raised in New York and graduated from Fieldston High School in 1958. He attended the Eastman School of Music where he graduated with a Bachelors in Music with a focus in composition, musicology, and conducting. Lieberman continued his education by receiving a master's degree from the University of Hawaii at Manoa in Ethnomusicology. In 1968 he was given his Ph.D. in music with an emphasis in ethnomusicology from the University of California, Los Angeles. Through the years he has taught at Brown, the University of Washington, and eventually settled at the University of California, Santa Cruz. Lieberman co-wrote three books with Mickey Hart and was a consultant for him on various projects. One of these, Planet Drum: A Celebration of Percussion and Rhythm, also co-written by D.A. Sonneborn, examines rhythm's role in cultural traditions and considers the primal percussion experience of the "Big Bang.". He also co-wrote with Leta E. Miller, Lou Harrison (2006); a study of the life and career of Lou Harrison (1917–2003), and he also wrote Chinese music: An annotated bibliography (1979). Lieberman also started and was CEO of his own company named Music Forensics in which he consulted with attorneys and musicians over copyright laws. Lieberman died on May 4, 2013, due to cardiac arrest. Publications Hart, Mickey; Lieberman, Fredric. Spirit into Sound: The Magic of Music. (August 30, 2006). Grateful Dead Productions. (). Hart, Mickey; Sonneborn, D.A.; Lieberman, Fredric. (1991, August 1998). Planet Drum: A Celebration of Percussion and Rhythm. Grateful Dead Productions. (). Hart, Mickey; Stevens, Jay; Lieberman, Fredric. Drumming at the Edge of Magic: A Journey into the Spirit of Percussion. (1990, December 28, 1998). Grateful Dead Productions. (). Hart, Mickey; Stevens, Jay; Lieberman, Fredric. Die magische Trommel. Eine Reise zu den Quellen des Rhythmus . (1991, 1993). Goldmann Wilhelm GmbH. (). Lieberman, Fredric. Chinese music: An annotated bibliography (Garland reference library of the humanities ; v. 75). (January 1, 1979). Garland Pub. (). Lieberman, Fredric and Miller, Leta E. . Lou Harrison. (June 5, 2006). University of Illinois Press. (). Miller, Leta E.; Lieberman, Fredric. (1998). Composing a world: Lou Harrison, musical wayfarer. University of Illinois Press, , () See also Chinese Music Lou Harrison Mickey Hart References External links UCSC Faculty webpage for Fred Lieberman UC Santa Cruz University Library Special Collections and Archives: The Grateful Dead Archive Official webpage of Mickey Hart Ethnomusicologists Educators from California American male composers American