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Mannes College The New School For Music Established 1916[1] Type Private President David E. Van Zandt Students 1,135[1] Location New York City, New York, United States
40°47′11″N 73°58′27″W / 40.786407°N 73.974123°WCoordinates: 40°47′11″N 73°58′27″W / 40.786407°N 73.974123°WCampus Urban Colors New School Yellow, Orange, and Red Website http://www.newschool.edu/mannes Mannes College The New School for Music (
/ˈmænɨs/) is The New School university's music conservatory. While the university's main campus is located in Greenwich Village, New York City, Mannes maintains its main academic building on the Upper West Side of Manhattan.Contents
History
Mannes College The New School for Music.
Originally called The David Mannes Music School, it was founded in 1916 by David Mannes, concertmaster of the New York Symphony Orchestra and Clara Damrosch, sister of Walter Damrosch, then conductor of that orchestra. Originally housed on East 70th Street (later occupied by the Dalcroze School), the campus was created out of three brownstones on East 74th St, in Manhattan's Upper East Side. After 1938, the school was known as the Mannes Music School (possibly in conjunction with the retirement of David and Clara Mannes from active teaching). In 1953 Mannes began offering degrees and changed its name to the Mannes College of Music. It later merged with the Chatham Square Music School. In 1984 the school moved to its current home on West 85th Street. In 1989 Mannes joined The New School, comprising eight schools (including Parsons School of Design, Eugene Lang College, and the New School for Drama). In 2005 Mannes changed its name to Mannes College the New School for Music.
Techniques of Music
The Techniques of Music program is the foundation for academic musical study at Mannes, encompassing the range of elementary to advanced music theory and aural skills classes.
Though music theory was taught at Mannes from its inception, a major turning point occurred in 1931 with the hiring of Hans Weisse, one of the leading students of Heinrich Schenker.[2] Over the following nine years, Weisse promoted not just the study of Schenkerian Analysis but began to incorporate it into the musical life of the school, including performance and composition. Because of his association with the school, Schenker's publication Five Graphic Music Analyses (Fünf Urlinie-Tafeln) was published jointly by his regular publisher, Universal-Edition and the David Mannes School in 1932.[3]
In 1940, Weisse died unexpectedly and was replaced by Felix Salzer. Salzer, also a student of Schenker, built upon Weisse's foundation by reorganizing the theory program into the Techniques of Music department. The philosophy behind this move was and is to integrate musicianship, theory, and performance - which was based on Schenker's concept of the role of theory in music.[4] Salzer's leading student, Carl Schachter, as well as his students, continued and strengthened the department.
Notable faculty
For a complete list of notable New School faculty, see List of The New School people.
- Michael Newman, guitar
- Edwin Bachmann, violin
- Carl Bamberger, orchestral conducting
- Adolfo Betti, violin
- Ernst Bloch, composition
- Paul Boepple, solfege (Dalcroze method)
- Joseph Brent, mandolin
- Howard Brockway, piano
- Semyon Bychkov, conductor
- Alfred Cortot, piano
- Georges Enescu, interpretation
- Allan Evans, composition
- Vladimir Feltsman, piano
- Allen Forte, theory
- Lillian Fuchs, violin, chamber music
- Felix Galimir, violin, chamber music
- Harold Goltzer, bassoon
- Richard Goode Grammy-winning pianist
- Arthur Haas, harpsichord
- David Hayes - Director of Orchestral and Conducting Studies
- Leonard Hindell, bassoon
- Reginald Kell, clarinet
- Chin Kim, violin
- Yakov Kreizberg, conductor
- William Kroll, violin
- David Loeb, composition, theory
- Nicolai Lopatnikoff, composition
- Clara Mannes, chamber music
- David Mannes, violin, and orchestra conductor
- Leopold Mannes, theory
- Philip Myers, horn
- Sylvia Marlowe, harpsichord
- Bohuslav Martinu, composition
- Frank Miller, cello
- Mitch Miller, oboe, English horn
- Paul Neubauer, viola
- Orin O'Brien, double bass
- Ernst Oster, theory
- Vincent Penzarella, trumpet
- William Polisi, bassoon
- Richard Rychtarik, stagecraft
- Felix Salmond, chamber music
- Felix Salzer, theory
- Olga Samaroff, "layman's music courses"
- Rosario Scalero, solfege, theory, composition
- Carl Schachter, theory
- Sol Schoenbach, bassoon
- Frank Sheridan, piano
- Faye-Ellen Silverman, music history
- Martial Singher, voice
- Julia P. Stoessel, violin, chamber music
- George Szell, composition, instrumentation, theory
- Roman Totenberg, violin
- Rosalyn Tureck, piano
- Isabelle Vengerova, piano
- Frederic Waldman, opera coach, conductor
- Michael Werner, percussion
- Hans Weisse, theory, composition
- Peter Wilhousky, singing, choral conducting, chorus
- John Wummer, flute
Notable alumni
For a complete list of notable New School alumni, see List of The New School people.
- Burt Bacharach composer, pianist
- Robert Bass (conductor), conductor
- Johanna Beyer composer
- Natan Brand pianist
- Semyon Bychkov conductor
- Myung-Whun Chung pianist and conductor
- Bill Evans jazz pianist, composer
- JoAnn Falletta conductor
- Richard Goode Grammy-winning pianist
- Eugene Istomin pianist
- Yakov Kreizberg conductor
- Gail Kubik composer
- David Loeb, composer and theorist
- Anthony Newman keyboardist/composer
- Patricia Neway operatic soprano and Tony Award-winning musical theatre actress
- Tim Page Pulitzer Prize-winning music critic
- Murray Perahia Grammy-winning pianist
- Eve Queler conductor
- Jerome Rose pianist
- Shulamit Ran Pulitzer Prize-winning composer
- George Rochberg American composer
- Adam Rogers Jazz Guitarist
- Julius Rudel conductor
- Carl Schachter musicologist and theorist
- Florence Schwartz violinist, Chicago Symphony
- Lawrence Leighton Smith conductor
- Frederica von Stade mezzo-soprano
- Linda Toote principal flute, Boston Lyric Opera
- Lara St. John violinist
- Craig Walsh composer
- Jennifer Zetlan soprano, Florida Grand Opera
- Jason Lindner American pianist
References
- ^ a b http://www.newschool.edu/mannes/subpage.aspx?id=2760
- ^ Historical information is derived from annual Mannes catalogs.
- ^ As indicated on the cover of the publication's first edition.
- ^ See David Carson Berry, "Hans Weisse and the Dawn of American Schenkerism," Journal of Musicology 20, no. 1 (Winter 2003): 104-156.
See also
People Founder Hannah Arendt • Founder Charles Beard • Founder John Dewey • Founder Alvin Johnson • President David E. Van ZandtCampus 13th Street Residence • 20th Street Residence • Greenwich Village • Loeb Hall • New York City • Sheila Johnson Design Center • Stuyvesant Park Residence • Theresa Lang Student Center • Tishman Auditorium • Union Square • Vera List Center for Art and Politics • Vera List Courtyard • Williams Street ResidenceLibraries Fogelman Social Sciences and Humanities Library • Adam and Sophie Gimbel Design Library • Kellen Archives • Scherman Music Library • Visual Resource CenterMedia 12th Street • LIT • The New School Free Press • WNSR Radio • Voices- Related Topics
- Education in New York City
- The New York Intellectuals
- Education in New York City
- The New York Foundation
- Project Pericles
- National Book Award
External links
Categories:- Educational institutions established in 1916
- Universities and colleges in New York City
- Music schools in New York
- The New School
- Universities and colleges in Manhattan
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