Jaques-Dalcroze, Emile#
Jaques-Dalcroze, Emile, b. Vienna, July 6, 1865, d. Geneva (Switzerland), July 1, 1950, composer, music pedagogue, created rhythmic-musical education, disciple of A. Bruckner in Vienna. In 1911 he founded the "School for Music and Rhythm" at Hellerau near Dresden, which was moved to Laxenburg in 1925, in 1914 founded an institute in Geneva (further J.-D. Institutes in Berlin, Stockholm, Barcelona, London and Paris); in 1926 founded the international association of professors using the J.-D.-method.
Literature#
M. Kugler, Die Methode J.-D. und das Orff-Schulwerk "Elementare Musikuebung", 2000.