Zoltan Kodály (Composer)
Born: 16th December 1882, Kecskemet, Hungary
Died: 6th March 1967, Budapest, Hungary
Nationality: Hungarian
Zoltán Kodály was a Hungarian composer, ethnomusicologist, pedagogue, linguist, and philosopher. He is well known internationally as the creator of the Kodály method of music education.
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Recording of the Week,
Kodály and Dvořák from Barnabás Kelemen, Nicolas Altstaedt, and Alexander Lonquich
The violinist and cellist display a truly remarkable synergy in Kodály's Duo from 1914, whilst all three musicians capture the 'Dumky' Trio's rapid shifts between melancholy and boisterousness to perfection.
All Genres: Kodály
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Popular Works: Kodály
- Adagio for viola (or cello or violin) & piano (29)
- Advent Song 'Veni, Veni Emmanuel' (11)
- Ave Maria (9)
- Capriccio for Solo Cello (6)
- Concerto for Orchestra (10)
- Dances of Galanta (57)
- Dances of Marosszék (41)
- Duo for Violin and Cello, Op. 7 (57)
- Epigrammák (6)
- Este (Evening) (6)
- Esti dal (Evening Song) (21)
- Fölszállott a páva (The Peacock) (9)
- Háry János Suite (51)
- Háry János, Op. 15 (9)
- Háry János: Intermezzo (8)
- Hungarian Dances (3) (6)
- Hungarian Folk Songs (7)
- Hungarian Rondo for Cello and Piano (6)
- Intermezzo for string trio (7)
- Jézus és a kufárok (9)
- Lament (5)
- Laudes organi (7)
- Mátrai képek (Mátra pictures) (6)
- Meditation on a theme by Claude Debussy (9)
- Missa brevis (20)
- Nine Pieces for Piano, Op. 3 (7)
- Psalmus hungaricus, Op. 13 (27)
- Serenade for Two Violins & Viola (Trio Serenade), Op. 12 (7)
- Seven Piano Pieces, Op. 11 (16)
- Sonata for Cello and Piano, Op. 4 (16)
- Sonata for Solo Cello, Op. 8 (73)
- Sonatina for Cello and Piano (14)
- Stabat Mater (8)
- String Quartet No. 2, Op. 10 (16)
- Summer Evening (12)
- Symphony in C (9)
- Theatre Overture (6)
- Turot eszik a cigany (See the Gypsies munching cheese) (7)
- Valsette (6)
- Variations on a Hungarian Folksong 'The Peacock' (29)