Émile Jaques-Dalcroze

Also known as Emile Jaques-Dalcroze, Emile Jacques-Dalcroze, Dalcroze, Émile Jaques Dalcroze, Emile Jaques Dalcroze, Dalcroze Method, E.J. Dalcroze, E. J. Dalcroze

Swiss composer, musician and music educator (1865-1950)

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Émile Jaques-Dalcroze, born Émile-Henri Jaques in Vienna in 1865, was a Swiss composer, pedagogue, music educator, and dance teacher. He studied at the University of Music and Performing Arts Vienna under Anton Bruckner, Léo Delibes, Gabriel Fauré, and Albert Lavignac. His professional work focused on classical music, and he was fluent in French.

Jaques-Dalcroze participated in the 1912 Summer Olympics and was affiliated with Sainte-Croix. He taught students including Ernest Bloch and Marie Rambert. He died in Geneva in 1950 and is buried in the Cemetery of Kings. His archives are held at the Swiss Literary Archives and the Geneva Library. He is described in the Brockhaus and Efron Encyclopedic Dictionary.

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It is catalogued under topics including 1865 births, 1950 deaths and 19th-century classical composers.

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Type: Person
Gender: Male
Country: Switzerland
Active from: 1865
Active to: 1950

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Total plays: 2,883

Key facts

Born: Émile Henri Jaques , ( 1865-07-06 ) 6 July 1865, Vienna , Austrian Empire
Died: 1 July 1950 (1950-07-01) (aged 84), Geneva , Switzerland
Occupations: Composer musician educator
Known for: Dalcroze eurhythmics

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Instance of: human
Given name: Émile
Gender: male
Citizenship: Switzerland
Place of birth: Vienna
Place of death: Geneva
Occupation: music educator
Educated at: University of Music and Performing Arts Vienna
Languages spoken: French
Participant in: 1912 Summer Olympics
Student of: Albert Lavignac
Genre: classical music
Image: Emile Jaques-Dalcroze postcard photo (cropped).jpg

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place of burial: Cemetery of Kings
Commons category: Émile Jaques-Dalcroze
date of birth: 1865-07-06
date of death: 1950-07-01
birth name: Émile-Henri Jaques
municipal affiliation of a Swiss national: Sainte-Croix

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3 objects attributed to Émile Jaques-Dalcroze, held across European museums, libraries & archives · via Europeana

Le petit Noel/(J. Dalcroze)

Kiri Kirican/(J. Dolcroze)

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Encyclopedic overview

Émile Jaques-Dalcroze (6 July 1865 – 1 July 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 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.

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