Jaques-Dalcroze

[ French zhahk-dal-krohz ]

noun

1. É·mile [ey-, meel], 1865–1950, Swiss composer and teacher: created eurythmics.

Jaques-Dalcroze

/ ʒakdalkroz /

noun

1. Jaques-DalcrozeÉmile18651950MSwissMUSIC: composerEDUCATION: teacher Émile (emil). 1865–1950, Swiss composer and teacher: invented eurythmics

Example Sentences

Jacques-Dalcroze eurhythmics was developed in the early part of the 20th century by the Swiss composer Emile Jaques-Dalcroze as a way to better understand music through movement.

From Reuters

He writes that “nothing came of” a Ballets Russes visit to the educator Emile Jaques-Dalcroze, but in fact Marie Rambert then left Dalcroze to become Nijinsky’s assistant in teaching the “Rite” to the dancers.

From New York Times

Eurhythmics, a general term, but usually used to denote a system of education evolved by �mile Jaques-Dalcroze of Geneva.

From Project Gutenberg

The program, developed by the early-20th-century Swiss composer Émile Jaques-Dalcroze, teaches movement in time to music, from minuets to jazz improvisations.

From New York Times

Dalcroze eurhythmics is not the latest fad in exercise; it was developed in the early part of the 20th century by the Swiss composer Emile Jaques-Dalcroze as a way to better understand music through movement.

From Reuters