THE STORY ABOUT THE DEVELOPMENT OF A NEW MUSIC THERAPY
THE STORY ABOUT THE DEVELOPMENT OF A NEW MUSIC THERAPY "Can you develop something for the inner movement of the life processes?". This question was posed to Dr. Hermann Pfrogner (1911-1988), professor in music, specialized in modern twelve tone music. The person asking was Dr. Karl König (1902-1966), the inspired doctor and founder of the Camp Hill Movement in Scotland, with a special interest in embryology. In 1950 Dr. Pfrogner had already been brought into contact with Annie von Lange (1887-1959), a concert pianist and music teacher. In those days there was a circle of people around Annie von Lange in Nürnberg, all working in the field of music, among which the composer Frits Büchtger (1903-1978) and the singer Maria Führmann (1886-1969). They were working with von Lange on the relationship between anthroposophy and music. Entirely opposite to the development of the abstract and spatial modern twelve tone music, in which individual tones are considered without th