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Ethnomusicologist & Radio Pioneer Henrietta Yurchenco, 91, Dies

HeadlineDec 17, 2007

And the world-renowned ethnomusicologist Henrietta Yurchenco has died at the age of ninety-one. She was a leading authority on indigenous music of the Americas. She was also a pioneering radio broadcaster who helped popularize the music of Pete Seeger, Woody Guthrie, Leadbelly and Bob Dylan.

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