Elemental Dance - Elemental Music. The Munich Günther School

In 1924 Dorothee Günther and Carl Orff founded a School for Gymnastics and Dance whose influence unfolded between the Weimar Republic and the end of the Second World War. In this book seven authors present the entire dance, musical, pedagogical and historical aspects of this school in which Carl Orff?s idea of Elemental Music took shape. A comprehensive documentation section comprises articles by D. Günther and C. Orff from the nineteen twenties and thirties, reviews of artistic and educational work as well as largely unpublished photograph material. Out of this there arises a multi-facetted and lively picture of a great approach to the art of dancing and an improvisatory music practise, arising out of the kindred collaboration between the dancer Maja Lex and the musician Gunild Keetman.


CONTENIDO:

Translator's Note
Editor's Preface to the English Translation
Preface to the original German edition
The Path to Elemental Dance and Elemental Music (Michael Kugler)

- Articles
16 Kaulbachstrasse - from the History of the House (Christíne Morawa)
The Günther School as Institution (Michael Kugler)
Dorothee Günther (Barbara Haselbach)
Carl Orff and his Pedagogical Ideas (Hermann Regner)
Maja Lex (Graziela Padilla)
Gunild Keetman - Pedagogue and Composer (Minna Ronnefeld)
Hans Bergese (Michael Kugler)
The Student Generation (Mamela Widmer)

- Documentation
1. Articles by Dorothee Günther and Carl Orff
- by Dorothee Günther
The Barbarie Suite (1931)
The Rhythmic Person and Their Education (1932)
The Unity of Music and Movement: A pedagogical and methodical position (1933)
Dorothee Günther: The Rebirth of German Dance (1936)
- by Carl Orff
Movement and Music Education as a Unity (1930/31)
Thoughts about Music with Children and Non-professionals (1932/32)
Music out of Movement (1932)
Elemental Music Practice, Improvisation and Non-Professional Training (1932/33)

2. Movement Training and Dance
2.1 Programs of Performances
2.1.1 First preserved program for July 2, 1926
2.1.2 Chamber Dance Evening on October z4, 1929
2.1.3 Performance at the Congress of the German Gymnastic Association 1931
2.1.4 Performance in Munich on March 29, 1933
2.2 Reports
2.2.1 Joseph Lewitan: Munich Chamber Dance Theater (1931)
2.2.2 Elizabeth Selden: Maja Lex (1935)
2.3 Photographs

3. Orff-Schulwerk Elemental Music Practice
3.1 Program of the Schulwerk Course, Berlin 1932
3.2 Related Articles
3.2.1 Hans E. Redlich: The Function of Music within the Framework of the Günther School (1932)
3.2.2 Wilhelm Twittenhofl: Music and Movement (1932/33)
3.2.3 Herbert Connor: Rhythmic Community Music (1932)
3.2.4 Thrasybulos G. Georgiades:The Orff Schulwerk in Greece (1936)
3.2.5 Rudolf Sonner: Music out of Movement (1936/37)
3.3 Hans Bergese and Gunild Keetman: Compositions for instrumental teaching and ensemble playing

4. School and Teaching
4.1 School Prospectuaes
4.1.1 Günther School Prospectus 1930
4.1.2 Günther School Prospectus 1936
4.2 Teaching Material
4.2.1 Carl Orff: Improvisation model for body percussion
4.3 Photographs

5. Meeting of Günther School Students, March 1988
List of participants

6. Epilogue
Annalisa Martens: The LastYears of the Günther School - Personal Memories


Appendix
Chronology Glossary
Bibliography
List of Illustrations and Notation
Examples
Abbreviations
Contributors