Karl Orff is a world-famous contemporary German composer and music educator. So how much do you know about Orff? The following is the content I compiled about what Orff is. I hope you like it!

Introduction to Orff

Karl Orr Karl Orff was born in Munich on July 10, 1895 to a military family with artistic literacy. Influenced by his family environment, Karl Orff developed a strong interest in music and drama from an early age, which laid the foundation for him to become a great musical theater master. foundation. Orff is basically a self-taught master. From a boy to a young man, he studied the works of the masters through self-study and tenaciously searched for his own unique artistic expression language while constantly exploring the styles of the masters: "that" Wild "original music and drama". He never limited himself to a certain major or discipline, including composition, conducting, drama, dance, etc. He paid great attention to and studied them all with great enthusiasm.

Orff's works

The experiments of the "Military Special School" have received many education thanks to traveling performances at home and abroad and pedagogical demonstration performances at various international conferences The attention of experts has effectively promoted the development of ideas about music education.

1932

A work that represents a revolution in music education - "Orff Textbook - Music for Children, Music by Children themselves - Folk Songs" is ready for publication , but due to political and historical reasons, this publishing plan was shelved. Orff decided to leave music education to pursue professional composition.

1937

A musical "Carmina Branagh" based on a manuscript of a fourteenth-century poetry collection achieved his breakthrough. At the age of 42, he had previously There had been many exploratory works, but he called this breakthrough the beginning of his "complete collection."

1935-1942

Orff’s three famous works came out: "Carmina Branagh" 1934-1937, "Moon" 1937-1939, " "Smart Women" came out one after another from 1941 to 1943. The "complete drama" that Orff has been pursuing since his youth - an art that leads to humanism, searches for the original, primitive, and integrates music, dance, and drama, in these three works It was reflected in his work, which made him mature in the creation of "complete drama" or overall art, forming a true Orff style. This also reflects Orff’s original principles and concepts in music education.

1948 to 1949

"Antigoni", this work integrates music, dance, and drama, and the accompaniment orchestra uses 4 pianos, The bold combination of 59 percussion instruments and human voices reflects the oldest mythology - the combination of the sun god and the moon god, the natural unity of strength and softness, health and beauty. This work established his reputation as a master composer in the world. The techniques he uses in professional composition are the same as those he uses in music education. They emphasize rhythmic factors, use a certain fixed sound pattern repeatedly to drive music development, and use less chromatic scales and changes in the melody. The sound has given way to a more secondary position. In short, both the melody and accompaniment use simplicity and simplicity as the creative techniques and expressions. The symbolic nature of the stage scenery and actors' costumes reflect his original concept of "complete art". Orff worked hard throughout his life and created a large number of musical works and musical dramas. Until 1973, when he was 78 years old, he also created his last masterpiece "Armageddon".

Orff’s main achievements

From 1950 to 1960, Orff served as professor and director of the composition master class at the Munich Conservatoire. His teaching was to allow students to discover themselves For the purpose, this educational thought still runs through his life in the field of professional music education. Orff began writing "School Music Education" for Bavarian Radio in 1948, which was broadcast continuously for five years and was warmly welcomed by schools. From 1950 to 1954, he published five volumes of "School Music" and "Orff-Schulwerck", which were successively translated, published and introduced to all parts of the world by European and American countries. This is a major event with foundational significance for Orff's music education system. In 1961, the "Orff Academy" was established at the "Mozarte University of Music and Plastic Arts" in Salzburg, Austria, establishing the first research and training center for Orff teaching methods. In 1962, Orff and Kettleman visited Japan, setting off an upsurge in the study and practice of Orff's teachings in Japan. The combination of Orff teaching method and Eastern culture has started a new milestone in Orff teaching method.

Orff’s teaching

Content

Orff’s teaching method is one of the world’s most famous music education systems in the contemporary world. It cultivates whole-person personality development and creativity. The purpose of teaching effectiveness and the lively and colorful teaching methods have been highly praised and loved by colleagues around the world, and are even more popular among children, so they are widely spread around the world. Since the early 1980s, the Karl Orff school music education system was introduced to our country, which enabled us to quickly integrate with the development of world music education at the beginning of the music education reform. It has a high starting point and rapid development, which is very important for promoting my country's music education. The reform has played a huge role.

Education content

1. Listening training.

2. Rhythm training: percussion instrument playing methods and applications.

3. Rhythm training: training and application of vocal momentum, body shape, games, etc.

4. Language learning: as music language teaching training and application.

5. Cultivation of creative efficiency capabilities.

6. Orff instrumental music practice: rhythm, bar instruments, recorder, keyboard training.

The principles of education

can be summarized as the following points: 1. Comprehensiveness; 2. Improvisation; 3. Personal participation, appeal to sensibility, and return to humanism; 4. From Starting from the local culture; 5. Suitable for the beginning; 6. For everyone. Among them, improvisation is the core and most attractive component of Orff's music education system.

3. Teaching methods and results

Through speaking, singing, dancing, playing, drama performances, painting and other music and dance art forms; focus on music or drama, performance procedures, Play your role correctly and develop a good character of concentration; use lively, colorful and happy teaching methods to let students discover themselves and cultivate their creativity, self-confidence, concentration, cooperative spirit, responsiveness and overall personality develop.

Through the Orff music teaching method, the introverted baby becomes cheerful; the timid baby becomes brave; the withdrawn baby becomes gregarious; the shy baby becomes generous;

When they When they hear music, even in front of strangers, they can't help but dance and dance in perfect tune;

When they finish listening to the prelude of the song, they will sing the learned song accurately. Children's songs they have heard before, and accompanied by impromptu song performances;

When they hear drum beats of different rhythms, they will play music they have never heard before, and it is so harmonious;

< p>When they hear different styles of music, they will perform Yangko or dance disco to the rhythm of the music;

They can integrate smoothly into collective life, and they are the fastest-growing in the class. Children;

Some babies began to learn musical instruments such as piano and electronic keyboard, and professional teachers expressed surprise at their good sense of rhythm, music and receptive ability;

Some babies joined kindergartens at all levels The art troupe has outstanding musical perception ability, emotional expression ability, collective collaboration ability, and ability to complete rehearsals.

Orff's achievements