The Origin and Development of Eurythmy 1920–1922

GA 277c — 3 December 1922, Berlin

Eurythmy Program

On December 3, 1922, a concert by the four Svärdström sisters took place at the Goetheanum; the evening before, following a conversation he had had with Valborg Werbeck-Svärdström that morning, Rudolf Steiner expounded on fundamental principles of human expression in sound and word. Not only the lecture, which is printed elsewhere in the Rudolf Steiner Complete Edition (in: “The Nature of Music and the Experience of Sound in Human Beings,” GA 283), but also Rudolf Steiner's preparatory notes on it are informative for those interested in eurythmy.

Harmonious prelude with music by Max Schuurman
“Schwing' dich” by Albert Steffen
“Weltenseelengeister” by Rudolf Steiner
‘Lebenszauber’ by Edvard Grieg
“Koptisches Lied” by J. W. von Goethe
“Begegnung” by C. F. Meyer
Doppelgänger scene from the 4th picture of “Der Seelen Erwachen” (The Awakening of Souls) by Rudolf Steiner Luciferic and Ahrimanic beings from the 6th picture of “Der Hüter der Schwelle” (The Guardian of the Threshold) by Rudolf Steiner
‘Mercy’ from “The Merchant of Venice” by William Shakespeare
“Spring” by Rudolf Steiner, with music by Leopold van der Pals
“Mailied” by J. W. von Goethe
“Butterfly” by Edvard Grieg
“Hark, hark!” from ‘Cymbeline’ by William Shakespeare
“Ariel's Song: Where the Bees” from “The Tempest” by William Shakespeare
“Winter: When icicles hang” from “Love's Labour's Lost” by William Shakespeare
“Ariel's Song: Come unto” from “The Tempest” by William Shakespeare with music by Max Schuurman