore Institute, Chair and Professor—Department of Folklore and Ethnomusicology, College of Arts and Sciences
IU Bloomington

Director—Ethnomusicology Institute, Chairperson—Folklore Institute, Chair and Professor—Department of Folklore and Ethnomusicology

Interests:

African music, arts, dance, and oral history, ethnomusicology, folklore

Education:

• B.A. at University of Northern Iowa, 1966
• M.A. at Hunter College, 1972
• Ph.D. at Indiana University, 1979

Background:

Ruth Stone is an ethnomusicologist specializing in African music, with a secondary area in music of the Middle East.

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