"It is my firm conviction that mankind will live the happier when it has learned to live with music more worthily. Whoever works to promote this end, in one way or another, has not lived in vain." (Zoltán Kodály)
"The characteristics of a good musician are a well-trained ear, a well-trained mind, a well-trained heart and a well-trained hand. All four parts must develop together in constant equilibrium." (Zoltán Kodály)
"Music is an indispensable part of universal human knowledge. He who lacks it has a faulty knowledge. A man without music is incomplete. It is obvious that music should be a school subject. It is essential!" (Zoltán Kodály)
"A good folk song is a perfect masterpiece in itself" (Zoltán Kodály)
“Teach music and singing at school in such a way that it is not a torture but a joy for the pupil; instil a thirst for finer music in him, a thirst which will last for a lifetime.” (Zoltán Kodály)
“If one were to attempt to express the essence of this education in one word, it could only be singing” (Zoltán Kodály)
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Compositions
Posters of Háry János
Educational Compositions
15 Two-Part Singing Exercises 22 Two-Part Singing Exercises 24 Little Canons on the Black Keys 33 Two-Part Singing Exercises 333 Reading Exercises 44 Two-Part Singing Exercises 55 Two-Part Singing Exercises 66 Two-Part Singing Exercises 77 Two-Part Singing Exercises Bicinia Hungarica I—IV. Chamber Music Exercise Children's Dances (12 Pieces) Epigrams Let Us Sing Correctly Nursery Songs/Songs of Little People Pentatonic Music Tricinia Twelve Little Piano Pieces
Canons
A Song of Faith Aurea libertas Six Funny Canons Solfa Canon Sorry!/Three-Part Canon
Stage Works
Háry János, Op. 15 Spinnery/Spinning Room
Choral Works Accompanied by an Instrument
5 Tantum Ergos (certain movements with organ acc.) Ave Maria (org.) – women’s Christmas Dance of the Shepherds (recorder) Geneva Psalm No. 114 (org.) - mixed Hymn to King Stephen (org.) Jesus and the Children (org.) – children Laudes organi (org.)- mixed Missa brevis (org.) Pange Lingua (org.) - mixed Soldier’s Song (trumpet and side drum) – male Wainamoinen Makes Music – harp (piano)
Choral Works Accompanied by Orchestra
At the Grave of Martyrs Kálló Folk Dances Missa brevis Offertorium/Assumpta est Maria Psalmus Hungaricus, Op. 13 Te Deum of Buda Castle