Bartók and Kodály Begin to Collect Hungarian Folk Songs
At a glance:
- Series: Great Events from History II: Arts and Culture Series
- Categories: Arts, Music
- Subcategories: Entertainment, Entertainers, Composers, Songwriters
- Curriculum: 20th & 21st Century European History, Eastern European History
- Geographical Location: Hungary
- Date: 1904-1905
Article abstract: Béla Bartók and Zoltán Kodály began collecting Hungarian folk songs and were able to transcribe and analyze them accurately, initiating the scientific study of folk music.
Summary of Event
In the summer of 1904, Béla Bartók heard a young girl singing Transylvanian folk songs in a small rural village and quickly wrote them down. A new world of sound opened up to him. Applying for a state grant to collect more songs, in 1905 he began to record on cylinders the authentic Magyar folk songs of the Hungarian people. Having fortuitously...
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