University at Buffalo (UB)
Make Music and Movement History Come to Life for Future Generations!
Would you like to help make history come alive?
Project description
This project will be transferring digital files of Professor Dr. Robert M. Abramson, late of the Dalcroze Institute at The Juilliard School into a public repository for scholarly research and archival use by music teachers and musicians of all levels.
One of the world's leading teachers and scholars in the field of rhythm, Dr. Robert M. Abramson, late of The Juilliard School in New York City left as his legacy to the world 8 years of recorded classes in the musical movement pedagogy of Dalcroze Eurhythmics. His dream was to one day preserve his classroom lessons so that future scholars and students could benefit from observing this body-mind movement integration method of using movement and flow to teach music theory and performance.
This historically pivotal teaching method started over 100 years ago in Switzerland and Germany by Emile Jaques-Dalcroze and is now located in centers around the world. Its preserved location in Hellerau, Germany is today called the "Birthplace of Modernism," because of its influence on many of the leaders of the 20th Century Modernist movement across the Arts and Sciences.
Join us for this historical preservation of digital files showing the real-life classroom teaching methods of one of the world masters of classroom instruction.
Project outcome
Transfer of digital videotape data into an online repository for archival preservation, for access by future scholars, academics, students, and teachers worldwide. Creation of an archive website with links to other relevant organizations.
Project details
| Length of commitment | About 3-5 months |
| Start time | Fall (August/September) |
| In-person, remote, or hybrid? | Hybrid |
| Level of collaboration | Small group project (2-3 students) |
| Benefits | Badge Opportunity: Research Archiving |
| Who is eligible | All undergraduate students |
Core partners
- Dalcroze Society of America: https://dalcrozeusa.org/
- International Conference of Dalcroze Studies: https://www.dalcroze-studies.com/
Project mentor
Kenton Bruce Anderson
Professor of Instruction
Communication Science
Phone: (716) 645-2368
Email: kba2@buffalo.edu
Start the project
- Email the project mentor using the contact information above to express your interest and get approval to work on the project. (Here are helpful tips on how to contact a project mentor.)
- After you receive approval from the mentor to start this project, click the button to start the digital badge. (Learn more about ELN's digital badge options.)
Preparation activities
Once you begin the digital badge series, you will have access to all the necessary activities and instructions. Your mentor has indicated they would like you to also complete the specific preparation activities below. Please reference this when you get to Step 2 of the Preparation Phase.
Please view the two linked websites of the ICDS and ADA and familiarize yourself with the the Dalcroze Eurhythmics movement training method. Another source of interest for an academic and pedagogical survey of the Dalcroze Eurhythmics method and Dr. Robert M. Abramson's importance in 20th Century musical history can be found in the book "Who Could Ask for Anything More?" by Dr. Kenton Bruce Anderson. Online Access is free to this Dissertation, published by the University of Nebraska at Omaha and overseen by Dr. Abramson as de facto committee member.
https://www.slideshare.net/KentonAnderson/archived-thesis-free-of-proofing-marks
Keywords
Music, Library Science, Digital Archive, Dalcroze Eurhythmics, Movement, Pedagogy, Robert M. Abramson, The Juilliard School, Communications, Media, History