eurythmics

eu·ryth·mics

also eu·rhyth·mics E0240500 (yo͝o-rĭth′mĭks)n. (used with a sing. verb) A system of music education developed by Émile Jaques-Dalcroze, in which body movements are used to develop awareness of rhythm and musical form.

eu·ryth′mic adj.

eurythmics

(juːˈrɪðmɪks) n (Dancing) a variant spelling (esp US) of eurhythmics euˈrythmic, euˈrythmical adj euˈrythmy n

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(yʊˈrɪð mɪks, yə-)

n. (used with a sing. or pl. v.) the art of interpreting through bodily movement the rhythms of improvised music. [1910–15]

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eurythmics - the interpretation in harmonious bodily movements of the rhythm of musical compositions; used to teach musical understandingeurhythmics, eurhythmy, eurythmymovement, motility, motion, move - a change of position that does not entail a change of location; "the reflex motion of his eyebrows revealed his surprise"; "movement is a sign of life"; "an impatient move of his hand"; "gastrointestinal motility"diversion, recreation - an activity that diverts or amuses or stimulates; "scuba diving is provided as a diversion for tourists"; "for recreation he wrote poetry and solved crossword puzzles"; "drug abuse is often regarded as a form of recreation"

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(both: yo͝orĭth`mĭks), harmonious bodily movement, especially as expressed according to the system of Émile Jaques-DalcrozeJaques-Dalcroze, Émile
, 1865–1950, Swiss educator and composer, b. Vienna, studied at the Geneva Conservatory, at the Paris Conservatory with Léo Delibes, and in Vienna with Anton Bruckner.
..... Click the link for more information. , who developed eurythmics (1903) at the Geneva Conservatory of Music in an effort to overcome the rhythmic difficulties of his students. His aim was to bring the body under control of the mind through a system of gymnastics correlated with music. First, an unconscious technique of bodily response to the rhythm of music is developed, with the student eventually able to improvise an interpretation, through gesture language, of an entire composition. The system has influenced not only musical instruction but also the ballet and even fields outside musical study. The first demonstrations of it were given in 1905, and the first Jaques-Dalcroze Institute in the United States was established ten years later.

Bibliography

See N. Slonimsky, Music since 1900 (4th ed. 1971), for a history of the Dalcroze method of eurythmics; see also E. Findlay, Rhythm and Movement: Applications of Dalcroze Eurhythmics (1971).

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noun the interpretation in harmonious bodily movements of the rhythm of musical compositions

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