Zoltan Kodaly
Zoltan Kodaly
Zoltan Kodaly was born on the 16th of December, 1882 in Kecskemet, Hungary. Though from a musical family, his initial inclination was towards literary studies.As his father was a railway official, the Kodály family had moved many times. From 1884 until 1891 they lived in Galánta, which was later immortalised in the orchestral dances Kodaly based on folk music from the area. The Kodaly family moved to Nagyszombat, where Zoltan studied violin and piano and sang in the cathedral choir. He studied the musical scores in the cathedral music library, and then taught himself the cello to write the numbers for his father’s domestic quartet-evenings. After his practices of composing, in 1897 the school orchestra played an overture of his, to be followed by a Mass for a chorus and an orchestra later that year. On his return to Budapest in 1907 he was appointed teacher of theory at the Academy of Music, and a year later he began to teach composition. He was to teach there for the rest of his life: upon his retirement as a professor, he was brought back as the Director of the Academy in 1945.On his return to Budapest in 1907 he was appointed teacher of theory at the Academy of Music, and a year later he began to teach composition. He was to teach there for the rest of his life: upon his retirement as a professor, he was brought back as the Director of the Academy in 1945. Zoltan Kodaly was born on the 16th of December, 1882 in Kecskemet, Hungary. Though from a musical family, his initial inclination was towards literary studies.As his father was a railway official, the Kodály family had moved many times. From 1884 until 1891 they lived in Galánta, which was later immortalised in the orchestral dances Kodaly based on folk music from the area. The Kodaly family moved to Nagyszombat, where Zoltan studied violin and piano and sang in the cathedral choir. He studied the musical scores in the cathedral music library,
Zoltan Kodaly was born on the 16th of December, 1882 in Kecskemet, Hungary. Though from a musical family, his initial inclination was towards literary studies.As his father was a railway official, the Kodály family had moved many times. From 1884 until 1891 they lived in Galánta, which was later immortalised in the orchestral dances Kodaly based on folk music from the area. The Kodaly family moved to Nagyszombat, where Zoltan studied violin and piano and sang in the cathedral choir. He studied the musical scores in the cathedral music library, and then taught himself the cello to write the numbers for his father’s domestic quartet-evenings. After his practices of composing, in 1897 the school orchestra played an overture of his, to be followed by a Mass for a chorus and an orchestra later that year. On his return to Budapest in 1907 he was appointed teacher of theory at the Academy of Music, and a year later he began to teach composition. He was to teach there for the rest of his life: upon his retirement as a professor, he was brought back as the Director of the Academy in 1945.On his return to Budapest in 1907 he was appointed teacher of theory at the Academy of Music, and a year later he began to teach composition. He was to teach there for the rest of his life: upon his retirement as a professor, he was brought back as the Director of the Academy in 1945. Zoltan Kodaly was born on the 16th of December, 1882 in Kecskemet, Hungary. Though from a musical family, his initial inclination was towards literary studies.As his father was a railway official, the Kodály family had moved many times. From 1884 until 1891 they lived in Galánta, which was later immortalised in the orchestral dances Kodaly based on folk music from the area. The Kodaly family moved to Nagyszombat, where Zoltan studied violin and piano and sang in the cathedral choir. He studied the musical scores in the cathedral music library,