{"id":17185,"date":"2013-11-07T00:00:00","date_gmt":"2013-11-06T23:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.musikzeitung.ch\/allgemein\/musikalisches-erleben-im-hohen-alter-2\/"},"modified":"2023-01-18T01:11:59","modified_gmt":"2023-01-18T00:11:59","slug":"musikalisches-erleben-im-hohen-alter-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.musikzeitung.ch\/en\/aus-und-weiterbildung\/2013\/11\/musikalisches-erleben-im-hohen-alter-2","title":{"rendered":"Musical experience in old age"},"content":{"rendered":"
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The focus of the first DVD - after an overview of elementary music and dance pedagogy EMTP - is dedicated to reflection in the form of a theme-centered summary of interviews with experts and discussion rounds with home residents, a caregiver and students of the Carl-Orff-Institute. The book concludes with insights into the lives of two residents who took part in the weekly musical program for many years. <\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n

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The discussion of the questions \"Why music? What is the intrinsic value of music?\", always in relation to scientific findings and the importance of emotionality. The connection between music and long-term memory (\"well-known songs are even stored with several verses until old age\") is addressed as well as the psychosomatic effect of music, i.e. the questions: \"What significance did music have in earlier life, what effect does music have today?\". It is shown how EMPT adapts to people's life stories and draws conclusions for practice. Statements from senior citizens explain the practical relevance: \"Music is accessible to everyone. Music lifts the mood. You can feel that you are alive. Everyone is who they are.\" In this sense, music is part of biography work, part of rewriting one's own history. But it's also about learning new things and being challenged.<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n

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The strong reference to the importance of music in life lays the foundations for training and further education at the Carl Orff Institute in the field of music geragogy and clearly defines the difference to elementary music education: It is not education that is required, but education that takes biography into account without staging an infantilization of music.<\/p>\n

DVD 2 is dedicated to practice and, after an introduction, shows many examples, divided into three core areas with a further division into 15 subject areas. The practical examples are aesthetically profound, the selection of songs and pieces of music is varied and the materials are balanced. The lecturer Christine Sch\u00f6nherr and the participating students impress with their performative and professional musicality. This basic artistic quality, characterized by aesthetic design, respect and theoretical understanding, provides a unique basis for all participants to join in.<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n

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