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The Kodály Concept and its Pedigree

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  18 December 2008

Bernarr Rainbow
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As rumours of a new method of teaching music introduced in Hungary by Zoltán Kodály began to spread early in the 1960s a few uncertain attempts were made to introduce it in English schools. Progress was impeded by language problems: the provision of English song texts to fit Hungarian rhythms and a scarcity of background information in English both proved handicaps. The appearance in translation of F. Sándor's compendium, Music Education in Hungary, in 1966 eventually extended our knowledge of the new method; and the details of the origin of the Kodály Concept it contained were naturally accepted as authentic.

This article examines those claims – since found to be based on questionable evidence – and urges publication of a more reliable account.

Type
Research Article
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British Journal of Music Education , Volume 7 , Issue 3 , November 1990 , pp. 197 - 203
Copyright
Copyright © Cambridge University Press 1990

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