Kodály, Zoltán
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1882-1967

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Born: 16 December 1882, Kecskemét, Hungary
Died: 6 March 1967, Budapest, Hungary

Zoltan Kodaly (Copyright 2001 Nadav Dafni)Kodály, Zoltán

Hungarian composer, Kodály taught himself to play different instruments, and only later began studying music in a more orderly way. He became Bartok's friend, and together they studied and recorded Hungarian and neighbouring regions' folk music. They traveled from village to village, notating folk songs and dances. Eventually, they published a survey and a collection of all the material they had gathered. Kodály wrote music that was influenced by Debussy and Brahms, but also by the folk materials he researched.

Among his important pieces, the "Hungarian Psalm" ("Psalmus Hungaricus"), written for the celebration of the cities Buda and Pest's unification (together named... Budapest). The opera "Háry János"Prelude from 'Háry János Suite' - Kodaly'Viennese Musical Clock' from 'Háry János Suite' - Kodaly, and the famous suite based on the opera, published later and made him more famous.

In addition to the research of folk music, Kodály was also considered the greatest of Hungary's musical educators. He developed a teaching methodology based on singing and the development of musicality by means of the human voice. It was a substitute to prior techniques, that based the teaching process mostly on playing various instruments, like Carl Orff's technique. The "Kodály's system" had a profound effect and became the most successful music educational method in the western world; millions of children learn music by his system.


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Lecturer and music educational expert
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Twentieth Century
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