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Émile Jaques-Dalcroze

1865 - 1950

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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. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Émile Jaques-Dalcroze is the 158th most popular composer, the 147th most popular biography from Austria and the 15th most popular Austrian Composer.

Émile Jaques-Dalcroze is most famous for his method of musical education, the Dalcroze Eurhythmics.

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Among COMPOSERS

Among composers, Émile Jaques-Dalcroze ranks 163 out of 1,451. Before him are Marin Marais, Claude Joseph Rouget de Lisle, François-Joseph Gossec, Léonin, Ottorino Respighi, George Enescu, César Cui, Wilhelm Friedemann Bach, Enrique Granados, Iannis Xenakis, and Eduard Strauss. After him are Kurt Weill.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1865, Émile Jaques-Dalcroze ranks 20. Before him are Alexander Glazunov, Suzanne Valadon, Sven Hedin, Wilfrid Voynich, Paul Dukas, Philipp Scheidemann, and Akseli Gallen-Kallela. After him are Jacques Hadamard, John Mott, Félix Vallotton, Andranik, and Benjamin Guggenheim. Among people deceased in 1950, Émile Jaques-Dalcroze ranks 19. Before him are George Minot, Edgar Rice Burroughs, Willis Carrier, and Sri Aurobindo. After him are Kurt Weill, Ramana Maharshi, Emil Jannings, Princess Victoria of Hesse and by Rhine, Karl Seitz, Roman Shukhevych, Nicolai Hartmann, and Cesare Pavese.

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In Austria

Among people born in Austria, Émile Jaques-Dalcroze ranks 147 out of 1,424. Before him are Archduchess Maria Johanna Gabriela of Austria (1750), Ernst Gombrich (1909), Edward Bernays (1891), Michael Haydn (1737), Anne of Austria, Queen of Poland (1573), and Archduchess Maria Josepha of Austria (1751). After him are Leopold III, Duke of Austria (1351), Paul Ehrenfest (1880), Helmut Marko (1943), Heinz Fischer (1938), Walther von der Vogelweide (1170), and Ferdinand II, Archduke of Austria (1529).

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Among COMPOSERS In Austria

Among composers born in Austria, Émile Jaques-Dalcroze ranks 15. Before him are Alban Berg (1885), Carl Czerny (1791), Alma Mahler (1879), Josef Strauss (1827), Franz Xaver Wolfgang Mozart (1791), and Michael Haydn (1737). After him are Eduard Strauss (1835), Anna Maria Mozart (1720), Ludwig Minkus (1826), Alexander von Zemlinsky (1871), Carl Ditters von Dittersdorf (1739), and Clemens Krauss (1893).

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