Ways to Kodály [antikvár]

dr. Lás2lí5 Eősze WAYS TO KODÁLY Please don't be shocked if I begin by saying that in my paper I am not going to talk about Kodály as a teacher, I think, however, you will readily relieve me of this task if I remind you that our seminar as a vAiole will be concerned with Kodály's educational conception. But just now I would like to speak of him primarily as a composer and a scholar not only to avoid possible overlappings but also because I am convinced that an outline of his career will also throw some light upon the right place and proportions of the details, and the disclosure of certain relationships will contributa to a better understanding of the various aspects of his activity. Tihen checking the Hungarian translation of a book by Kodály "Mein Weg zur Musik" /iffy Way to Music/, I came upon the idea of collecting and publishing in one volume, under the title "My Way to Kodály", the confesá ons of Kodály*s disciples and followers /composers, teachers and folk-music researchers/. This memorial book of a subjective tone would be accompanied and complemented by a volume of essays revealing objectively, by historical-philological methods, the possible approaches to Kodály's life and work. It is to the latter that I want now to contribute a few ideas. There are different ways for Hungarian and foreign music lovers to approach Kodály's art and even his scientific activity. This difference exists necessarily as over the past few decades the central subject-matter of his research work - genuine Hungarian folk song - as well as his music based on it has become a sort of native idiom to us while to foreigners it has always remained