William P. Malm, Date of Birth, Place of Birth

William P. Malm

American ethnomusicologist

Date of Birth: 06-Mar-1928

Place of Birth: La Grange, Illinois, United States

Profession: anthropologist, musicologist, ethnomusicologist

Nationality: United States

Zodiac Sign: Pisces

William Malm (born March 6, 1928) is an American musicologist known for his studies of Japanese traditional music.
As a composer, teacher, and scholar of Japanese music, Malm shaped the study of ethnomusicology in the United States.
Malm authored the first major scholarly study on the history and instruments of Japanese music, Japanese Music and Musical Instruments (1959).
He was a faculty member at the University of Michigan from 1960 to 1994.
Malm served as President of the Society for Ethnomusicology from 1977 to 1979 and was named an Honorary Member of that organization in 2004.
Malm was awarded the Fumio Koizumi Prize in 1992 for his contributions to the study of Japanese music.
As the 2001 Charles Seeger Lecturer, Malm's address focused on the history and founding of ethnomusicology in the United States.