Stephen Wild

Thank you for sharing this sad mews, Ursula. It is like the end of an era as Bruno was the youngest member of the small group of scholars who founded the SEM in the mid-1950s. Bruno went on to write several books which helped to define the discipline of ethnomusicology. He and Alan Merriam (my PhD Adviser) were good friends and visited each other’s institutions regularly. When Alan died tragically in a plane crash, Bruno took on the role of my former Adviser and facilitated opportunities for which I will always be grateful. He was a person of great charm and generosity. Rest in peace, Bruno.