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Kodaly, Zoltan

KODALY, ZOLTAN (1882 - 1967)

Kod�ly, a colleague of Bart�k in the early collection of folk music in Hungary and neighbouring regions, made his later career in his own country, where the system of musical education he devised has had a profound effect, as it has abroad. His own music is imbued with the spirit and musical idiom of Hungary and is in general less astringent than is sometimes the case with the music of Bart�k. He was active as a composer until his death in 1967.

Stage Works

Kod�ly wrote relatively little for the stage. His Singspiel or musical play H�ry J�nos, more widely known in the orchestral excerpts heard frequently in the concert hall, deals with the alleged exploits of an old soldier, J�nos, who has a vivid imagination and no regard for truth or probability. These include his single-handed defeat of Napoleon and the French armies.

Orchestral Music

In addition to the orchestral suite derived from H�ry J�nos, Kod�ly's Marossz�k and Galanta Dances, with the Peacock Variations, make powerful use of Hungarian folk material.

Choral Music

Kod�ly wrote a great deal of choral and vocal music, much of it for his choral method, an essential element in his plan for general musical education. He won his greatest early success with Psalmus hungaricus in 1923, and in 1936 celebrated the 250th anniversary of the reconquest of Buda from the Turks with a Te Deum. His Missa brevis was written during the later years of the 1939-45 war. His unaccompanied choral work Jesus and the Traders has always proved effective.

Stage Works

Orchestral Music

In addition to the orchestral suite derived from H�ry J�nos, Kod�ly's Marossz�k and Galanta Dances, with the Peacock Variations, make powerful use of Hungarian folk material.

Choral Music

Discography
Image	Title	Price	Release Date	Label
	SEIBER / DORATI / KODALY: Magyar Modern (Hungarian Modern)	$12.99	Apr 18, 2006	First Edition
	KODALY / BRITTEN: Words for Solo Cello	$18.99	Apr 1, 2004	Chandos
	KODALY: Theatre Overture / Concerto for Orchestra / Dances of Marosszek / Symphony	$18.99	Apr 1, 2000	Chandos
	KODALY: Duo for Violin and Cello / Hungarian Rondo / Adagio for Cello / Sonatina	$8.99	Jan 1, 2000	Naxos Classics
	KODALY: Missa Brevis / Evening / Matra Pictures / Jesus and the Traders	$18.99	Sep 1, 1999	Chandos
	KODALY: Three Chorale Preludes / Cello Sonatas Opp. 8 and 4	$8.99	Oct 18, 1996	Naxos Classics
	JANACEK: Glagolitic Mass / KODALY: Psalmus hungaricus	$18.99	Sep 1, 1994	Chandos
	KODALY: Galanta Dances / Marosszek Dances / The Peacock	$8.99	Apr 30, 1992	Naxos Classics
	KODALY: Dances of Galanta / Hary Janos Suite / Peacock Variations	$18.99	Oct 1, 1990	Chandos

Composer also appears in: (6)
Image	Title	Price	Release Date	Label
	Hungarian composers (Bela Bartok: First Rhapsody / Franz Liszt: Die Zelle in Nonnenwerth)	~~$8.99~~ $6.99	Jul 29, 2008	Naxos Classics
	BERLINER PHILHARMONIKER - 125 YEARS	$79.99	Jan 30, 2007	EuroArts DVD
	INVITATION TO THE DANCE (NTSC)	$19.99	Nov 16, 2004	EuroArts DVD
	Listen, Learn and Grow Around the World	$8.99	Aug 1, 2002	Naxos Special Projects
	Hungarian Festival	$8.99	Jun 30, 1988	Naxos Classics
	SYMPHONIC SPECTACULARS	$16.99	Jun 1, 1988	CBC Records

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