THE ROLE OF THE ORGAN IN THE WORKS OF ZOLTÁN KODÁLY

Authors

  • Noémi MIKLÓS Lecturer professor PhD, Department of Music, Faculty of Reformed Theology and Music, Babeș-Bolyai University, Cluj-Napoca, Romania. Email: noemi.miklos@ubbcluj.ro. https://orcid.org/0000-0003-4965-4921

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.24193/subbmusica.2023.1.08

Keywords:

organ, orchestra, choir, solo, accompaniment, text

Abstract

Zoltán Kodály composed only two works for organ solo, the Organ Mass (Organoedia) and a Praeludium, which forms the introductory movement to the Pange lingua choral work. Nevertheless, his works involving the organ play a significant role in Hungarian organ music. The Hungarian idiom, characteristic for the composer's compositional style, is also reflected in the organ works, which form a very special, one might say exotic patch of color in the international organ repertoire.

References

Books:

***, Handbuch Orgelmusik (Organ Music Book), Bärenreiter Verlag Carl Vötterle GmbH&Co., Kassel, 2002.

***, Utunk Kodályhoz. Tanulmányok, emlékezések, (Our way to Kodály. Studies and memoirs) edited by Ferenc László, Kriterion, Bucharest, 1984.

Antalné Zoboki, Anna. Galyatetői emlékezés (Memento from Galyatető), in: A magyar Kodály társaság Hírei (News of the Hungarian Kodály Association), 2019/3.

Arany, János. Szöveg és zene összefüggései Kodály Zoltán kórusműveiben, (Relations of text and music in the choral works of Zoltán Kodály). Academic dissertation to be publicly discussed by permission of the Faculty of Humanities of the University of Jyväskylä, 2012.

Eősze, László. Kodály Zoltán élete és munkássága (The Life and Work of Zoltán Kodály). Zeneműkiadó, Budapest, 1956.

Kerényi, György. Kodály Zoltán és a magyar szentzene (Zoltán Kodály and the Hungarian Holy Music). In: Vigilia, 1953/3.

Komlós, Katalin. The genesis of Laudes Organi. In: The Musical Time, Summer, 2007, Vol. 148, No. 1899.

Musical scores:

Kodály, Zoltán. Pange lingua. Universal Edition, No. 7941, 1931

Kodály, Zoltán. Organoedia ad missam lectam, Boosey & Hawkes. No. 19440, 1947

Kodály, Zoltán. Missa Brevis for mixed chorus and organ. Vocal score. Boosey & Hawkes Ltd., No. 18172, 1947.

Kodály, Zoltán. Missa Brevis for mixed chorus, organ (ad lib.) and orchestra. Boosey & Hawkes Ltd., No. 16647, 1951.

Kodály, Zoltán. Laudes organi, Organ score, Boosey & Hawkes, No. 19463, 1966.

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Published

2023-06-30

How to Cite

MIKLÓS, N. . (2023). THE ROLE OF THE ORGAN IN THE WORKS OF ZOLTÁN KODÁLY. Studia Universitatis Babeș-Bolyai Musica, 68(1), 111–136. https://doi.org/10.24193/subbmusica.2023.1.08

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