(English)
We are very pleased to announce that Scott Marcus, Professor of North Indian and Middle Eastern music and performance practice, Arab music theory, North Indian folk music (tuning and temperament) has joined the Academic Board of NEMO-Online.
Scott Marcus is the Founder and Director of the UCSB Middle East Ensemble and the Music of India (sitar) Ensemble. He is a member of UCSB’s Center for Middle East Studies and past Board member of the Society for Ethnomusicology and the Society for Asian Music.
He brings specific capabilities which complement those of the actual members, especially in Indian music theory and practice.
Last but not least: his thesis Arab music theory in the modern period (Egypt, Syria, Lebanon, Maqam), defended in 1989, is a cornerstone or the musicology of Arabian music, and he has also published Music in Egypt (Oxford University Press, 2007) and is the co-editor of the Garland Encyclopedia of World Music, Vol. 6, The Middle East, 2002.
(French)
Nous avons le très grand plaisir d’annoncer que Scott Marcus, Professeur d’ethnomusicologie spécialisé en musiques du Proche-Orient et de l’Inde à l’UCSB (University of California Santa Barbera) a rejoint le Comité de rédaction de NEMO-Online.
Scott Marcus est le fondateur et le directeur du UCSB Middle East Ensemble et du Music of India (sitar) Ensemble. Il est membre de l’UCSB Center for Middle East Studies, ex-membre du Comité de directionr de la Society for Ethnomusicology et de la Society for Asian Music.
Ses compétences reconnues en musiques arabe et, notamment, indienne viennent s’ajouter à celles des autres membres du Comité de rédaction de NEMO-Online, d’autant plus qu’il est l’auteur de Arab music theory in the modern period (Egypt, Syria, Lebanon, Maqam), thèse défendue en 1989 et devenue très rapidement la pierre de fondation de la musicologie de la musique arabe moderne. Il a également publié Music in Egypt (Oxford University Press, 2007) et a co-édité la Garland Encyclopedia of World Music, Vol. 6, The Middle East, 2002.