Editorial by Pieter Vanhuysse, Antony Mason, Jörg Tremmel, Markus Rutsche, Maria Lenk

“…The first article is a general overview essay on Generational Accounting, authored by Laurence Kotlikoff, a founding father of this methodology. …”
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Beethovens Violinkonzert als Modellfall. René Leibowitz’ und Rudolf Kolischs Projekt einer ›werkgerechten Interpretation‹ by Thomas Glaser

“…Against the background of their aesthetics of music, shaped by twentieth-century musical modernity, their study of Beethoven provides the opportunity to focus on one part of the performance history of Beethoven’s works. The present essay thus also demonstrates the extent to which Leibowitz’ interpretation was shaped by the Second Viennese School’s theory of performance.…”
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Employing ICTS: Teaching & Learning through Literature Digital Reading (LDR) by Aba-Carina Pârlog

“…Also, as a result of the LDR process and the understanding of the underlying stratum of the digital literary work or fragment used, students may learn more about the notions of coherence and cohesion which they tend to ignore during the process of writing and which are essential for a well-written essay or a short critical text. As opposed to a traditional class, an ICT class built on LDR exercises is more rewarding because it can easily adapt to students’ and teachers’ needs and help improve final results depending on the subject or language level aimed at. …”
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Ideas of Multipolarity in the Conceptual Frame of the Soviet Diplomacy during the Final Phases of the Great Patriotic war (1943–1945) by I. E. Magadeev

“…Departing from this convention, this article adopts a methodological approach that seeks to explore the underlying conceptual foundations upon which the ideas of Litvinov and Maisky were constructed. Additionally, the essay introduces a novel dimension by surveying the viewpoints of other Soviet diplomats (S.A. …”
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The Performance of Beethoven’s “Diabelli Variations”. Continuity, Discontinuity, Cyclic Integration, Irony by William Kinderman

“…This essay explores the performance challenges of Beethoven’s “Diabelli Variations”; it is paired with the author’s own studio recording of the work coordinated with the musical score. …”
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Ethylene Response Factor Sl-ERF.B.3 Is Responsive to Abiotic Stresses and Mediates Salt and Cold Stress Response Regulation in Tomato by Imen Klay, Julien Pirrello, Leila Riahi, Anne Bernadac, Ameur Cherif, Mondher Bouzayen, Sadok Bouzid

“…Furthermore, the cold stress essay clearly revealed that introducing antisense Sl-ERF.B.3 in transgenic tomato plants reduces their cell injury and enhances their tolerance against 14 d of cold stress. …”
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Mme de Graffigny and the Archduchess: Indirect Correspondence between the Court and 'le monde' by Kelsey Rubin-Detlev

“…This essay examines two very different three-way correspondences in which private letters operate in a semi-public sphere and in which the relationship between private conduct and public image is at stake. …”
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A History of The Six-Year Primary Project in the Use of Yoruba as the Medium of Primary Education by Toyin Falola, Michael Oladejo Afolayan

“…The Hague, Paris: Mouton, 1968. 2 Angelina Kioko, “Why Schools Should Teach Young Learners in Home Language,” British Council, January 16, 2015, https://www.britishcouncil.org/voices-magazine/ why-schools-should-teach-young-learners-home-language. 238 Toyin Falola and Michael Oladejo Afolayan benefts of children’s maintaining their native language, which I summarize below and will expand upon throughout the essay: 3 1. One’s language is tied with one’s identity. …”
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Schoenberg – Schenker – Bach. A Harmonic, Contrapuntal, Formal Braid by Matthew Arndt

“…Dieser Artikel folgt einem Essay von Holly Watkins, in dem die Autorin argumentiert, dass Musik, »a subsystem of the social system of communication«, das Organische (das Körperliche und das Psychische) nicht durch die Bildung einer in sich geschlossenen Einheit von Teilen und Ganzem, sondern durch die »internal recursiveness« von Musikwerken, ihre äußere »recursiveness vis-à-vis other music« und – was entscheidend ist – durch »the knowingness the music displays toward its own operations« hervorrufen kann. …”
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The Lost Gambit: The Third War between Israel and Egypt, its Causes and Lessons by Alek D. Epstein

