The ethnic Hungarian song Folszallott a pava, as a case-study of Zoltan Kodaly's music and ideas

Zoltan Kodaly is more often remembered for his contributions to music education than for his musical compositions. However, if his influence on music education is important, it is as an outgrowth of his compositional activities and not vice versa. While not denying the wider impact of his counterpar...

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Main Author: Tang, Wern Ning.
Other Authors: Howard, John
Format: Theses and Dissertations
Language:English
Published: 2009
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Online Access:http://hdl.handle.net/10356/20356
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Institution: Nanyang Technological University
Language: English
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Summary:Zoltan Kodaly is more often remembered for his contributions to music education than for his musical compositions. However, if his influence on music education is important, it is as an outgrowth of his compositional activities and not vice versa. While not denying the wider impact of his counterpart, Bela Bartok's music and his greater significance in this respect, we acknowledge the need for a more detailed consideration of Kodaly's music.