< DE >
Am Haus Am Hof 8 befindet sich eine Gedenktafel für Emile Jaques-Dalcroze. Die Inschrift lautet:
Emile Jaques-Dalcroze
1865 - 1950
Komponist, Pianist, Pädagoge und Begründer der Rhythmik
"Der Rhythmus ist die Quelle aller Künste"
Er wurde in diesem Haus geboren und lebte hier bis 1875. Seine Methode beruht auf der Erziehung zur Musik und durch Musik. Rhythmik vereint Musik und Bewegung und ist in künstlerischen, pädagogischen und thereapeutischen Bereichen weltweit wirksam.
Emile Jaques-Dalcroze:
Émile Jaques-Dalcroze (* 6. Juli 1865 in Wien; † 1. Juli 1950 in Genf) war ein Schweizer Komponist und Musikpädagoge. Jaques-Dalcroze, mitunter auch fälschlicherweise Jacques-Dalcroze geschrieben, gilt als der Begründer der rhythmisch-musikalischen Erziehung und war zeitlebens auf der Suche nach Gesetzmässigkeiten zum künstlerischen Ausdruck.
Quelle und weitere Informationen: de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Émile_Jaques-Dalcroze
< EN >
At the house Am Hof 8 there is a memorial plaque for Emile Jaques-Dalcroze. The inscription reads:
Emile Jaques-Dalcroze
1865 - 1950
Composer, pianist, pedagogue and founder of the rhythm
"Rhythm is the source of all arts"
He was born in this house and lived here until 1875. His method is based on the education of music and by music. Rhythmic unites music and movement and is effective in artistic, educational and therapeutic areas worldwide.
Emile Jaques-Dalcroze:
Émile Jaques-Dalcroze (July 6, 1865 – July 1, 1950) was a Swiss composer, musician and music educator who developed Dalcroze Eurhythmics, an approach to learning and experiencing music through movement. Dalcroze eurhythmics influenced Carl Orff's pedagogy, used in music education throughout the United States.
Dalcroze's method teaches musical concepts, often through movement. The variety of movement analogues used for musical concepts develop an integrated and natural musical expression in the student. Turning the body into a well-tuned musical instrument—Dalcroze felt—was the best path for generating a solid, vibrant musical foundation. The Dalcroze method consists of three equally important elements: eurhythmics, solfège, and improvisation. Together, according to Dalcroze, they comprise the essential musicianship training of a complete musician. In an ideal approach, elements from each subject coalesce, resulting in an approach to teaching rooted in creativity and movement.
Dalcroze began his career as a pedagogue at the Geneva Conservatory in 1892, where he taught harmony and solfège. It was in his solfège courses that he began testing many of his influential and revolutionary pedagogical ideas. Between 1903 and 1910, Dalcroze had begun giving public presentations of his method. In 1910, with the help of German industrialist Wolf Dohrn, Dalcroze founded a school at Hellerau, outside Dresden, dedicated to the teaching of his method. Many musicians flocked to Hellerau, among them Prince Serge Wolkonsky, Vera Alvang (Griner), Valeria Cratina, Jelle Troelstra (son of Pieter Jelles Troelstra), Inga and Ragna Jacobi, Albert Jeanneret (Le Corbusier's brother), Jeanne de Salzmann, Mariam Ramberg, Anita Berber, and Placido de Montelio. With the outbreak of World War I in 1914, the school was abandoned. After the Second World War, his ideas were taken up as "music and movement" in British schools.
Source and further information: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Émile_Jaques-Dalcroze