佐尔丹·柯达伊(Zoltán Kodály 1882-1967)匈牙利的著名作曲家、哲学家、音乐教育家。其一生精力都奉献给了匈牙利音乐教育。1905年,柯达伊和巴尔托克(Bela Bartok)于1905年开始赴匈牙利各地收集民谣,由此,让他渐渐地警觉到需要去改善歌唱的品质、训练优秀的音乐教师和小孩以提升匈牙利人民的音乐水准。1920年,他运用民谣素材创作儿童合唱曲;柯达伊于1929年,决定使音乐成为每个小孩教育的一部分。 Zoltán Kodály 1882-1967 Hungarian composer, philosopher, music educator. All his life dedicated to Hungarian music education. In 1905, Kodaik and Bela Bartok began collecting folk songs all over Hungary in 1905, thereby gradually alerting him to the need to improve the quality of singing and to train excellent music teachers and children to raise the Hungarian people Music level. In 1920 he used children’s material to create children’s choral music; in 1929 Kodaiyi decided to make music part of every child’s education.