Children's drawings - children's tastes [antikvár]

IntroductionThe Zoltán Kodály musical general school of Kecskemét celebrating its 20th anniversary in April 1971 arranged an exhibition of children's drawings and paintings called "Folksong in children's drawings" in the lobby of the school. The pictures sent by 30 musical general schools of the country were selected by Mrs.Dr. T. Bakay, a teacher, by Mr. J. Bozsó, a painter and by Mr. Gábor Imre, a sculptor. The exhibition of 140 pictures was arranged by Mr. István Szappanos, a teacher.The exhibition served primarily pedagogical purposes its main endeavour being to show the use of methods other than musical to give the students an all-round artistic education. For this purpose it builds upon the impression given by folksong.How can folk-songs be linked to fine arts in the children's world?Let us perhaps begin further back, with folk-song itself. Folk-song can form a natural basis for musical edication because it acquaints children with musical forms that give them a clear and complete experience /folk-songs being no exceprts from greater works reduced for pedagogical purposes/. This completeness is perhaps the most important element of Zoltán Kodály's educational programme and should be followed in the teaching practices of other artistic branches, too.Folk-songs may well be of great help in this field. They can be danced and can be played - developing thereby the callisthenic culture and elementary acting faculties of children. Three artistic branches may be linked to convey simple