Emile Jaques-Dalcroze Quotes

Switzerland, Composer
July 6, 1865 – July, 1, 1950.

Émile Jaques-Dalcroze was a Swiss composer, musician and music educator who developed Dalcroze Eurhythmics, an approach to learning and experiencing music through movement. Dalcroze eurhythmics influenced Carl Orff's pedagogy, used in music education throughout the United States.

Music acts on the whole of the organism like a magic force which suppresses the understanding and irresistibly takes possession of the entire being. To insist on analysing this force is to destroy its very essence.

Emile Jaques-Dalcroze
- Music
- Force