ZOLTAN KODALY CHORAL METHOD Series editor PERCY MYOUNG Revised Edthon (Aine songs with plane ) Cnglish words by GEOFFRY RUSSELL- SMITH BOOSEY & HAWKESTHE KODALY CHORAL METHOD The musical world has come to regard Kédaly’s contribution to music education with ever increasing esteem and respect, Since the appearance of the Methad with English | text some 15 years ago, it has been widely adopted throughout the English-speaking world, The volumes marked * below are now available with revised English text by Geoffry Russell-Smith, Further information (including details of the German, French and Spanish editions) may be obtained from the Educational Music Department, Boosey & Hawkes The complete edition comprises — * 50 Nursery Songs within the range of five notes 333 Elementary Exercises Pentatonic Music Vols. I-IV Let us Sing-Correctly (Exercises in Intonation) * Bicinia Hungarica |: 60 progressive two-part songs * Bicinia Hungarica I1: 40 progressive two-part songs * Bicinia Hungarica 111: 20 progressive two-part songs * Bicinia Hungarica IV: 60 progressive two-part songs Fifteen Two:part Exercises forming with Let us Sing Correctly an introduction to the next six volumes: 77 Tworpart Exercises 66 Two-part Exercises 55 Two-part Exercises 44 Two-part Exercises 33 Two-part Exercises 22 Two-part Exercises Tricinia: 29 progressive three-part songs Epigrams: Nine songs for one or two voices or instruments with piano accompaniment (separate editions) 24 Little Canons on the Black Keys The following publications are intended as a guide to the Choral Method, or for use in conjunction with it — The Kodaly Concept of Music Education by Helga Szabé (Text Book and three 12” Stereo L.P. Records) Kodaly’s Principles in Practice by Erzsébet Szonyi (Text Book) Kodaly Choral Method Hand Signs Wall Chart Musical Education in Hungary edited by Frigyes Sandor (Text Book) Musical Reading and Writing by Erzsébet Szonyi — 100 lessons in music literacy training under the Kodaly Method (Teachers’ Book in 2 volumes, Pupils’ Book in 4 volumes) The Kodaly Way to Music by Cecilia Vajda (in preparation) (Text Book) BOOSEY & HAWKES MUSIC PUBLISHERS LIMITED | 295 Regent Street, London, WIA 1BRPREFACE TO THE REVISED ENGLISH EDITION the Koudly Choral Method, Originally they consisted of wordless vocalises. and as pact of the student's final stage of development in combined musicianship and literacy waining Essentially they are for reading at sight, and for this purpose they differ rom other items from the Method in that they are accompanied Due to the more advanced technique of the singer implicit in this collection the composer was able to produce items of such immediacy of appeal that word were later added by Melinda Kistetenyi and the resulting songs became populai with both singers and concert audiences The English words by Geoffry Russell-Smith do not attempt a line-by-line J of the original atmospheric and evocative transliteration. but capture tl Iyries. Loudon 1968 The vocal part, ij so desired. may be given wa string or wind inséeam her or lower, It can, with advantage to the Zoltan Kodaly singer (performer) be treated as a series of sight-readl pian accompaniment, o voices of instruments. re-set by the composer, is also availablEPIGRAMS Nine songs for medium voice and piano Original Hungarian poems by MELINDA KISTETENYI English translation by zoL’ GROFFRY RUSSELL-SMITH 4. The Fields ‘The fields shim-mer, the fields so high with wa. ving got - den PIANO a= lay blood in dap-pled Spilled, not once bat Ba Hf 19 Publishers Ltd 11 People’s Republic} : L — eae : == — —— = ae == = | o a oe red, like crimson ala But pain doth bepeig ———_ pp 2 —— = eee a pee oe ES ae = a cloud-tess sky that hosh - es the —_— = =a = B&H. 196682. Thoughts on the approach of Summer aes = =f = = ee 6 =. = oe Cold win - ters ora el grip, Hach toy fin ger= tip Q _ _ a _ ; - + SSS —_——__ Ee Saareaseaes ea SS Slip-ping its grasp from the sap - lings The birds sing. The snows are near-ly gone TS SS oS = ‘The rush-ing stream spills BAH, 196887 SS long mo- ment, == es Cleacas the morning dew— all, =a SS all of life is sew whirling and tear-ing, Tear-ing the all, ee er oo SS aS > =SEe Sooo sun + light will hush the winds a - sleep. a tempo Bend-ing it tow —— B.& H. 198683. Autumn Sadness P 463 — ae = = Es oe st fs # Se a = Stay, you sad leaves of Au-tuma, id - Iydrift-ing bys gee |, : = a f = = = = a each fal-ting Tea; My heart 7 B&H 19888, -4. Lily of the Valley | Moderato 4=76 et a. = = = == de SS] a= ae In forrests dim neath fer- ay Your fra-gile — 5 foe mm a oreo. = et SS _ pe # + f pea ie can “fill the lea-fy paths with Light Break aot the stem green and fair, But quietly stand and breathe the fra - grant al gd td — “pp B&H, 196685. Spring Allegretto d=88 A= —— SS === —— ee Bright is the morning on the fresh young grass - es, Hark tothe bub- ble of the stream that pass - es, Sil = ver with gos - sa- mer and wet with dew Skimmed by a dra - gon fly~ @ flash of blue B&H 19888SSS SS SS 55 (ee — 2 pa bh ee —h SS SS] = Ie a he a = _ FE SS SSS ae ee SSS ; = lark is sing © ing; Spring's bright mora. ing has be - gua, Gis cape eee cece V(r rene ans / . _ a f ee Ss = i = = = 3 Winds inthe trees are play - ing inthe sa 1 stand in ai + dence un = der- neath the sky? = — —_ ie —— —r Se —— b a = 4 B&H. 19888 ¥2 6, Lullaby Andantino J272 orese, Rock you, Iul = bove the tree, Your dad-dys work-ing for you aad dar-Ling and make fair ies sing13 " '7. Clouds Con moto 4 SSS SS white ____elouds slip Se-rene and iz = gainst the deep blue sky, B&H, 19668vet g sae es ie : ees, For thus you Gil ome with for those far is and streams ES} B.& H. 19658In this strange far off pa - lace though they scaree - ly touched the floor And thea 1 sawfe reed oe Sweet mu- sic fill’ the ‘ pcb —3 ——— : cS foe air Aad she stood, : 4 = | With her smile, like the Spring, / pp subito 2S But the mora-ing star— aa i And her laugh-ing eyes st B.& 1, 19888Though the wild winds_+ shriek,9, The Storm rE a-cross the In vain it blows__ be whist - ling through the chim~ aey with its moura- fal sound B,& H, 19668