Alison Arnold

Bruno was a towering figure in the field of ethnomusicology and he will be sorely missed by so many. He was the reason I came to the United States, given a research assistantship to work with him on his first edition of "The Study of Ethnomusicology: Twenty-Nine Issues and Concepts." We had never met until I arrived in the Music Building at the U. of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign. How fortunate I was to have Bruno Nettl as my doctoral advisor, my teacher, mentor, and friend. An unparalleled inspiration in my life.

He was a wonderful person, the finest of scholars, a consummate writer, a good friend, and the reason I came to the United States to study ethnomusicology. How fortunate I was to have Bruno as my doctoral advisor. R.I.P., Bruno.