Marcus, Scott (b. 1952)

Scott Marcus received both his MA and Ph.D. in music/ethnomusicology from UCLA. His dissertation entitled "Arab Music Theory in the Modern Period." In addition to his studies at UCLA under Dr. A. Jihad Racy, Marcus studied with a number of main teachers at the two music institutes in Cairo, Egypt (al-Ma`had al-`Ali li-l-Musiqa al-`Arabiyyah and Kulliyat al-Tarbiyyah al-Musiqiyyahs). Scott Marcus is the founder and director of the University of California at Santa Barbara’s Middle Eastern Ensemble and is an associate professor of ethnomusicology at UC Santa Barbara.

Archive call number: Collection 85.2

107 sound tape reels: Field recordings made by Scott Marcus in Banaras (Varanasi), Uttar Pradesh, and surrounding villages in northern India, 1983-84. Contents: recordings and interviews pertaining to biraha music of North India.

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