Zoltán Kodály
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Zoltán Kodály was a Hungarian composer, ethnomusicologist, and influential music educator best known for developing the Kodály Method of music education.
All labels observed (1)
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| Zoltán Kodály canonical | 10 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T5121863 — resolving that mention is where its identity was fixed. The disambiguator weighed these candidate entities and picked the highlighted one (or “None”, minting a new entity). This is how homonymy is resolved: the same surface form can point to different entities.
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Zoltán Kodály Context triple: [Antal Doráti, studiedUnder, Zoltán Kodály]
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Béla Bartók
Béla Bartók was a Hungarian composer, pianist, and pioneering ethnomusicologist whose innovative integration of folk music and modernist techniques made him one of the most important composers of the 20th century.
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B.
Leoš Janáček
Leoš Janáček was a Czech composer of the late Romantic and early modern eras, renowned for his innovative operas and distinctive use of Moravian folk music and speech rhythms.
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C.
Bohuslav Martinů
Bohuslav Martinů was a 20th-century Czech composer known for his prolific output and distinctive blend of neoclassicism, folk influences, and modernist techniques.
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D.
György Ligeti
György Ligeti was a pioneering 20th-century Hungarian-Austrian composer known for his innovative use of micropolyphony and influential works such as "Atmosphères" and the "Requiem," which gained wide recognition through their use in Stanley Kubrick’s film "2001: A Space Odyssey."
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E.
Pavel Haas
Pavel Haas was a Czech composer of the early 20th century, known for his innovative chamber and orchestral works and his tragic death in the Holocaust.
- F. None of above. chosen
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
NED2
Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Zoltán Kodály Target entity description: Zoltán Kodály was a Hungarian composer, ethnomusicologist, and influential music educator best known for developing the Kodály Method of music education.
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A.
Béla Bartók
Béla Bartók was a Hungarian composer, pianist, and pioneering ethnomusicologist whose innovative integration of folk music and modernist techniques made him one of the most important composers of the 20th century.
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B.
Leoš Janáček
Leoš Janáček was a Czech composer of the late Romantic and early modern eras, renowned for his innovative operas and distinctive use of Moravian folk music and speech rhythms.
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C.
Bohuslav Martinů
Bohuslav Martinů was a 20th-century Czech composer known for his prolific output and distinctive blend of neoclassicism, folk influences, and modernist techniques.
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D.
György Ligeti
György Ligeti was a pioneering 20th-century Hungarian-Austrian composer known for his innovative use of micropolyphony and influential works such as "Atmosphères" and the "Requiem," which gained wide recognition through their use in Stanley Kubrick’s film "2001: A Space Odyssey."
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E.
Pavel Haas
Pavel Haas was a Czech composer of the early 20th century, known for his innovative chamber and orchestral works and his tragic death in the Holocaust.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (53)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
Hungarian person
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composer ⓘ ethnomusicologist ⓘ human ⓘ music educator ⓘ |
| birthCountry | Hungary NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| birthDate | 1882-12-16 ⓘ |
| birthPlace | Kecskemét NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| burialPlace | Farkasréti Cemetery, Budapest NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| citizenship | Hungary NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| collaboratedWith | Béla Bartók NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| collected | Hungarian folk music ⓘ |
| composed |
Dances of Galánta
NERFINISHED
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Dances of Marosszék NERFINISHED ⓘ Duo for Violin and Cello, Op. 7 NERFINISHED ⓘ Háry János NERFINISHED ⓘ Missa brevis NERFINISHED ⓘ Peacock Variations NERFINISHED ⓘ Psalmus Hungaricus NERFINISHED ⓘ Sonata for Solo Cello, Op. 8 NERFINISHED ⓘ String Quartet No. 1 NERFINISHED ⓘ String Quartet No. 2 NERFINISHED ⓘ Te Deum of Budavár NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| deathCountry | Hungary NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| deathDate | 1967-03-06 ⓘ |
| deathPlace | Budapest NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| developed | Kodály Method NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| educatedAt | Franz Liszt Academy of Music NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| employer | Franz Liszt Academy of Music NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| familyName | Kodály NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| fieldOfWork |
ethnomusicology
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music composition ⓘ music education ⓘ |
| genre | classical music ⓘ |
| givenName | Zoltán NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| hasWorkInCollection | Hungarian folk song arrangements ⓘ |
| honoredIn | Kodály Institute of the Liszt Academy in Kecskemét NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| influenced |
20th-century music education
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choral pedagogy worldwide ⓘ |
| influencedBy | Hungarian folk music ⓘ |
| knownFor |
innovative choral writing
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music education reforms in Hungary ⓘ use of folk music in classical compositions ⓘ |
| language | Hungarian ⓘ |
| movement | 20th-century classical music ⓘ |
| name | Zoltán Kodály NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| nationality | Hungarian ⓘ |
| notableFor | Kodály Method NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| occupation |
composer
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conductor ⓘ ethnomusicologist ⓘ music educator ⓘ |
| positionHeld | professor of composition ⓘ |
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Referenced by (10)
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