Paul Nordoff
American composer
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(Suggest an Edit or Addition)According to Wikipedia, Paul Nordoff was an American composer and music therapist, anthroposophist and initiator of the Nordoff-Robbins method of music therapy. His music is generally tonal and neo-Romantic in style. Career Born in Philadelphia, he studied the piano at the Philadelphia Conservatory, receiving a B.M. degree in 1927 and an M.M. degree in 1932. He later studied with Rubin Goldmark at the Juilliard School and in 1960 he received a Bachelor of Music Therapy from the Combs College of Music in Philadelphia. He served as head of composition at the Philadelphia Conservatory , a teacher at Michigan State College , and professor of music at Bard College. While still a student he encountered the work of Rudolf Steiner and became a member of the Anthroposophical Society in 1943, visiting its centre in Dornach to lecture at the conferences held there on Music after 1954.
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- Therapy in music for handicapped children (1971) (102)
- Music Therapy in Special Education (1975) (92)
- Creative Music Therapy: Individualized Treatment for the Handicapped Child (1977) (90)
- Music therapy for handicapped children (1965) (18)
- MUSIC THERAPY AND PERSONALITY CHANGE IN AUTISTIC CHILDREN. (1964) (12)
- Songs and poems of Robert Burns : with Burns's autobiographical letters (1959) (1)
- The children's Christmas play (1970) (0)
- Anthony's Song Book (1951) (0)
- Music Press Contemporary Song Series (1947) (0)
- My mother goose : songs for children to sing and play (1981) (0)
- Pif-Paf-Poltrie : a musical working game for children (1969) (0)
- The story of Artaban, The Other Wise Man : a play with music for Christmas or Easter (1964) (0)
- Embroidery for a faithless friend (1945) (0)
- Songs in English : 19 contemporary settings by American and English composers for recital, concert and studio use (1970) (0)
- Fanfares and dances, for reed horns, piano, and other instruments : twelve easy pieces for elementary and special education children (1979) (0)
- Dirge for the nameless (1945) (0)
- Fun for four drums : a rhythmic game for children : with four drums, piano and a song (1968) (0)
- A message for the king : a story with music for percussion, piano, voices and narrator (1976) (0)
- Folk songs for children to sing and play : with resonator bells, piano and optional percussion (1977) (0)
- Children's play-songs (1962) (0)
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