Among the minor works of this composer are some unaccompanied polyphonic choral works, including "Jesus and the Traders," "Norwegian Girls," and "Ode to Liszt."
Among the minor works of this composer are some unaccompanied polyphonic choral works, including "Jesus and the Traders," "Norwegian Girls," and "Ode to Liszt." He produced three extant operas, including The Spinning Room. His Missa Brevis was rearranged for organ and mixed choir, and performed in the cloakroom of an opera house during wartime conditions. His "Seven Songs" are often referred to as Belated Melodies, and the oboe opens his sixteen Peacock Variations. Though he gained fame for his Dances of Galanta, he's better known for an opera which features movements imitating a "Viennese Musical Clock" and portraying the "Battle and Defeat of Napoleon." Also the namesake of a method of musical education, FTP, name this composer of the Hary Janos Suite, who went on an expedition to collect folk songs with fellow Hungarian Bela Bartok.
Among the minor works of this composer are some unaccompanied polyphonic choral works, including "Jesus and the Traders," "Norwegian Girls," and "Ode to Liszt."
Zoltan {Kodaly}