Zoltan

ZOLTAN KODALY

16th December 1882 --- 6th March 1967

For a fuller Bio on Zoltan Kodaly please visit This website. Below is just a brief Bio.

Kodaly was a Hungarian composer, was born at Kecskemet in 1882. He studied under Hans Koessler at the Budapest Academy of Music,
where he became professor of composition in 1907.

Kodaly was a leading exponent of  the unltra modern tendency in Hungarian music,  he devoted himself enthusiastically to the collection
and arrangement of  Hungarian and Slovak folk songs,  and his pioneer work,  carried on in conjunction  with that of Bela Bartok,  was of
importance in throwing new light on Hungarian national music in its earlier and more primitive forms.

His own works frequently employing folk song material and strikingly original and individuel in treatment, includes two string quartets, a
sonata for violoncello and piano, a sonata for violoncello alone, with songs and pianoforte pieces and a fine setting of Psalm LV ("Psalmus
Hungaricus") for tenor solo, chorus and orchestra (1923).

In 1945 he became chairman of the Hungarian Arts council,  and he was president  of the Hungarian Academy of Sciences,  1946 to 1949.
Kodaly died of a suspected heart attack in 1967.

Copyright 1953 Encyclopaedia Britannica

Last Updated on 2024
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New (4346)"Hary Janos, No.1". Sequenced by Jun Nishio.

New (4345)"Hary Janos, No.2". Sequenced by Jun Nishio.

New (4344)"Hary Janos, No.3". Sequenced by Jun Nishio.

(4091)"Hary Janos, No.4". Sequenced by Jun Nishio.

(4090)"Hary Janos, No.5". Sequenced by Jun Nishio.

(4089)"Hary Janos, No.6". Sequenced by Jun Nishio.

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