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Kodály may not have transformed 20th-century music in the manner of his friend Bartók, but his influence on the culture of his native Hungary was enormous. In his long life Kodály immeasurably enriched the understanding of folksong in his homeland, but also shaped, with his celebrated 'method', music education through singing; indeed, the Kodály method is now a world-wide phenomenon. And then there is the music. Invariably approachable, it is welcoming without avoiding complexity...
- www.classical-music.com
2014-04-25
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Buy it from Buy the CDZoltan KodalyQuartets No 1 & 2, Intermezzo & GavotteDante QuartetHyperion2014 "If I were to name the composer whose works are the most perfect embodiment of the Hungarian spirit, I would answer, Kodály," said Béla Bartók of his friend and fellow campaigner for a definition of a national musical identity. The Dante Quartet give us a glimpse of Kodály's rapid stylistic development in these crisply defined performances...
- www.theguardian.com
2014-02-02