Dalcroze History
Sabbatical in Switzerland: Institut Jaques-Dalcroze (Part 2)
Note: this is part 2 of a series. Find part 1 here. This article first appeared in The Orff Echo, Volume XVIII, No. 4, Summer 1986. ©1986 American Orff-Schulwerk Association, Mayfield Heights, OH. Used by permission. Scale singing [at the Institut Jaques-Dalcroze] is a daily must. “So what?” one might ask. Here is one example of creative scales:…
Read MoreSabbatical in Switzerland: Institut Jaques-Dalcroze (Part 1)
This article first appeared in The Orff Echo, Volume XVIII, No. 4, Summer 1986. ©1986 American Orff-Schulwerk Association, Mayfield Heights, OH. Used by permission. Émile Jaques-Dalcroze, composer, pianist, and professor of harmony at the Conservatory of Geneva, developed his method of music education over an extended period from about 1900 to the 1920s. He was the greatest exponent…
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