Britain's leading exponent of Kodaly's principles of musicianship training, founder of the British Kodaly Academy,
Born in Budapest, Vajda studied with Kodály. From the Picture source: "... came to the United Kingdom in 1969 at the request of Yehudi Menuhin and on the recommendation of Zoltán Kodály to introduce Kodály's Principles of Musicianship Training to the UK."
Died in London. The Independent obit.
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Professor Cecília Vajda
We visited 5 weeks after the unveiling and the velcro that held the curtain w...
Trumpet and flugelhorn player. Born Kenneth Vincent John Wheeler in Toronto. He moved to Britain in 1952. He made his name playing in groups with Ronnie Scott, John Dankworth and Tubby Hayes. He wa...
Held weekly concerts over his coal merchant's shop in Jerusalem Passage, from 1678. Important composers such as Pepusch and, it is also rumoured, Handel, paid visits to his musical evenings.Popular...
Folk singer, songwriter, dramatist, Marxist. Born James Miller in Salford, Lancashire. Three wives: theatre director Joan Littlewood, movement teacher Jean Newlove (with whom he had Kirsty MacColl)...
Person, Literature, Music / songs, Politics & Administration, Theatre
Singer. Born Johanna Maria Lind at 40 Mästersamuelsgränd, Stockholm. Her operatic fame began when she sang the role of Agathe in Der Freischütz. She was appointed court singer and made a member of ...
From the parish of St Peter's in Bethnal Green and killed in WW1, a leading stoker aged 25.
This listed building was designed by Vernor Rees in 1926, one of the first steel-framed buildings ever erected. The balconies are decorat...
This listed building was designed by Vernor Rees in 1926, one of the first steel-framed buildings ever erected. The balconies are decorat...
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