The authors of the Orff Method and their closest co-workers describe the basis of what has become an integral, no longer questioned, part of elementary music and dance education today. The selected texts add the necessary theory to practical experiences, explaining and substantiating them.

Preface - Introduction - G. Keetman: Memories of the Günther-Schule - C. Orff: Thoughts about Music with Children and Non-professionals - D. Günther: The Rhythmic Person and Their Education - C. Orff: Music out of Movement - D. Günther: Elemental Dance - W. Keller: Elemental Music - C. Orff: Orff-Schulwerk: Past & Future - W. Thomas: In the Beginning was the Word - H. Regner: Carl Orff's Educational Ideas - B. Haselbach: Reflections on the Dance Educational Aspects of Orff-Schulwerk