Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- noun A system of music education developed by Émile Jaques-Dalcroze, in which body movements are used to develop awareness of rhythm and musical form.
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- noun a
rhythmic interpretation of music withgraceful , free-style dance movements
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- noun the interpretation in harmonious bodily movements of the rhythm of musical compositions; used to teach musical understanding
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Examples
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Fuzzy's parents sent her to learn eurythmics at the Peabody Conservatory, where she was recruited for ballet at age ten.
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A frail child, Fuzzy's parents sent her to learn eurythmics at the Peabody Conservatory, where she was recruited for ballet at age ten.
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A frail child, Fuzzy's parents sent her to learn eurythmics at the Peabody Conservatory, where she was recruited for ballet at age ten.
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Eurythmics – harmonious bodily movement, especially as expressed according to the system of �mile Jaques-Dalcroze, who developed eurythmics 1903 at the Geneva Conservatory of Music in an effort to overcome the rhythmic difficulties of his students.
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For a history of the Dalcroze method of eurythmics, see Nicolas Slonimsky, Music since 1900 4th ed., 1971.
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'We were doing eurythmics,' laughed Ursula, in a shaken voice.
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So how many of you incoporate dalcroze/eurythmics into pre-k-2 Not just simply movement buy the methods?
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I discovered last night while reading the Jacques Barzun book that eurythmics is not just the name of an 80’s band.
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sionnach commented on the word eurythmics
I am amazed that I am the first to list this word. Though, of course, I learned how to spell it correctly only this evening.
June 21, 2009
bilby commented on the word eurythmics
"a change of position that does not entail a change of location".
June 21, 2009
sionnach commented on the word eurythmics
That Annie Lennox is very talented.
June 21, 2009
dontcry commented on the word eurythmics
I love her.
June 22, 2009