Rhythmik. Theorie und Praxis der körperlich-musikalischen Erziehung (Rhythmics. Theory and Practice of Physical-Musical Education)
München: Delphin-Verlag, 1926. First edition. Hardcover. Quarto. 149 (3)pp., 62 plates. Original tan decorative cloth with orange lettering on cover. Frontispiece photograph. Beautifully illustrated with sixty-two b/w photographs, all of them listed with brief descriptive text at front. With various contributions on the Dalcroze-Method of physical-rhythmic education by various authors, including the development before and after 1941, rhythmics, ear training, improvisation, the Delcroze method as applied in various professional settings, e.g. the State Academy for Music, Berlin, and a biographical sketch of Emil Jaques-Dalcroze by Lili Schalk. Contains various in-text scores and laid in a newspaper clip with polemic against Swedish author Axel Munthe. Most photographs by Mosberger and Frensdorf. Text in German. Covers lightly bent and foxed. Endpapers browned. Previous owners' names inked and stamped to half-title. Photograph No. 3 with four inch closed tear through caption, not affecting photograph and torn at very left border of photo No. 4 on verso. g- to g+. Item #47855
Price: $125.00