Das Schulwerk: a foundation for the cognitive, musical, and artistic development of children (excerpts)
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https://doi.org/10.7203/LEEME.20.9767Keywords:
Music Education, Artistic Development of Children, Orff Approach.
Abstract
The approach to music education developed by Carl Orff enjoys widespread use by contemporary music educators. The approach is recognized as a valued method of music education by many writers addressing contemporary music education in North America. Although, there is little research, especially in English, on the theoretical foundation of the Orff approach.Orff’s work is encapsulized in the five volumes of Das Schulwerk—a collection of sequenced materials for voice, Orff' instruments and recorders. Orff has stated that the materials reflect the historical evolution of music, but there is no explicit discussion of the musical development of the child. What theory has determined the sequencing of these materials? Is Das Schulwerk merely a collection of historical models? Or is there a developmental theory implicit in the prescribed activities and sequence of materials employed in the Orff approach? The purpose of this paper is: (1) to determine the extent to which a developmental theory is implicit or explicit in the Orff approach; and (2), to explore any congruencies between Orff's concept of musical development and current theories of the development of music cognition.
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