"Publications of the Kodály Institute, Kecskemét, Hungary"

Updated: 12 Feb 2008

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	Title: Kodály's works for mixed choir and organ (audio CD) Performers: Cantus Nobilis Choir of Kecskemét, conductor: János Laczkó, organ: László Révész, soloists: János Klézli, Ágnes Anna Kun, Dániel Potyók, Ildikó Szakács, Edit Szappanos Contents: Pange lingua - Missa brevis - Geneva Psalm CXIV - Laudes organi Publisher: Foundation for the Kodály Institute (2007) Price: 2500 HUF Other information: This audio CD, published in December 2007 for the Kodály Anniversary Year, was sponsored by the company, Knorr-Bremse Fékrendszerek Ltd., Kecskemét.

	Title: The Kodály Concept of Music Education (DVD-ROM) Editors: Sarolta Platthy, Dr Mihály Ittzés Advisor: Péter Erdei Publisher: Foundation for the Kodály Institute (2007) With a representative selection of demonstration class videos from kindergarten to secondary school and choir. With English and Hungarian texts and videos. Contents: Welcome - Kodály's Life - The Kodály Concept - Demonstrations - Extra Features - On the Foundation - Impressum Other information: The DVD-ROM was published in 2007 by the Foundation, as a revised edition of the 2006 DVD-ROM published under the same title and sponsored by the Hungarian Ministry of Foreign Affairs and the Kodály Heritage Programme of the Town of Kecskemét. Distributed by Editio Musica Budapest (www.emb.hu). Suggested retail price by EMB: 33 EUR For more information on how to obtain copies outside Hungary, please contact them at emb@emb.hu, or us at foundation@kodaly.hu

	Title: Kodály: Hungarian Folk Music - excerpts (audio CD) Performers: Katalin Szutrély, János Klézli (voice) and Roland Hajdu (piano) Contents: Which one I should marry? - Wheelcart, barrow - Woe is me - All the hemp - Lovely is the forest -Woman, woman, out of your bed! - In the forest - I have but just arrived - Love's Anodyne - A Psalm of Supplication - A little sad song - The ferryman - Kitty and Johnny - Piper Johnny - In the cornfields - Far away - My geese - Hey! The wine of Mohi vintage - Mistress Prue - Sit and drink all Sunday - I am old and bald now - From distant mountains - The young wife; Hear the rushes rustling - Do not come to-night - Now I've paid a hundred thalers Publisher: Foundation for the Kodály Institute (2005, 2007) Price: 2400 HUF Other information: Katalin Szutrély, János Klézli and Roland Hajdu, professors of the Kodály Institute, are performing a selection of Kodály's folksong arrangements on this CD which was first published in 2005 by the Foundation, with the financial help of the Hungarian Ministry of Foreign Affairs. A second edition of the CD was published in 2007 with the support of Knorr-Bremse Fékrendszerek Ltd., Kecskemét.

Publications distributed by the Foundation

	Title: Kodály Zoltán - Works for Mixed Choirs, Vol. 1. (1903-1936) (audio CD) Performers: Debrecen Kodály Choir conducted by Péter Erdei Contents: Miserere - Evening - See The Gypsies Munching Cheese - A Christmas Carol - A Birthday Greeting - Mátra Pictures - The Aged - Too late - Jesus and the Traders - Horatii Carmen - Transylvanian Lament - Annie Miller - Ode to Liszt - Song of Faith Publisher: Hungaroton (2005) Price: 3600 HUF

	Title: Kodály Zoltán - Works for Mixed Choirs, Vol. 2. (1937-1947) (audio CD) Performers: Debrecen Kodály Choir conducted by Péter Erdei Contents: The Peacock - Our Father - Hymn to King Saint Stephen from the Bozóky Songbook (for chamber choir) - Hymn to King Saint Stephen - Evening Song (folk texts) - Greeting on Saint John's Day (folk texts) - Do Not Grieve - Norwegian Girls - First Communion - The Forgotten Song of Bálint Balassi - Cohors generosa (Old Hungarian students' greeting) - Advent Song (from an 18th-century French Missale) - Geneva Psalm 121 - Beseeching - Song from Gömör (folk texts) - To the Transylvanians - Battle Song - The Hungarian Nation - Lament Publisher: Hungaroton (2005) Price: 3600 HUF

	Author: Breuer, János Title:The World's Greatest Composers: Kodály Publisher: Mágus, Budapest (1999) Hardcover: 64 pages Price: 2500 HUF In English. This book presents Kodály's life and work in a nutshell, and it is richly illustrated with photos and facsimiles. Also available in Hungarian.

	Compiled by: Hartyányi, Judit Title: An Ode for Music: 11 Analyses of Choral Compositions of Zoltán Kodály Publisher: International Kodály Society (2002) Price: 7200 HUF (106 pages) In English with 2 audio CDs. Title of the 11 compisitions and the authors of the analyses: King Ladislaus' Men - Ferenc Tóth Whitsuntide - Erzsébet Szőnyi Transylvanian Lament - Gábor Ugrin Ave Maria, 1935 - Mária M. Katanics Te Deum of Budavár - László Tardy Jesus and the traders - Aurél Tillai Geneva Psalm 50 - Sándor Berkesi Four Italian Madrigals - Éva Kollár The Aged - László Eősze Kodály's English Language Choral Works: I will go look for death, Fancy, An ode: "The music makers", And ode for music - Mihály Ittzés Mountain Nights - Miklós Szabó

	Editor: Mary Alice Hein Title: The Legacy of Zoltán Kodály: an oral history perspective Publisher: International Kodály Society (1992) Price: 1500 HUF (160 pages) In English. The book is divided into four main chapters: Interviews from the 1920s: Lajos Bárdos, György Kerényi, Benjamin Rajeczky. Interviews from the 1930s: László Agócsy, Dénes Bartha, Irma Bors, Irén Forrai, Miklós Forrai, György Gulyás, Dezső Legány, Zoltán Pongrácz, Emma Serényi. Interviews from the 1940s: László Eősze, Katalin Forrai, Erzsébet Szőnyi, László Vikár. Interviews from the 1950s: Erzsébet Hegyi, Helga Szabó, Sándor Szokolay, Zoltán Tarcai.

	Author: Kovács, Sándor Title:A világ legnagyobb zeneszerzői: Bartók Béla Publisher: Mágus, Budapest (1995) Price: 1250 HUF (64 pages) In Hungarian. This book presents Béla Bartók's life and work in a nutshell, and it is richly illustrated with photos and facsimiles.

	Editor: Smuta, Attila Title:"Az ember alkotásra született..." Válogatás dr. Kálmán Lajos munkáiból Publisher: Antológia, Lakitelek (2004) Price: 2500 HUF (287 pages, hardcover) In Hungarian. A selection of the writings of Dr Lajos Kálmán on pedagogy, folk music, church music and other topics. Four of his scores and a CD make the volume complete.