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<p><b>New page</b></p><div>'''Nazir Ali Jairazbhoy''' ({{lang-hi|नाज़ीर अली जैराज़बोय}}) (October 31, 1927 &ndash; June 20, 2009) was a professor of folk and classical music of [[South Asia]] at the [[University of California at Los Angeles]], where he was the founding chair of the Department of Ethnomusicology and Systematic Musicology. He was appointed professor of music at UCLA in 1975, and retired in 1994. He was president of the [[Society for Ethnomusicology]].<ref name=LATIMES>{{cite news|title=Passings|newspaper=[[Los Angeles Times]]|date=2009-06-28|url=http://www.latimes.com/news/obituaries/la-me-passings28-2009jun28,0,4168037.story|accessdate=2009-06-30}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|title=Nazir Ali Jairazbhoy: 1927-2009 |publisher=[[UCLA School of the Arts and Architecture]] |date=2009-06-24 |url=http://www.ethnomusic.ucla.edu/newsevents/news/jairazbhoy.htm |accessdate=2009-06-30 |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20090927094856/http://www.ethnomusic.ucla.edu/newsevents/news/jairazbhoy.htm |archivedate=September 27, 2009 }}</ref><br />
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==Life==<br />
Although born in England to Indian parents, he was educated in India. He began [[sitar]] studies as a child in Bombay from [[Madhav Lal]]. In 1968, credited as "Soma", he played sitar on the [[Incredible String Band]]'s album ''[[The 5000 Spirits or the Layers of the Onion]]''.<ref name=beglad>Adrian Whittaker (ed.), ''Be Glad: The Incredible String Band Compendium'', 2003, {{ISBN|1-900924-64-1}}</ref><br />
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After graduation from the [[Doon School]]<ref name="google1">{{cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=hGLRqLscf78C&q=Nazir+Jairazbhoy+doon&pg=PA227 |title=The Rāgs of North Indian Music: Their Structure and Evolution - Nazir Ali Jairazbhoy - Google Books |isbn=9788171543953 |accessdate=2014-08-20|last1=Jairazbhoy |first1=Nazir Ali |year=1995 }}</ref> and the [[University of Washington]].<ref name="google1"/> He was a student of Dr. [[Arnold Adriaan Bake]] at the [[School of Oriental and African Studies]] of the [[University of London]], receiving his doctorate in 1971.<ref name="google1"/><br />
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He produced more than 100 publications as well as audio and video productions on both classical and folk music of India.{{citation needed|date=July 2012}} He founded the [[Archives and Research Centre for Ethnomusicology]] (ARCE) of the [[American Institute of Indian Studies]] in New Delhi.{{citation needed|date=July 2012}}<br />
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He was married to the ethnomusicologist and singer Dr. [[Amy Catlin-Jairazbhoy]] and they both co-owned [[Apsara Media for Intercultural Education]] in Van Nuys, California.{{citation needed|date=July 2012}}<br />
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==Major publications==<br />
*''The Rags of North Indian Music: Their Structure and Evolution'' Popular Prakashan:Bombay 1995, {{ISBN|81-7154-395-2}} (First published by Faber and Faber, 1971) <br />
*''Hi-Tech Shiva and Other Apocryphal Stories: An Academic Allegory.'' Apsara Media:Van Nuys California <br />
*''A Musical Journey through India, 1963-1964 '' (ten audio talks and book)<br />
*''Bake Restudy in India: 1938-1984'' (jointly with Amy Catlin), a video which received an award from the Society for Visual Anthropology of the American Anthropological Association, and<br />
*''Retooling a Tradition: A Rajasthani Puppet Takes Umbrage at his Stringholders: A Fictive Documentary'' (jointly with Amy Catlin) Apsara Media: Van Nuys, California 1994<br />
*''Kathputli: The World of Rajasthani Puppeteers'' Rainbow Publishers: New Delhi – 20 Nov 2007<br />
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==References==<br />
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==External links==<br />
*[https://web.archive.org/web/20071017232356/http://ethnomusic.ucla.edu/people/jairazbhoy.htm Jairazbhoy's page at UCLA]<br />
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