An individual that stood as a foil to him was his fellow ethnomusicologist , Mantle Hood .
Merriam is characterized by a drive to solve relevant problems using data gathered in the field hands - on .
An individual that stood as a foil to Merriam was Merriam 's fellow ethnomusicologist , Mantle Hood .
Merriam is characterized by a drive to solve relevant problems using data gathered in the field hands - on .