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'Orff-Schulwerk' - American Edition 
It was in the mid-1950s that the ideas which Carl Orff established in his "Schulwerk" first achieved prominence in the United States and Canada; the publication in 1956 of Doreen Hall and Arnold Walter's adaption into english represented the first venture in applying the original Carl Orff/Gunild Keetman work towards the needs of a different language and educational culture.
The new American Edition, developed twenty years later to meet the needs of a country with an immensely rich cultural and ethnic heritage, demanded a large and diverse team of collaborators to draw upon this wealth. Carl Orff and his publishers entrusted Hermann Regner from the Orff Institute in Salzburg with the concept and co-ordination of the series; in this way, the Edition would profit from the experience gained from all parts of the world in this adaption of Orff's pedagogical ideas.
The three volumes of the American Edition contain a wide range of both traditional and new material (speech exercises, games, dances, texts, songs with instrumental pieces, information on how to use the material). Orff-Schulwerk is not a method that should be followed page by page; it is a collection of material that invites original arrangements or variations and the composition of complementary and contrastiong material.
It mirrors a vision of an education which considers music and dance not as a 'fringe programme' but essential for our entire being. These media '...are, in all world cultures, as important for survival as water and air. Man becomes an entity again when he makes music and when he dances; he uses his hands and feet, his body, his senses, his intellect and emotion.' (Hermann Regner, in the Foreword to Volume 1 of the American Edition)
This edition follows the tradition of Schulwerk editions from other countries and contains some vocal and instrumental material from the original Schulwerk. However, most of the material has been contributed by leading educators using material developed in American classrooms, that reflects the vast panorama of the cultural heritage of the United States. Photographs and sample lessons illustrate the work. In all volumes there are several articles, each dealing with a specific topic within the field of Music and Dance Education. These unique volumes provide a rich and varied source of material which will stimulate the imagination of Orff-Schulwerk teachers everywhere.
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Supplements to the American Edition:

 

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A Seasonal Kaleidoscope

Coffey, Joyce - Gagne, Danai - Koulish, Laura (Editor)
Changing patterns in sound and movement
voice and Orff-instruments
Order No.: SMC 55

27.95 €*

African Songs for School and Community

Kwami, Robert Mawuena (Editor)
A selection from Ghana
voice and Orff-instruments
Order No.: SMC 551

9.95 €*

All Around the Buttercup

Boshkoff, Ruth (Editor)
Early Experiences with Orff Schulwerk
Orff-instruments
Order No.: SMC 24

9.95 €*

Animal Cracker Suite

Imiolo-Schriver, Deborah A. (Composer)
and Other Poems
1988
Children's voices and Orff-Instruments
Order No.: SMC 561

9.95 €*

Chipmunks, Cicadas and Owls

Sarrazin, Natalie (Editor)
Twelve Native American Children's Songs
voice
Order No.: SMC 552

9.95 €*

Circus Rondo

Slagel, Donald (Composer)
voices, recorders and Orff-instruments
Order No.: SMC 73

7.95 €*

Crocodile and Other Poems

Pollock Hamm, Ruth (Author)
A choral speech collection
children's choir
Order No.: SMC 15

9.95 €*

Dancing Songs

Rhodes, Phillip (Composer)
children's choir and Orff-instruments
Order No.: SMC 35

24.95 €*

De Colores

Nylander Ebinger, Virginia (Editor)
Folklore from the Hispanic Tradition
voices, recorders and Orff-instruments
Order No.: SMC 20

9.95 €*

Discovering Keetman

Keetman, Gunild (Composer)
Frazee, Jane (Editor)
Rhythmic Exercises and Pieces
xylophone
Order No.: SMC 547

27.95 €*


 

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Author

Carl Orff was born in Munich on 10 July 1895. Already in 1900 he was taking piano, cello and organ lessons. In the same year his first printed work (Eiland, ein Sang vom Chiemsee) was published, and he took his first systematic courses of music theory. In 1912 Orff composed his first choral work (Also sprach Zarathustra) and an early opera (Gisei, das Opfer, completed in 1913). ...more

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