• "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)
  • "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)
  • “If one were to attempt to express the essence of this education in one word, it could only be singing” (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)
  • "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)
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Chamber Works


3 Chorale Preludes, J. S. Bach, trs. for cello and piano
Adagio (3 versions: violin-piano, viola-piano, cello-piano)
Duo for violin and cello (Op. 7)
Epigrams for double bass and piano
Gavotte for 3 violins and cello
Háry: 6 Easy Pieces, transcript for 2 clarinets and piano
Háry: Intermezzo for violin and piano
Hungarian Rondo/Old Hungarian Marching Songs for string orchestra, two clarinets, two bassoons
Intermezzo for String Trio
‘Lute’ Prelude in C Minor (Schm. 999) J. S. Bach, for Violin and piano
Prelude and Fugue in E flat minor, Book I, J. S. Bach, for cello. and piano
Romance Lyrique, cello and piano
Rondo from the 5th violin sonata, Joseph Haydn, arranged for junior string orchestra (2 violins and violoncello)
Sonata for cello and piano (Op. 4)
Sonatina for Violoncello and Piano
String Quartet No. 1 (Op. 2)
String Quartet No. 2 (Op. 10)
Trio Serenade for 2 Violins and Viola (Op. 12)
Valsette (transcript for piano and violin]