Pierre van Hauwe

Pierre van Hauwe (born January 12, 1920 in Terneuzen , † June 25, 2009 in Delft ) was a Dutch musician and music teacher of Flemish descent. Since 1946 he lived and worked in Delft in school lessons and as a Roman Catholic church musician in the now demolished St. Hippolytus Church. From 1960 until his retirement in 1982 he was the director of the Delft Municipal Music School.

Delft Madrigal Choir

Since the beginning of the 1950s he became known throughout Europe as the conductor of the Delft Madrigal Choir, which he founded and which consisted of girls from the age of 12 to around 20-25 years. The choir practiced daily at that time. In 1964 the choir was dissolved after his international activities as a music teacher left him no more time. As a composer, Pierre van Hauwe arranged many Dutch and foreign folk songs for this choir. In addition, this choir was mainly famous for its polyphony, including many works by Claudio Monteverdi.

Orff-Schulwerk

Pierre van Hauwe was one of the greatest sponsors of Orff's school work. The Orff school work was developed by the German composer Carl Orff . Pierre van Hauwe initially worked on the musical starting points of Orff's school work in four books "Music for Young People". These were published in 1961.

In combination with the method of the Hungarian composer and teacher Zoltán Kodály , Pierre van Hauwe developed the music method playing with music for the Netherlands . This method was applied holistically at the municipal music school for teaching general musical education and it turned out to be an excellent preparation for the instrumental lessons that followed. All kindergartens and primary schools in Delft used this method well into the 1990s. The teachers in the music schools acted as advisors to accompany the teachers in the schools in general musical education. Many parishes in the Netherlands followed suit. In the course of the 1970s, this method was translated into various languages and found a large number of imitators at home and abroad. In the German federal states of Baden-Württemberg and Bavaria , the “playing with music” method was also often used, both in kindergartens and elementary schools and at music schools. In addition to German, the method was also published in Russian, Lithuanian, Czech, Polish, Hebrew, Norwegian, Danish and even Portuguese for use in Portugal (also on the island of Madeira ) and Brazil . A Spanish translation was published for use in Mexico and various countries in South America. In the 1970s and 1980s, the music school orchestras from Delft traveled extensively to countries in which the music method “playing with music” was taught. In 1978 the youth orchestra took the train to Lublin ( Poland ) and Vilnius ( Lithuania ), in 1979 and 1980 by bus to Portugal and a few years later by plane to Madeira and Israel . Often there were daily appearances in schools and churches to let people see and hear what could be achieved with the pedagogical principles of the “playing with music” method. But there were also performances in large concert halls. The basic pedagogical idea of this orchestral work was based on the assumption that every music school student from general education to young adults could get a place within the music school orchestra at every level of musical development. Piano students often reached their place on the Orff instruments, strings and wind instruments received orchestral parts at their own level on their music stand. A large recorder choir with 4 or 5 voices was the core of these orchestras because all music school students had learned the recorder first in their general education. Music schools or music school orchestras in Inning (Bavaria), Prague and Porto are named after Pierre van Hauwe.

Educational work

The core of the “Playing with Music” method is a four-part manual for the lecturer and four workbooks for the children. When using this method in the music school - two hours per week of general education in music lessons for two years and one hour per week of general education and a first acquaintance in instrumental lessons for the third year, the children have worked through all 4 books after three years. When used in primary school from grade 2 or 3, the fourth booklet only seems to be realizable in grade 8. The song selection and the more difficult modes are therefore tailored to this age. At the elementary school, the cooperation of a specialist lecturer or a consultant with the class teacher is therefore very valuable. With these workbooks, children can sing, read music notes, practice notes by writing or following dictation, whereby both the rhythm line and the 5-line note line can be edited. The children learn "relative singing" ( solmization ) right from the start, starting with the cry third so-mi, which is later followed by the tone la. These 3 tones are first added to the pentatonic (5-tone) and then hexatonic (6-tone) scale and again later up to the complete major scale, whereby other modes are also sung. In addition to working with the little books, the children learn to play the recorder right from the start , also starting with the third, the tones "g" and "e". This means that the children learn to play the recorder with two hands with the method "Playing the recorder together" from day one, in contrast to many other methods in which the first notes are played exclusively with the left hand and in which the right hand is only played in added at a later stage. For the posture when playing the recorder, playing with both hands immediately seems to be particularly important. Of course, Orff's instruments are used both rhythmically and melodically from the start with this method, both when singing and when playing the recorder. In addition to the “playing with music” method, Pierre van Hauwe wrote several books a. a. the only one in the world about drone theory, a harmony theory through which, especially when using Orff instruments , songs or melodies can be accompanied in a simple and elementary way using the pentatonic scale .

