Summary - Kodaly's Life and Work

Educational Activities

Educational Activities

Kodály inspired a revolution in the teaching of music in Hungary.

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Bibliography

A selected bibliography of works by and about Kodály contains further information about his work and the adaptation of the Hungarian approach to music education:

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Selected Chronology


A short selection of events and achievements spanning 85 years of Kodály's life.

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Music Primary Schools

Music Primary Schools


The most intensive realization of Zoltán Kodály’s pedagogical concept began in 1950

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Zoltán Kodály - A short biography

Zoltán Kodály was a composer, pioneering ethno-musicologist, groundbreaking educator and music critic. Along with Béla Bartók, he is among the two major figures in twentieth century Hungarian music. He enjoyed a status in his native land that is perhaps unrivaled by any other figure anywhere else in the world.

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Musical Literacy

Musical Literacy


Music literacy refers to the ability to read and write musical notation and to read notation at sight without the aid of an instrument.

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