Twentieth Century Music: An Introduction
by Eric Salzman
Period: Early 20th
Century
Born: Saturday, December 16, 1882 in Kecskemét,
Hungary
Died: Monday, March 6, 1967 in Budapest, Hungary
Nation of Origin: Hungary
Major Works:
Opera: Háry János (1926)
Other Information:
Kodály and Bartok collected Hungarian folk songs.
Compositions of both composers reflect the folk influence. He is
also noted as a music educator who established a popular method for
teaching music to young children.
General Bibliography:
Kennedy, Michael, The Oxford Dictionary of
Music, Oxford University Press, 2nd Edition, 1997, ISBN:
0198691629
Sadie, Stanley and Tyrrell, John; Editors, The New Grove
Dictionary of Music and Musicians, Groves Dictionaries, Inc.,
January 2001, ISBN: 1561592390
Slonimsky, Nicolas and Kuhn, Laura; Editors,
Baker's Biographical Dictionary of Musicians, Gale Group,
December 2000, ISBN: 0028655257
Slonimsky, Nicolas, Music Since 1900,
Schirmer Books, July 1994, ISBN: 0028724186
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