Alan jabbour and ken perlman biography

American musician and folklorist

Alan Jabbour (June 21, 1942 – January 13, 2017) was an American musician and folklorist, and the founding director of the American Folklife Center at the Library of Congress.

Life and career

Jabbour was born in Jacksonville, Florida. His grandfather had immigrated to the United States from Syria, and his father later joined him.^[1] He was educated in the Jacksonville public schools and at the Bolles School, where he graduated from high school in 1959.

He graduated magna cum laude from the University of Miami in 1963 and received his M.A. (1966) and Ph.D.

Alan jabbour and ken perlman biography

(1968) from Duke University.

A violinist from the age of seven, Alan Jabbour was a member of the Jacksonville Symphony, the Brevard Music Festival Orchestra, the Miami Symphony, and the University of Miami String Quartet.

While a graduate student, he became interested in American fiddle styles and traveled in North Carolina, Virginia, and West Virginia to rec