Zoltán Kodály

Biography by Blair Johnston

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Kodály was one of the 20th century's most prominent ethnomusicologists and music educators, in addition to being one of Hungary's leading modernist composers.
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Composition Highlights

Title	Year	Avg. Duration	Genre
Sonata for solo cello, Op. 8	1915	31:23	Chamber Music
Variations on a Hungarian folksong, "The Peacock" ("Felszállott a páva"), for orchestra	1937	26:12	Orchestral
Duo for violin & cello, Op. 7	1914	25:29	Chamber Music
Sonata for cello & piano, Op. 4	1909	18:13	Chamber Music
Dances of Galánta (Galánti táncok), for orchestra	1933	16:03	Orchestral
Dances of Marosszék (Marosszéki táncok), for orchestra (transcribed from piano work)	1929	13:20	Orchestral
Háry János, opera, Op. 15	1926	01:08:52	Opera
Adagio for violin (or viola or cello) & piano	1905	08:10	Chamber Music
Háry János, suite from the opera for orchestra	1926	21:12	Orchestral
Missa Brevis for soloists, chorus & organ	1942	31:19	Choral
Serenade for 2 violins & viola, Op. 12	1919	21:06	Chamber Music
Sonatina for cello & piano	1909	08:21	Chamber Music
String Quartet No. 1, Op. 2	1908	40:18	Chamber Music
Pieces (7) for piano, Op. 11	1910	20:35	Keyboard
Psalmus Hungaricus, oratorio for tenor, chorus, children's chorus ad lib, orchestra & organ, Op. 13	1923	22:19	Choral
Epigrammák (Epigrams), pieces (9) for 2 instruments (or voices) & piano (arranged from vocal work)	1954	12:33	Chamber Music
String Quartet No. 2, Op. 10	1916	17:26	Chamber Music
Summer Evening (Nyári este), for orchestra	1906	17:35	Orchestral
Jézus és a kufárok (Jesus and the Traders), for chorus	1934	06:32	Choral
Symphony in C major	1930	27:02	Symphony