Gunild Keetman

Gunild Keetman ( born June 5, 1904 in Elberfeld, † 14 December 1990 Breitbrunn am Chiemsee ) was a German composer and music educator, developed especially by the in collaboration with Carl Orff was known " Orff -Schulwerk ".

Life

Gunild Keetman was born in 1904 as the daughter of a wealthy family in Elberfeld; the worn 1981 House Keetman was her parents' house. Together with four siblings, she received early musical training.

After two semesters in Bonn and Berlin, she moved to Munich, where she worked at the " Günther School " with the combination of music and movement. The " Günther School Munich - training center by the federal government of Fine and Applied Physical Activity " was founded as a training center for gymnastics, rhythm, music and dance in 1924 by Carl Orff together with Dorothee Günther. Orff himself headed the music department. In cooperation with him Gunild Keetman developed the " Orff -Schulwerk " as a new model for music and movement education. The basis of their work the idea that musical-rhythmic feeling of the movement to develop out. The children should also be found by a musical education for themselves - an approach that is used in the special education today.

In 1936, she led the youth orchestra of the " Günther School " for the Telefunken recording of Orff- piece collection and dancing of the children, which was performed at the opening of the Olympic Games in Berlin.

1949 Keetman started the " Orff -Schulwerk " by children's classes at the Mozarteum in Salzburg to teach, later, the courses were also offered for students. At the Orff Institute in Salzburg, she was responsible for the practical movement work. From 1950 to 1954 she was with five volumes Orff Music for Children out a new version of the Orff- Schulwerk. At the Music for Children Keetman had a large share of his own compositions, mainly instrumental pieces involved. She represented the Orff -Schulwerk also at conferences and contributed significantly to its dissemination. In 1970 she published her book " Elementaria " as didactic guide for the first use of the Orff -Schulwerk. In her later years of life Gunild Keetman in increasingly back from practical work and dedicated himself, together with Minna Ronnefeld the publication of numerous works for recorder.

Gunild Keetman died in late 1990 at the age of 86 and was buried in the cemetery of Breitbrunn on 3 January 1991 at the Chiemsee.

Works (selection)

  • Gunild Keetman: Pieces for flute and drum music publisher Schott, Mainz, Germany (Schott ED 3625 )
  • Gunild Keetman: Pieces for Flute and drum H, music publisher Schott, Mainz, Germany (Schott ED 6587 )
  • Carl Orff, Gunild Keetman: Musica Poetica - Orff Schulwerk 1-5 and 6-10, records documentation of Deutsche Harmonia Mundi.
  • Gunild Keetman, Minna Ronnefeld: Elemental recorder playing, music publisher Schott, Mainz 1980
  • Gunild Keetman, Minna Ronnefeld: singing and playing Christmas music publisher Schott, Mainz 1981-1985
  • Gunild Keetman, Minna Ronnefeld: Contra Dances from " The English Dancing Master" of wage Playford, music publisher Schott, Mainz
  • Gunild Keetman, Minna Ronnefeld: Old French dances, music publisher Schott, Mainz 1991
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