David P. McAllester

This article is about the ethnomusicologist. For the computer scientist, see David A. McAllester.
David P. McAllester
Born6 August 1916
Everett, Massachusetts
Died30 April 2006 (aged 89)
Monterey, Massachusetts
EducationHarvard University
Columbia University
Known forStudy of Native American musics, cofounding the Society for Ethnomusicology, research and teaching in the field of ethnomusicology.

David Park McAllester (6 August 1916 – 30 April 2006) was an American ethnomusicologist and Professor of Anthropology and Music at Wesleyan University, where he taught from 1947–1986. He contributed to the development of the field of ethnomusicology through his studies of Native American musics and traditions, and he helped to establish the ethnomusicology department and the World Music Program at Wesleyan. His recordings of Navajo and Comanche music led to the establishment of the World Music Archives at the University.[1][2][3][4][5][6]

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