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The New School Libraries and Archives was recently contacted by a media archivist at the University of Georgia about an intriguing movie reel in one of its collections. Our Georgian counterpart, Margie Compton, was examining what looked to be a fabulous costume party. People were dressed as giant fishes and chairs. Could we help explain […]
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Risë Stevens (b. 1913, Bronx, New York - d. 2013, Manhattan, New York) was an American mezzo-soprano opera singer. She was born Risë Gus Steenberg in the Bronx, and as a child she sang on a local radio program. As a teenager, her family moved to Queens and she began appearing in local opera productions, […]
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Leopold Mannes (born 1899, New York, New York; died 1964, Vineyard Haven, Massachusetts) was an American musician, educator, and inventor. His parents, David Mannes, violinist and conductor, and Clara Mannes, pianist and daughter of conductor Leopold Damrosch, founded the David Mannes School of Music in 1916. In his youth, Leopold Mannes took music and piano […]
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PRESIDENTS OF THE NEW SCHOOL 1919-1922 No Dean or President 1922-1924 Clarke F. Ansley, Director 1925-1936 Alvin Johnson, Director 1936-1946 Alvin Johnson, President 1946-1950 Bryn J. Hovde, President 1950-1961 Hans Simons, President 1961-1963 Henry David, President 1963 Robert M. MacIver, Acting President 1964 Robert M. MacIver, President 1965-1982 John R. Everett, President 1982-1999 Jonathan […]
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Clara Mannes (1869-1948) was a German-American pianist and music educator. Clara grew up in Breslau, Germany, and was born into the famous Damrosch musical family; her father Leopold Damrosch was known as a respected violinist, composer, and conductor, and her mother, Helen Von Heimburg, an acclaimed opera singer. The Damrosch family immigrated to the United […]
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" Clara Damrosch Mannes and her husband, David Mannes, formed the first touring professional violin-piano concert duo, according to Martin. Mannes went on to found the Mannes School (later College) of Music in addition to participating in activities such as managing the benefit concert in 1912 for the Music School Settlement of Harlem, a concert that featured James Europe and his Clef Club Orchestra "
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Van Day Truex was a Parsons Alum, and later became the Professor of Interior Design. He was on the administration at Parsons for over thirty years. You can read more about him here. If you’d like to write a more in-depth profile of Van Day Truex, email us at [email protected]. We welcome contributions.
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" Even if you were Van Day Truex, the year was 1952 and you had just resigned as president of the Parsons School of Design to take a shot at a private life, you will still be stunned by the enormity of such carte blanche. Imagine its happening twice in a lifetime. "
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David C. Levy worked at the Parsons School of Design as an administrator from 1961-1991. You can read more about him here. If you’d like to write a more in-depth profile of David C. Levy, email us at [email protected]. We welcome contributions.