Word pictures and musical tones

In 2017 a joint initiative by the central library in Dresden’s Kulturpalast and Dresden Philharmonic Orchestra sought to bring to life stories set to music for children aged 5 and upwards. The initiative goes by the name of ‘Wortbilder und Klangfarben’ (~ ‘Word pictures and musical tones’) and our motto, in line with our respective specialisations, is that everyone will strike a note – the musicians from the Dresden Philharmonic by playing a tone and the librarians from the Central Library by taking care of the words. We meet three times a year in the events room at Dresden Central Library and entry is free of charge.
In this article we share practical notes on the development and implementation of this series of events around literature and music education.