Elemental Dance-Elemental Music

Elemental Dance-Elemental MusicThe Munich Gunther School 1924-1944Edited by Michael KuglerTranslation by Margaret MurrayPaperback book271 pages
In 1924 Dorothee Gunther 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articles by Gunther and Orff from the 1920s and 30s, reviews of artistic and educational work as well as largely unpublished photograph material. Out of this there emerges a multifaceted and lively picture of a great approach to the art of dancing and an improvisatory music practice, arising out of the kindred collaboration between the dancer Maja Lex and the musician Gunild Keetman.
ContentsTranslator’s NoteEditor’s Preface to the English Translation Preface to the original German edition of 2002The Path to Elemental Dance and Elemental Music - Michael Kugler
Articles16 Kaulbachstrasse – from the History of the House – Christine MorawaThe Gunther School as Institution – Michael Kugler Dorothee Gunther – 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 – Manuela Widmer
Documentation 1.  Articles by Dorothee Gunther and Carl Orff
By Dorothee Gunther The Barbaric Suite (1931)The Rhythmic Person and Their Education (1932) The Unity of Music and Movement: A pedagogical and methodical position (1933) Dorothee Gunther: 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 (1931/32) 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 2.2   Reports 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 F. Redlich: The Function of Music within the Framework of the Gunther School (1931) 3.2.2 Wilhelm Twittenhoff: 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 Prospectuses 4.2    Teaching Material 4.2.1 Carl Orff: Improvisation model for body percussion 4.3    Photographs
5. Meeting of Gunther School Students, March 1988List of Participants
6. Epilogue Annalisa Martens: The Last Years of the Gunther School – Personal Memories
AppendixChronology, Glossary, Bibliography, List of Illustration and Notation Examples, Abbreviations, Contributions