The complete choral works of two important Hungarian composers of the twentieth century, Béla Bartók and Zoltán Kodály, are now available in an expanded and carefully corrected edition. The new edition includes several works or versions of works that have not appeared in print before. The publications have been edited based on standardized editorial principles, with clearly legible musical graphics, and informative prefaces and afterwords.

The new edition of Bartók’s works was prepared on the basis of the Béla Bartók Complete Critical Edition , edited in the Bartók Archives in Budapest. It includes Hungarian and English translations of the texts, and provides detailed information on issues relating to the performance of the works and the sources.

Kodály's choral works were edited by Péter Erdei, one of the most knowledgeable and expert interpreters of the composer's choruses, with reference to all the sources in the Kodály Archive in Budapest.

The choral oeuvre of both composers is published in three volumes: choral works for mixed voices, for children’s and female voices, and for male voices. The volumes are available in a soft-cover edition, and also in an exclusive clothbound version with gold lettering. The three clothbound volumes can be purchased together in a presentation box at a discount.

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