Mark Lindley


Mark Lindley 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, Juilliard School of Music and Columbia University. 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 the University of Hyderabad, where he served in 2015 as the University Chair professor in the School of Economics. He has also lectured on economics at Gujarat Vidyapith and at the Gokhale Institute of Politics and Economics, and was a visiting professor in 2016 at the University of Zaragoza and in 2017 at the Central University of Gujarat. He is a visiting professor at Dr. Babasaheb Ambedkar Marathwada University, a "Professor of Eminence" at The MGM University, Aurangabad, and a Research Fellow at the Gandhi Research Foundation.
Lindley has identified himself as an atheist.

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.
, with Kirit K. Bhavsar,and Purnima Upadhyay,.
"Gandhi's Rhetoric".
Gandhi and Humanism.
Gandhi and the World Today, A Recent American View.
Gandhiji ko yeh kaise vishwagaya ki antarjatiya vivahse, jati pratha ka unmulan karna hosa.
Gustav Le Bon, Ferdinand Tönnies and Mahatma Gandhi as Modern Psychologists.
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.
Dr. Lindley's writings on economics include the following:
Five Lectures on Money.
"The 'Economic Man' Premise".
"Modern Economics as a Would-be Science".
, with James Farmelant. MRZine.
, with James Farmelant.
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".
Beethoven's Variations for Piano, Opus 34: Genesis, Structure, Performance.
"Euphony in Dufay: harmonic 3rds and 6ths with explicit sharps in the early songs".
"A quest for Bach's ideal style of organ temperament".
"Marx und Engels über die Musik".
"A systematic approach to chromaticism".
Mathematical Models of Musical Scales, A New Approach.
Ars Ludendi: Early German Keyboard Fingerings.
Early Keyboard Fingerings, A Comprehensive Guide.
"Stimmung und Temperatur" in F. Zaminer, ed., Geschichte der Musiktheorie, Vol. 6: Hören, Messen und Rechnen in der Frühen Neuzeit.
"Keyboard technique and articulation: evidence for the performance practices of Bach, Handel and Scarlatti".
Lutes, Viols and Temperaments.
"An introduction to Alessandro Scarlatti's *Toccata prima*".
"La «pratica ben regolata» di Francesco Antonio Vallotti".
"Early English keyboard fingerings".
"Early 16th-century keyboard temperaments"