Zoltán Kodály and Universal Editions – A Double Portrait Emerging from Letters
Zoltán Kodály and Universal Editions – A Double Portrait Emerging from Letters

Summary/Abstract: The correspondence between Zoltán Kodály and the Viennese Universal Edition – like that between Bartók and the Viennese publisher, only excerpts of which have been published to date – is an invaluable source of twentieth-century music history. It reveals unknown details about the creation, publication and contemporary critical reception of certain works, throwing light on the “everyday” work of composer and publisher from the rounds of proofs and preparing new impressions to the financial aspects of the artist and distributor. The letters provide information about whether the publisher’s initiatives came across in the development of the composer’s oeuvre. Also, during harsh historic times, they bear witness to the direct or indirect influence of “high politics” on business policies, that testing aspect of the relationship of composer and publisher.

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