own compositions draw on Renaissance polyphony and Hungarian folk music, following in the tradition of Bartók and Kodály. In all, he composed some 800 pieces––including folk song arrangements, choral masses, motets, secular pieces based on poems, theatrical accompaniments, songs, and instrumental music. Bárdos' work as a musicologist included major studies of Gregorian melody, modal and Romantic harmony, and the analysis of works by Liszt, Bartók, and Kodály. Well known papers include "The Modal Harmony in Liszt's Work", and "Heptatonia Secunda" (which is considered by some to be the best study of Kodály in all of musical literature). When the first essay of the volume Folk Rhythm in Bartók's Music was published, it inspired a younger generation to research Bartók further. His lectures at the Academy were famous for their clarity and liveliness, and he had a full house at all times, regardless of the subject matter. His pupils at the Academy included György Kurtág, who decades later dedicated two compositions to him (Op. 11, song #2, and Op. 12). György Ligeti took the unusual step of regularly attending Bárdos' lectures while they were both teaching at the Academy. He later credited Bárdos' lectures with having an influence on his own early compositions. Between the wars (for almost 20 years, until 1944) Bárdos composed the music for several large-scale "movement dramas" produced by the pioneering Hungarian modern dancer Valéria Dienes (herself a former student––and only authorized translator into Hungarian––of the French philosopher Henri Bergson, as well as being the founder of the first school of eurhythmics in Hungary). The teaching methods that Bárdos developed contributed to what has since come to be known as the Kodály Method of musical training. "Lajos Bárdos Music Week" has been an annual festival in Hungary since 1977. Filmography Dalolva szép az élet (1950), directed by Márton Keleti. References External links The Lajos Bardos Society website including a database of his work and some sample audio clips. 1899 births 1986 deaths 20th-century classical composers Academic staff of the Franz Liszt Academy of Music Hungarian classical composers Hungarian male classical composers Hungarian conductors (music) Male conductors (music) 20th-century conductors (music) 20th-century Hungarian male musicians