Zoltan Kodaly’s World of MusicHungarian composer and musician Zoltán Kodály (1882–1967) is best known for his pedagogical system, the Kodály Method, which has been influential in the development of music education around the world. Author Anna Dalos considers, for the first time in publication, Kodály’s career beyond the classroom and provides a comprehensive assessment of his works as a composer. A noted collector of Hungarian folk music, Kodály adapted the traditional heritage musics in his own compositions, greatly influencing the work of his contemporary, Béla Bartók. Highlighting Kodály’s major music experiences, Dalos shows how his musical works were also inspired by Brahms, Wagner, Debussy, Palestrina, and Bach. Set against the backdrop of various oppressive regimes of twentieth-century Europe, this study of Kodály’s career also explores decisive, extramusical impulses, such as his bitter experiences of World War I, Kodály’s reception of classical antiquity, and his interpretation of the male and female roles in his music. Written by the leading Kodály expert, this impressive work of historical and musical insight provides a timely and much-needed English-language treatment of the twentieth-century composer. |
Contents
Zoltán Kodálys Path | 6 |
The Beginning of the Composers Career | 16 |
Minor op 108 | 22 |
The Reinterpretation of the Folk Song Concept | 30 |
The Case of String | 45 |
String Quartet No 1 fourth movement opening theme and bass theme | 46 |
Sketch for a string quartet in C major referring to Ervin Lendvai | 51 |
Folk song theme of String Quartet No 1 and its variations | 53 |
The form of Psalmus Hungaricus | 99 |
The collection sites of the folk songs in Háry János | 108 |
The Peacock Variations | 115 |
vii | 117 |
Peacock Variations transformations of the motivic seed | 125 |
Kodálys Views on Church Music | 128 |
Kodálys Readings on Counterpoint | 139 |
Contrapuntal Technique in Kodálys Works | 153 |
Kodálys Turn toward Western | 56 |
Theme of Debussys String Quartet and opening theme of Méditation | 62 |
Kodálys sketch for a modulation process with seventh ninth and eleventh | 63 |
Women | 65 |
Kodálys songs | 70 |
Nausikaa pentatonic turn in the melody and chromatic bass line | 72 |
The Case of String Quartet No 2 | 75 |
Kodálys works written between 1916 and 1918 | 78 |
Serenade for String Trio second movement EA tones | 83 |
Kodály after the Trianon | 86 |
Háry János Suite Funeral March with saxophone | 92 |
Pange lingua bars 13 and 2426 | 156 |
Bicinia Hungarica no 42 | 162 |
About Kodálys Concerto | 167 |
The eighteen themes of the Concerto | 173 |
The Last Years | 182 |
Symphony first movement secondary theme | 188 |
Epilogue | 195 |
Notes | 205 |
Bibliography | 251 |
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