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" Of all Schenker’s pupils and disciples, none was as important for the dissemination of his teachings as Hans Weisse. Weisse seems to be at the forefront of every initiative to promote his teacher’s work, whether as a private tutor, a public lecturer, or an ambassador of music theory. "
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" When Gerald and Beatrice Banu sought approval for refurbishing the cast iron balustrades that grace the front of their 114 year-old Greenwich Village brownstone, the New York City's Landmarks Preservation Commission quickly gave its approval. "
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" Experience occurs continuously, because the interaction of living creatures and environing conditions is involved in the very process of living. "
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" One of the most striking features of the cities of the Middle East and North Africa, certainly during medieval times but to some extent persisting feebly to this day in the older residential quarters, is its subdivision into smaller quarters whose approximate boundaries remain relatively constant over time and whose names continue to be employed as important referential terms, even when they do not appear on modern markers of street names, etc. "
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" Always remember when you listen to a composer's creation, you are listening to a man, to a particular individual, with his own special personality. "
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“We in the IRP represent a new venture for an institution of higher learning to accommodate the expanding educational demands of retired professionals…All of … [the New School’s] pioneering programs of the past and present will be publicized and subjected to public scrutiny, and the IRP will come in for its fair share of publicity. […]
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If visitors were to drop into an IRP study group, they might observe the following: the coordinator is perched on the table in the front of the room or sitting behind the desk or standing or walking around the front of the room. She asks a question of the group, and several hands go up. […]
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The diverse and experienced members of the IRP have backgrounds in the sciences, arts, business, academia, law and more. They support objectives of the New School through a variety of volunteer endeavors. This energetic, committed group reaches beyond the IRP’s core of developing and participating in the 30+ Study Groups each semester. IRP members enthusiastically […]
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William Edward Burghardt Du Bois (February 23, 1868—August 27, 1963) was an American historian, sociologist, and civil rights activist, widely recognized for his historiography on Reconstruction, writings on black subjectivity, and involvement in the Pan-Africanist movement. He was known for his emphasis on the importance of economic, not solely political, justice in combating racial inequality, […]
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PARSONS DEANS AND PRESIDENTS William Merritt Chase, 1896-98 (remains unofficial head until 1907) Lawton Parker, 1898 Managing Board?, 1898-1908 Frank Alvah Parsons, 1908-1930 William Odom (Parsons ’10), 1930-1942 Van Day Truex (Parsons ’26), 1942-1952 Pierre Bedard, 1952-1958 Sterling Callisen, 1959-1963 Francis Ruzicka, 1963-1970 [Bayliss – 1964 – part of Ruzicka’s administration?] [Benjamin de Brie Taylor […]