“…Whatever views and powers he had in different years of his extremely intensive and multifaceted activity, the Middle East lacks very much statesmen of such magnitude and with such depth of understanding of geopolitical and regional processes which distinguished Yevgeny Maximovich, to the memory of whom the current essay is devoted. The June War of 1967 year, which is called in Western and Israeli historiography the Six-Day War, has radically changed the Middle East. …”
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Can the Rwandan Catholic Church Overcome its History of Politicization? A Reply to Philippe Denis by Anthony Court

“…This article addresses the claim by the scholar Philippe Denis in his essay ‘Christian gacacaand official gacacain post-genocide Rwanda’ (Denis 2019:1-27of 27) that the Rwandan Catholic Church has played a leading role in the difficult process of post-genocide reconciliation. …”
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A Program for Postgraduate Diploma in Human Resource Management by Kabale University

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Schiller’s Response to Voltaire in 'Die Jungfrau von Orleans': Enlightened or Romantic? by Ritchie Robertson

“…Some excuse her slaughter as necessary obedience to God’s will. This essay argues that Johanna’s patriotic mission is relatively unproblematic and her religious calling highly problematic. …”
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The Contemporary Critical Reception of Walter Pater: Retrospective and Proleptical Views by Geoffrey Sadock

“…Kubie called the neurotic distortion of the creative process, a distortion born primarily of intolerance and repression.The last part of the essay explains why, as inclusion and acceptance gain ground in the wider culture, Pater will be found more relevant and interesting. …”
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Être étranger dans 'La Nouvelle Héloïse' by Nathalie Ferrand

“…This great novel is populated by a multitude of foreign figures who correspond closely to those encountered by the historian Simona Cerutti in the course of her research for her book Étrangers: étude d’une condition d’incertitude dans une société d’Ancien Régime. This essay examines how this theme allowed Rousseau to interrogate the uncertainties of his own sense of belonging. …”
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The Gesangleiter in Joseph Riepel’s Baßschlüssel (1786) – First Part by Stefan Eckert

“…These twelve pages relate to Riepel’s Gesangleiter, his instruction on how to harmonize ascending and descending scale steps in the upper voice, which follows his discussion of the Baßleiter, the harmonization of scale steps in the lowest voice, or bass. The following essay, provides an overview of the Gesangleiter in Riepel’s Baßschlüssel, followed by a discussion of the manuscript pages as compared to the published version and a transcription of the manuscript pages. …”
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Yoruba Epistemology, Art, Language and the Universe of Meanings: A Meta-Analysis by Michael O. Afolayan

“…In his contribution to the roundtable forum on Professor Abiodun’s book at the African Studies Association in Washington, DC (December 1-3, 2016), Okediji provided his full presentation in Yoruba language, unalloyed (see the first essay in this forum). In order to broaden the scope of his readership and audiences, I chose to translate his write-up to the English language (Appendix 1). …”
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HANNAH ARENDT E A QUESTÃO NEGRA NA DESSEGREGAÇÃO DA ESCOLA DE LITTLE ROCK, 1957 by Danilo Arnaldo Briskievicz, Amauri Carlos Ferreira

“…To illuminate the social and political context of the controversial case, we resume the controversial essay by Hannah Arendt published in 1959, entitled Reflections on Little Rock. …”
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Call for Papers: Intergenerational Justice Prize 2020 by FRFG, IF (Foundation for the Rights of Future Generations, Intergenerational Foundation)

“…The Stuttgart-based Foundation for the Rights of Future Generations (FRFG) and the London-based Intergenerational Foundation (IF) jointly award the biennial Intergenerational Justice Prize, endowed with EUR 10,000 (ten thousand euros) in total prize-money, to essay-writers who address political and demographic issues pertaining to the field of intergenerational justice. …”
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»Das Geschriebene darf nicht ernst genommen werden – das Geschriebene muß todernst genommen werden«. Zur Notation und Interpretation musikalischer Gesten im Schaffen György Kurtágs... by Tobias Bleek

“…And what specific questions and challenges do performers face when trying to decipher the notation and transform it into music? The present essay examines this range of topics, which is crucial to analysis and performance of Kurtág’s music, by way of selected works and source materials. …”
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