Zoltán Kodály : a Hungarian musician / Percy M. Young.

Author/creator Young, Percy M.
Format Book
Publication InfoWestport, Conn. : Greenwood Press, 1976, ©1964.
Descriptionxvi, 231 pages : illustrations ; 23 cm
Subjects
Kodály, Zoltán, 1882-1967.

Contents Foreword / by Zoltán Kodály -- Preface -- The historical background. From Roman times to the War of Independence, 1848-9 ; Hungary in the latter part of the nineteenth century ; Liszt, Mosonyi, Erkel, and other contemporary musicians -- Kodály's social and musical origins. Galánta ; Nagyszombat ; Budapest -- Looking for folk-songs, and collaboration with Bartok -- The young composer. The aims of a new generation ; Early songs and music for pianoforte ; The first string quartet (op. 2) ; Cello sonata (op. 4) ; Foundation of a choral idiom ; Public reaction -- Trial by the establishment. Difficulties in the way of the new music ; Orthodoxy in Dohnányi and Weiner ; Political issues ; More songs ; Sonata for solo 'cello (op. 8), Serenade (op. 12), and minor works -- Psalmus Hungaricus -- New ideals. The educationist ; Háry János ; English contacts and influences -- The cause of choral music. Mátra pictures ; Jesus and the traders ; Te deum -- Scholarship and art. The spinning room ; Summer evening, Dances of Marosszék and Galánta, ballet music ; Peacock variations ; Concerto for orchestra -- Renaissance models. A capella works ; Missa brevis -- Reconstruction in Hungary. Occasional pieces ; Hymn of Zrinyi -- Realisation of scientific aims. Corpus Musicae Popularis Hungaricae -- An international figure -- The symphony -- The composer -- Influence of Kodály, and trends in contemporary Hungarian music. Weiner, Jemnitz, Lajtha ; The first generation of Kodály's pupils ; Cross-fertilization and the teaching of Siklós ; Kadosa and Farkas ; Expanding sympathies ; Emils Petrovics and a new opera ; Music and the community -- The master -- Appendix. 1. Notes for an address (July, 1963) ; 2. Zoltán Kodály, by M. D. Calvocoressi (April 1922).
General noteReprint of the edition published by E. Benn, London.
Bibliography noteIncludes bibliographical references (pages 208-211) and indexes.
LCCN 75045268
ISBN0837186501

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