Page 65 - Psalmus Humanus Művészetpedagógiai Egyesület alapítása

A PsAlmus HumAnus művészetpedagógiai egyesület
megalapítása és tevékenysége

Gilbert De Greeve (Belgium)
Pianist,
Composer,
President of the International Kodály Society

The Importance of the Hungarian Model of Music Education
Internationally: the Past, the Present and Some Ideas for the Future
Important thinkers of our time have convincingly shown that a more or less compre-
hensive analysis of human nature inspires every serious discussion about the aims
and principles of education. There is seldom any coherent and adequate educational
theory without some inquiries or assumptions about the cardinal traits of human
beings. Likewise, Kodály’s constant meditation on the goals and subject matter of
musical education is guided by a particular anthropological conception.
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1 Gábor Csepregi: Music and Soul, Kodály on Human Nature, IKS Bulletin 24/2 (1999) pp. 35-43

Emőke Tari Solymosi
Musicologist,
Journalist

Report on the presentation held
on 13 August, 2002, at the 25 World Conference of the ISME
th
(International Society for Music Education): Psalmus Humanus
– Tradition and Innovation in Hungarian Music Education
What I want to stress here is Kodály’s opinion that ’the genuine results of music
teaching can be felt only after several decades.’ As a pupil of the Kodály School in
Kecskemét, that is, the first class of the very first music primary school, Katalin Ud-
vari attended the daily singing classes, chorus rehearsals and folk dance activities in
the presence of Kodály.(…)
However, Katalin Udvari was concerned not only with the past, but also about the
present. When she began to carry out research on the workshops which aimed to
bring music closer to various social groups, preserving the bases laid by Kodály,
while still meeting the challenges of the 21 century, she aimed exactly at the origi-
st
nal target.
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