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1882:
| Zoltán
Kodály is born in Kecskemét on 16 December.
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1892-1900:
| Earliest
compositions.
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1900:
| Compositional
studies at the Liszt Music Academy and academic studies at the
Eötvös Kollégium and at Péter Pázmány University (Autumn).
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1905:
| Meets
first wife Emma Schlesinger and Béla Bartók. First expedition
to collect folk-songs.
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1906:
| Doctoral
dissertation: The Strophic Structure of Hungarian Folk-Songs.
Debut of Summer Evening (22 October). In collaboration
with Bartók, his Hungarian Folk-Songs appears (December).
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1906-1907:
| Studies
in Berlin and Paris.
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1907:
| Teaches
at the Music Academy in Budapest (Autumn).
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1910:
| First
composer's evening in Budapest (17 March). Debut of First String
Quartet (Zurich, 29 May). Marriage to Emma Schlesinger (3
August). First folksong-collecting trip to Transylvania (Summer).
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1914:
| Finishes
his Duo for Violin and Cello Op. 7.
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1915:
| Solo
Sonata for Cello Op. 8.
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1916:
| Completion
of the song-cycle Seven Songs (Late Melodies) Op. 6.
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1917-1919:
| Active
as a music critic.
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1918:
| Second
composer's evening in Budapest (7 May).
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1919:
| Assistant
director of the Music Academy (February). Suspended; disciplinary
hearings initiated.
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1920:
| Successfully
refutes the investigatory commission's accusations.
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1921:
| Teaches
once again at the Music Academy (September).
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1923:
| World
premiere of Psalmus Hungaricus (19 November).
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1925:
| First
performance of choral works for children (2 April).
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1926:
| First
foreign performance of Psalmus Hungaricus in Zurich (18
June). First performance of Háry János at the Budapest
Opera House (16 October).
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1927:
| Premiere
of the Háry Suite in Barcelona (24 March). Debut as conductor,
leading Psalmus Hungaricus in Amsterdam (20 April). First
trip to England (December).
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1929:
| Children's
Choirs - a study in wich he first formulates his pedagogic principles.
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1930:
| His first visit to his birth place (March). Toscanini
and the New York Philharmonic perform Summer Evening (3
April). Lecturer at Péter Pázmány University (Autumn). Fritz Busch
premieres the orchestral version of Dances of Marosszék
in Dresden (28 November). Finishes Mátra Pictures for mixed
choir.
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1932:
| Premiere
of Spinning Room at the Budapest Opera House (24 April).
Celebratory concerts marking Budapest's 50th birthday (December).
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1933:
| Dances
of Galánta first performed in Budapest (23 October).
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1934:
| Member
of National Literary and Artistic Committee. Finishes Jesus
and the Treaders, with biblical text.
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1936:
| Premiere
of his Te Deum in St. Matthew's church (2 September).
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1937:
| Hungarian
Folk Music appears - also published in numerous foreign languages.
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1939:
| Mengelberg
conducts the Peacock Variations in Amsterdam (23 November).
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1941:
| The
Chicago Symphony Orchestra premieres his Concerto (6 February).
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1943:
| Elected
associate member of the Hungarian Academy of Arts and Sciences
(14 May).
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1945:
| Premiere
of the Missa Brevis in the cloakroom of the Budapest Opera
House, while the city is still under siege (11 February).
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1946:
| Named
as president of the Hungarian Artistic Committee (16 January).
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1946-1947:
| First
trip to America. Conducts numerous concerts featuring his own works.
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1947:
| Awarded the title of honorary citizen of Kecskemét. First
trip to the Soviet Union.
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1947-1950:
| President
of the Hungarian Academy of Arts and Sciences.
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1950:
| Forms
the ethnomusicological branch of the Hungarian Academy of Arts
and Sciences.
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1951:
| Debut
performance of the State Folk Ensemble with Kálló Folk-Dances
(April). First volume of the Archive of Hungarian Folk Music appears
(November).
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1954:
| Emma
suffers a broken leg; Kodály moves into the hospital with her
(23 August).
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1955:
| Radio
performance of Bartók's complete works for piano (1 January).
Premiere of the Hymn of Zrínyi at the Music Academy (18
December).
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1955-1956:
| Leader
of festivals to celebrate Bartók.
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1956:
| Leaves
Budapest upon the outbreak of the Hungarian Uprising (around 20
October).
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1957:
| Returns
to Budapest (8 January). Calls for the amnesty of those condemned
for taking part in the Hungarian Uprising of 1956.
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1958:
| After
49 years of marriage to Kodály, Emma dies (22 November).
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1959:
| Marries
Sarolta Péczely (18 December).
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1960:
| Visits
England. Receives an honorary doctorate from Oxford (April-June).
Supervises the recording of his works (Summer). Taken to hospital
after suffering a heart attack (1 December).
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1961:
| Elected
president of the International Folk-Music Committee in Quebec
(August). At the Lucerne Festival, the Symphony is performed
in his presence (16 August).
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1962:
| Kodály's
80th birthday. Large-scale celebrations in Budapest and across
the world (December).
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1964:
| Gives speech at the dedication ceremony of the new building of the Kecskemét Music Primary School. Elected
honorary president during the Budapest conference of the International
Society for Musical Education (June-July). His pedagogical methods
reach the world at large.
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1965:
| Receives
the Herder Prize in Vienna (April). Second trip to the United
States (July-August).
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1966:
| Premiere
of his last completed work, Laudes Organi, in Atlanta (June).
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1967:
| Dies
from a heart attack (6:45 AM, 6 March).
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