- Mark Lindley
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Mark Lindley (born 1937) is both a noted musicologist and, more recently, an historian of modern India. Born in Washington DC, he studied at Harvard University (A.B.), Juilliard School of Music (M.S.) and Columbia University (D. Phil.). He has taught at various universities, including Columbia University, City University of New York, Washington University, University of London, Oxford University, University of Regensburg, Chinese University of Hong Kong, University of Kerala, Istanbul Technical University, Yildiz Technical University, Bogaziçi University, and Samskar Ashram Vidyalayam.
As an historian of modern India, his concentration has been on the independence struggle, with a particular focus on Mahatma Gandhi and some of his associates. His writings on Gandhi include:
Gandhi as We Have Known Him, with Lavanam Gora (National Gandhi Museum, New Delhi, 2005; 2nd edition, 2009).
"Gandhi's Rhetoric" (in Journal of Literature and Aesthetics, 1999).
Gandhi and Humanism (Humanist Chaplaincy, Harvard University, 3rd ed., 2005).
Gandhi and the World Today (1998), A Recent American View (University of Kerala).
Gandhiji ko yeh kaise vishwagaya ki antarjatiya vivahse, jati pratha ka unmulan karna hosa (National Gandhi Museum, New Delhi, 1998).
Lindley and Kirit Bhavsar are currently preparing an annotated bibliography of books read by Gandhi. It is to be published in 2009[dated info] by Gujarat Vidyapeeth, a university founded by Gandhi in Ahmedabad.
Popular Prakashan, Mumbai, published in 2007 Lindley's J. C. Kumarappa: Mahatma Gandhi's Economist, and in 2009 his The Life and Times of Gora, about a noted Indian activist and social worker who was also an associate of Gandhi (and, after Gandhi’s death, of Kumarappa).
Dr. Lindley is also known as the author of a great number of papers in musicology, and is regarded as an expert on the history of tempered tunings, of early keyboard fingerings, and of the chromatic scale. His musicological writings include:
"A systematic approach to chromaticism" (in Systematische Musikwissenschaft/Systematic Musicology/Musicologie Systèmatique, 1994).
Mathematical Models of Musical Scales, A New Approach (with R. Turner-Smith, Verlag für Systematische Musikwissenschaft, 1993).
"Stimmung und Temperatur" in F. Zaminer, ed., Geschichte der Musiktheorie, Vol. 6: Hören, Messen und Rechnen in der Frühen Neuzeit (Wissenschaftliche Buchgesellschaft, 1987).
Lutes, Viols and Temperaments (Cambridge University Press, 1984).
Beethoven's Variations for Piano, Opus 34: Genesis, Structure, Performance (with K.-J. Sachs and Conny Restle, Schott, 2007).
"A quest for Bach's ideal style of organ temperament" (in M. Lustig, ed., Stimmungen im 17. und 18. Jahrhundert, Michaelstein, 1997).
"La «pratica ben regolata» di Francesco Antonio Vallotti" (in Rivista Italiana di Musicologia, 1980).
"Early 16th-century keyboard temperaments" (in Musica Disciplina, 1974)
"Euphony in Dufay: harmonic 3rds and 6ths with explicit sharps in the early songs" (with G. Boone, in the 2004 Jahrbuch des Staatlichen Instituts für Musikforschung, Berlin).
"Marx und Engels über die Musik" (in Aufklärung und Kritik, 1997).
Early Keyboard Fingerings, A Comprehensive Guide (with M. Boxall, Schott, 1992).
Ars Ludendi: Early German Keyboard Fingerings (Tre Fontane, 1993).
"Early English keyboard fingerings" (in Basler Jahrbuch für Historische Musikpraxis, 1980).
"Keyboard technique and articulation: evidence for the performance practices of Bach, Handel and Scarlatti" (in P. Williams, ed., Bach, Handel and Scarlatti: Tercentenary Essays, Cambridge University Press, 1985).
"An introduction to Alessandro Scarlatti's *Toccata prima*" (in Early Music, January 1982).
He is currently preparing for publication by the Staatliches Institut für Musikforschung (Berlin) a website about Bach’s Das wohl-temperierte Clavier and an essay about technical aspects of "Tonartencharakteristiken."
External links
Der Bund für Geistesfreiheit's web page for Dr. Mark Lindley.
Mark Lindley, Gandhi's Challenge Now.
Mark Lindley, Kumarappa: A Giant or a Midget?. Economic and Political Weekly (May 2007).
Mark Lindley, [1].
Mark Lindley and Ronald Turner-Smith, An Algebraic Approach to Mathematical Models of Scales. Music Theory Online (June 1993).
Mark Lindley, "Globalisation und Gewalt". Aufklärung und Kritik (October 2007).
J. J. Innes, "Kumarappa was a greater economist than Dr Sen: Dr Lindley".
Mark Lindley and Ibo Ortgies, Bach-style keyboard tuning. Early Music (November 2006).
James Farmelant and Mark Lindley, "Six Prominent American Freethinkers". MRZine.
Mark Lindley, "Marx and Engels on Music". MRZine.
Mark Lindley and James Farmelant, "Looking Back for Insights into a New Paradigm". MRZine.
Categories:- 1937 births
- Living people
- People from Washington, D.C.
- Harvard University alumni
- Juilliard School alumni
- Columbia University alumni
- American musicologists
- Historians of India
- American humanists
- American atheists
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