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Compositions

Zoltán Kodály's earliest compositions date from the 1890s and his last were composed in 1966. During this long and productive life he created hundreds of compositions in a variety of media and genres. His style was profoundly influenced by his collecting and study of Hungarian folk music and by the works of Debussy. Among Kodály's compositions are:

• STAGE WORKS
  Háry János, Op. 15 (1926)
  Székely Fonó (The Spinning Room) (1924-32)

• ORCHESTRAL WORKS
  Summer Evening (1906), Revised (1929)
  Variations on a Hungarian Folksong 'Fölszállott a páva' [Peacock] (1939)
  Dances of Marosszék (1930) [also for piano solo]
  Dances of Galanta (1933)
  Concerto for Orchestra (1939-40)
  Symphony (1930s-1961)

• UNACCOMPANIED CHORAL WORKS
  Approximately 147 works:
  

  • 24 for a cappella male chorus
    
  • 45 for mixed chorus
    
  • 78 for children's and women's choruses
    
  • Educational compositions (333 Singing Exercises, Bicinia Hungarica I-IV, Tricinia, 77/66/55/44/33/22 Two-Part Singing Exercises, etc.)

• ACCOMPANIED CHORAL WORKS
  Psalmus Hungaricus, Op. 13 (1923)
  Öt Tantum ergo (1928)
  Pange lingua (for mixed voices (1929)
  Te Deum of Budavár (1936)
  Laudes organi (1966)

• CHAMBER WORKS
  Intermezzo for String Trio (1905)
  First String Quartet, Op. 2 (1908-9)
  Sonata for Cello and Piano, Op. 4 (1909-10)
  Duo for Violin and Cello, Op. 7 (1914)
  Second String Quartet, Op. 10 (1916-March 1918)
  Serenade for Two Violins and Viola , Op. 12 (1919-March 1920)
  

• SOLO INSTRUMENTAL WORKS
  Solo Cello Sonata, Op. 8 (1915) [See here for a score facsimile.]
  Prelude (for organ) (1931) (orig. for choral work Pange lingua)

• MASSES
  Organ Mass (1942)
  Missa brevis (organ version-1942; orchestral version-1948)

• SONGS
  Four Songs for Voice and Piano (1907-1917)
  Sixteen Songs on Popular Words for Voice and Piano, Op. 1 (1907-1909)
  Two Songs for Voice and Orchestra, Op. 5 (1913-1916) [also in piano score]
  Belated Melodies, Op. 6 (Seven Songs for Voice and Piano) (1912-1916)
  Five Songs, Op. 9 for Voice and Piano (1915-1918)
  Three Songs, Op. 14 for Voice and Piano (1918-1923)
  Himfy Song for Voice and Piano (1925)
  Epitaphium Joannis Hunyadi for Voice and Piano (1965)
  

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