![]() ![]() Kodály dedicated himself equally to ethnomusicological research, scholarship and composition throughout his career. They embody a distinct cultural heritage with ethnic sources that range from the Middle East to Western Europe at the same time, they reflect a universal human desire to reach out and understand our neighbors through music. The exotic, copper-hued modes of this dance suite seem to echo with the sounds of the Romani people’s wanderings of many generations throughout the Indo-European region, yet they also sound decidedly Hungarian. Kodály’s Dances of Galánta exemplifies the link between ethnic musical sources and formal classical composition-and shows why it matters so much in today’s world.
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