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Dalcroze

Dalcroze

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A Swiss music teacher and composer who used body movement to teach rhythm and musical expression
  • proper noun
translation icon : Émile Jaques-Dalcroze
  • In terms of student outcomes, approaches such as those of Carl Orff and Emile Jaques-Dalcroze stress certain kinds of creative activity.
  • Jaques-Dalcroze
  • Emile Jaques-Dalcroze
  • Dalcroze approach

Examples

  • While many methods use songs with predetermined movement accompaniment, Jaques-Dalcroze education allows the teacher to expand on such material.

    Academic text (1994)
  • Timothy Caldwell examines that aspect using Emile Jaques-Dalcroze's method of eurhythmics.

    Academic text (1994)
  • The Jaques-Dalcroze approach can be a valuable addition to any music teacher's method.

    Academic text (1994)
  • The relationship between movement and music is a crucial part of the Jaques-Dalcroze method and is studied continuously.

    Academic text (1994)
  • Following this, the sense of kinesthesia will be discussed in relation to Dalcroze's approach.

    Academic text (2012)
  • Study of the Jaques-Dalcroze method helps teachers train the ears of their students by encouraging active, analytical listening.

    Academic text (1994)
  • Improvisation is a crucial element of Jaques-Dalcroze education and an invaluable resource for all teachers.

    Academic text (1994)
  • Therein lies the beauty and value of the Jaques-Dalcroze approach: it is always alive, fresh, and adaptable in response to any class.

    Academic text (1994)
  • Jaques-Dalcroze education includes student improvisation in all modes of learning: movement, singing, and instrumental improvisation.

    Academic text (1994)
  • Émile Jaques-Dalcroze developed a unique method that combines music and movement.

Surface Forms

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Etymology

Dalcroze is the family name of Émile Jaques-Dalcroze, a Swiss composer and teacher who invented a way to teach music through 'movement' of the body. That is why his name Dalcroze now stands for the method and ideas about learning music by moving.