music & TCM

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Dear Roger,

 

As I'm still a student, I'm not sure if I'm the level of practioner you're

looking for to

participate in this experiment. However I was a professional musician in my

pre-TCM

life--classical singer, pianist and violinist--so this is a subject of great

interest to me.

 

If you're not familiar with his work, you may want to check out the 19th C Swiss

musicologist/pedagogue named Emile Jacques-Dalcroze. He's not so in vogue today,

but

he was extremely well known in his day. Folks like Piaget, Isadora Duncan, D.H.

Lawrence,

to name a few, were strongly influenced by his work. What I'm thinking of

specifically is his

writing about the physical effects of rhythm and harmony.

 

I'm not sure how much of his writing is published in English. If you can read

French,

there's much more available. If I ever do a PhD I've considered looking at the

applications

of Dalcroze's work to TCM, or vice versa, as a thesis topic.

 

Best,

 

Sarah Rivkin

Student, Graduate Program in Oriental Medicine

Touro College

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