Zoltán Kodály has been played on NTS in shows including Kit Records, featured first on 21 December 2014. Songs played include Sonata For Solo Cello, Op. 8, Hungarian Sketches and Sonata For Solo Cello, Op. 8.

Zoltán Kodály (16th December 1882–6th March 1967) was a Hungarian composer, ethnomusicologist, educator, linguist, and philosopher.

Kodály was one of the first people to undertake the serious study of folk song. Around 1906 he and fellow composer Béla Bartók published several collections of folk music together, and they both show the influence of folk music in their own compositions.

Kodály later studied with Charles Widor in Paris. There he absorbed influences…