After 1982

Even after his retirement in 1982 as director of the Municipal Music School in Delft, Pierre van Hauwe held courses for kindergarten teachers, primary school teachers, music teachers and students of conservatories in various countries until shortly before his death. His last activity in a course was improvisation with many Orff instruments on December 28, 2008 in Inning am Ammersee , where the music school bears his name. He has published dozens of compositions for variable school orchestras, which are still often performed, especially in Portugal, the Czech Republic and Germany. The Delft Municipal Music School is now part (music department) of the Free Academy (Vrije Akademie), the center of the arts (Centrum voor de Kunsten) of the Delft municipality. Pierre van Hauwe is the father of the recorder player Walter van Hauwe . He received the Federal Cross of Merit 1st Class in 2001.

Pierre van Hauwe died on June 25th, 2009 in his home in Delft. His widow Elisabeth van Hauwe-Everaert died on July 25, 2010.

bibliography

Muziek beluisteren; Desclee de Brouwer
Muziek voor de Jeugd, inleiding dead het Orff-Schulwerk; 1961 Amsterdam
Idem: Lakštuté, edition for Lithuania; Vilnius
Spelen met Muziek, Leidraad voor de AMV; 4 delen en 4 werkboekjes; 1968 Amsterdam
Idem: Playing with Music, 1969 Amsterdam
Idem: Vivre la musique, Walonie en France; 1973 Amsterdam
Idem: Musikleik, Norway; Oslo
Idem: Juganda con musica, Mexico; Mexico city
Idem: Expression Musical, Peru; Lima
Idem: Play music, Israël; Kfar Saba
Idem: Padorar mempage, Russia; Vinogradov
Algemene Bourdonleer en het Orff-instrumentraium; 1974 Amsterdam
General Bordunlehre; 1975 Amsterdam
Seeds blokfluit spelen; 4 delen; 1968 Amsterdam
Idem: Playing the recorder together; 1969 Amsterdam
Idem: How to play the recorder; Israeli edition; Amsterdam
Idem: Manuel da Flauta de bisel; Portuguese edition; postage
Idem: Hudební Skolka; Czech edition; Praha
Idem: Toquenos Juntos la Flauta; Spanish edition; Mexico city
Meter and rhythm; Method voor maat en ritme en speelstukken voor slagwerk; Delft
Playing with Music, 2005; methodical and didactic workbook for kindergarten, elementary and secondary schools

Compositions

Tshiribim; 5 songs for vrouwenkoor; Hilversum
8 folk songs; Hilversum
He is booming; schoollied with Orff instruments; Haarlem
October; schoollied with Orff instruments; Haarlem
Sardanas; schoolorkest; Amsterdam
Bolero; zj 1964 Amsterdam
Suite fantasia Mexicana; 1976 Amsterdam
Cantica Vitae: declamtaorium voor soli, koor, orkest teksten Nederlandse 17-de eeuwse Dichters; Amsterdam
4 folk songs; koor en Orff instruments; Amsterdam
Pincer in Spel 1 and 2; lieder en speelstukjes with Orff instruments; Amsterdam
Ten Folksongs / Ten Folksongs; blokfluit ensemble en Orff instruments; Amsterdam
18 folk songs for recorders and Orff instruments; Delft
Slavic Suite; schoolorkest; Salzburg
Caprice; altblokfluit en Orff instruments; Amsterdam
Europese Danssuite; schoolorkest; Amsterdam
The Christmas Gospel; spreker, zanger en schoolorkest; Delft
Drone and pentatonic in colors; Orff instruments in preschool age; Delft
Idem: Música às cores bordôes; Portugese uitgave; Delft
Missa Festiva; dubbel gemengd koor en organ
Missa Christ Rex; three-legged gemengd koor a capella
Poorters van Delft; declamatorium voor soli, koor en orkest op teksten van Delftse poet
Magnificat; solil koor en orkest
De gelukkige Leeuw; pantomimespel voor ballet / toneelgroep, spreker en orkest
Homage de Delft; spreker en orkest
Feestfanfare 1968; schoolorkest
Intrada 1986; schoolorkest
Tour du Monde; schoolorkest
Europese Suite; schoolorkest
Topic met variaties; schoolorkest
Madeira Suite; schoolorkest
Serenata Espana; schoolorkest
Homenagem; schoolorkest
Caprice Arabe; schoolorkest
Homage to El Djazïr; schoolorkest
Cappricio a Tres; schoolorkest
Suite Hemitonique; schoolorkest
Shalom Israel; schoolorkest
Homage to the Anos do Instituto Orff do Porto; schoolorkest
Latin Americano Suite; schoolorkest
Songs for kindergarten and school with Orff instruments; 4 delen
Idem; Portugese songs
Israëlsongs with Orff-instrumentarium

Web links

Individual evidence

↑ Elisabeth van Hauwe-Everaert died on July 25, 2010 . In the section "Na 1982". Dutch, accessed August 28, 2010

personal data
SURNAME	Hauwe, Pierre van
BRIEF DESCRIPTION	Dutch musician and music teacher
DATE OF BIRTH	January 12, 1920
PLACE OF BIRTH	Terneuzen , Netherlands
DATE OF DEATH	June 25, 2009
Place of death	Delft

[1] Elisabeth van Hauwe-Everaert died on July 25, 2010 . In the section "Na 1982". Dutch, accessed August 28, 2010