A collection of music, accompaniments, poems, dances, essays and teaching suggestions contributed by teachers from across Canada. Edited by Lois Birkenshaw-Flemming. 'The “Tips for Teachers” chapter is particularly attractive! ... the...
The booklet is based on the text contributed to “Die Grossen Deutschen unserer Epoche” (Berlin 1985). In simply-expressed language, it summarises his life, its influences and the development of his work. Probably one of Orff's closest...
Written to help teachers understand and adapt Dacroze techniques in the teaching of music. Part One introduces Emile Jaques-Dalcroze, the musician and teacher, and explains the three main areas of the approach • eurhythmics, ear training and...
English translation by Margaret Murray.This book has grown out of many years work with Orff-Schulwerk. In contrast to other “pure” methods of dance education, it shows the relationship of music to movement, to language and to poetry, as...
Elemantaria is a fundamental and practical handbook to Orff-Schulwerk . The author gives suggestions and examples without insisting dogmatically on one exclusive method. She offers well-tried solutions without excluding other possibilities and...
Originally published in the 1940s, Paul Hindemith's remakable textbooks are still the outstanding works of their kind. In contrast to many musical textbooks written by academic musicians, these were produced by a man who could play every instrument...
“I owe a great deal to her.” This is what many of the contributors to this book have said in remembering Gunild Keetmann, her personal kindness and her inspiring work as an educator in music and movement. Gunild Keetmann (1904-1990) was...
This is an adaption of “Musica Viva 2 • Expression rhythmique” (first published in French) and focuses on the element of rhythm within the pedagogical framework of the Active Method, based on the principles of Carl Orff. Preface:...
Teacher and performer Doug Goodkin presents an overview of the dynamic approach to music education known as Orff Schulwerk. In this comprehensive look at the many facets of this timeless practice, the author hopes to re-imagine its import in the...
Anyone who can pick up a pencil can draw. Anyone who can sing or play an instrument can compose. “The Composer's Handbook” is a step-by-step guide to the composition of melody, harmony, form and texture and covers styles and techniques...
Originally published in the 1940s, Paul Hindemith's remakable textbooks are still the outstanding works of their kind. In contrast to many musical textbooks written by academic musicians, these were produced by a man who could play every instrument...
Volume 3 of “Documentation, His Life and Works,” an eight-volume autobiography of Carl Orff, published by Hans Schneider, Tutzing, Germany. A unique personal history of Schulwerk, from the early days in 1923 when Carl Orff came under the...
World Sound Matters is an anthology of music from around the world, comprising of 58 traditional songs representing 35 different countries. It includes notated transcriptions of each song, explanatory texts covering the special context of each style...
