Mark Lindley
Mark Lindley (born 1937) is a noted musicologist and, more recently, a historian of modern India, and a teacher of economics. Born in Washington, D.C., 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. He has lectured on economics at Gujarat Vidyapith and at the Gokhale Institute of Politics and Economics, where he is currently a Visiting Professor.
Lindley has identified himself as an atheist.[1]
Works
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).
Bibliography of Books Read by Mahatma Gandhi , with Kirit K. Bhavsar,and Purnima Upadhyay, (Gujarat Vidyapith University, Ahmedabad, 2011).
"Gandhi's Rhetoric" (in Journal of Literature and Aesthetics, 1999).
Gandhi and Humanism (Humanist Chaplaincy, Harvard University, 4th ed., 2011).
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).
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's writings on economics include the following:
"Modern Economics as a Would-be Science" (Gokhale Institute, Pune, 2013; republished in Artha Vijnana, vol. 55/1, 2013).
"Looking Back for Insights into a New Paradigm", with James Farmelant. MRZine.
"The Strange Case of Dr. Hayek and Mr. Hayek", with James Farmelant. Journal of Social and Political Studies, Allahabad, vol.3/2, 2012.
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:
"Innovations in temperament and harmony in French harpsichord music" (in Early Music, vol. 41, 2014).
Beethoven's Variations for Piano, Opus 34: Genesis, Structure, Performance (with K.-J. Sachs and Conny Restle, Schott, 2007).
"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).
"A quest for Bach's ideal style of organ temperament" (in M. Lustig, ed., Stimmungen im 17. und 18. Jahrhundert, Michaelstein, 1997).
"Marx und Engels über die Musik" (in Aufklärung und Kritik, 1997).
"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).
Ars Ludendi: Early German Keyboard Fingerings (Tre Fontane, 1993).
Early Keyboard Fingerings, A Comprehensive Guide (with M. Boxall, Schott, 1992).
"Stimmung und Temperatur" in F. Zaminer, ed., Geschichte der Musiktheorie, Vol. 6: Hören, Messen und Rechnen in der Frühen Neuzeit (Wissenschaftliche Buchgesellschaft, 1987).
"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).
Lutes, Viols and Temperaments (Cambridge University Press, 1984).
"An introduction to Alessandro Scarlatti's *Toccata prima*" (in Early Music, January 1982).
"La «pratica ben regolata» di Francesco Antonio Vallotti" (in Rivista Italiana di Musicologia, 1980).
"Early English keyboard fingerings" (in Basler Jahrbuch für Historische Musikpraxis, 1980).
"Early 16th-century keyboard temperaments" (in Musica Disciplina, 1974)
References
External links
Mark Lindley, A "Distinguished Lecture" at the Central University of Hyderabad on YouTube.
Mark Lindley, Gandhi's Challenge Now.
Mark Lindley, Kumarappa: A Giant or a Midget?. Economic and Political Weekly (May 2007).
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.
Mark Lindley and James Farmelant, "The Strange Case of Dr. Hayek and Mr. Hayek". Journal of Social and Political Studies (December 2012).
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