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.
This section lists the memorials where the subject on this page is commemorated:
Professor Cecília Vajda
We visited 5 weeks after the unveiling and the velcro that held the curtain w...
A number of groups related to black music history seem to have come and gone; it's difficult to disentangle them. These links were working in 2021: Black History Month, IRDUK (mentioned on the post...
Jazz and R&B singer and pianist. Born as Clive Powell in Leigh, Lancashire. He had many hit songs in the 1960s and 70s, including 'Yeh Yeh', 'Getaway' and 'The Ballad of Bonnie and Clyde'.
Dance band leader. Thought to have been raised in Stamford Hill. Toured Britain with the young Vera Lynn. Temporarily retired to Hertfordshire to escape the WW2 air raids. When his music went o...
Sir Gerald Dodson, KT, was Recorder of London 1937-59, the longest holder of that office. Also, he wrote the libretto of the popular operetta, The Rebel Maid, composed by Montague Phillips in 1921.
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