A Companion to Rudolf Steiner's 'Eurythmy as Visible Singing' Lectures at Dornach, February 19-27, 1924

Churton House, Audnam, Stourbridge, England: The Anderida Music Trust, 1998. 1998 latest date at copyright page. Bright red linen cloth boards, gilt cover and spine titles, light shelf wear. Deckled pages fine. Owner's name inside cover. Illustrated throughout with classical art, architecture, congruous shapes and dimensions, each demonstrating the position and movement in the human form of the ethereal. Bind fine, square; hinges intact. Substantial high quality book craftsmanship. Rare near fine companion study and examination of Steiner's Eurythmy lectures of Feb. 1924, from The Anderida Music Trust. Presented here are notes and examination by the fourth translation into English by Alan Stott of Steiner's Eurhythmy series of lectures given at Dornach from February 19th to 27th, 1924. The lectures are in volume one. This is volume two only. Contents: "Compiler's Preface; Notes to the Lectures; Notes to Lectures 1 through 8; Appendices: 1. Nature and Art; 2. The Artist Between East and West; 3. 'The Character of Each Individual Key'; 4. TAO: i. The Tradition; ii. 'An Esoteric Intermezzo'; iii. Rudolf Steiner, Torquay 1922.8.24; iv. A Note on the Bar Line; 5. The Angle-gestures; 6. Live Music, Recorded Sound and Eurythmy; 7. ALP-Elf: i. Esoteric Tradition; ii. 'A Remarkable Tradition'; iii. The Point of Departure - A Note for Artists; 8. GA278, [the collected Lectures of 'Eurythmy As Visible Singing'] as an Esoteric Document." "Man is a form proceeding out of movement. Eurhythmy is a continuation of divine movement, of the divine form in man. By means of Eurhythmy man approaches nearer the divine than he otherwise could." Eurythmy, or eurhythmy, is the art of articulating movement originated by Marie von Sivers and Rudolf Steiner in the early twentieth century. The word derives from Greek roots meaning beautiful or harmonious rhythm. It was also integral in the Gurdjieff movements, a system of movement developed by G. I. Gurdjieff and Jeanne de Salzmann. Etymologically eurythmic or eurhythmic, originates from "harmonious," 1831, from Greek eurythmia "rhythmical order," from eurythmos "rhythmical, well-proportioned," from eu "well, good" (see eu-) + rhythmos "measured flow or movement, rhythm; proportion, symmetry." Eurythmics (also eurhythmics), is a "system of rhythmical body movement to music, used as therapy or to teach musical understanding," developed by Swiss music educator Émile Jaques-Dalcroze developed in the early 1900s. 199 pages. Insured post.. First Edition. Hard Cover. Fine. 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" Tall.