Emma Sándor

Emma Sándor (17 March 1863 Baja – 22 November 1958  Budapest) was a Hungarian composer, folklorist, and translator. Her brother was Pál Sándor, a member of parliament.

Emma Sándor
Born	17 March 1863
Died	22 November 1958
Occupations	composer folklorist translator
Known for	collecting folk songs
Spouses	Henrik Gruber Zoltán Kodály

Life

Her father was merchant Móric Schlesinger and her mother Sarolta Deutsch. In 1883, she married the merchant Henrik Gruber. She learned to play the piano and sing, and around the turn of the century, she knew the most important personalities of Budapest's musical life. From 1903, she studied composition with Béla Bartók, then in 1905–06 with Zoltán Kodály.^[1][2] She held a musical salon.^[3][4]

In 1910, she married Zoltán Kodály in Budapest,  with whom she lived the rest of her life and worked with him.^[5][6][7] In 1912, they went on a folk song collecting trip.^[8]

She collected folk songs: she processed the Numbers 34 and 35 of Hungarian folk music.^[2] Some of her themes were also covered by Bartók, Dohnányi and Kodály. She translated the texts of many ballads and folk songs into German. Her works are mainly piano works.^[1]

References

1. "Magyar Életrajzi Lexikon 1000-1990". mek.oszk.hu. Retrieved 2023-03-28.
2. "MTVA - Médiaszolgáltatás-támogató és Vagyonkezelő Alap portálja - Sándor Emma zeneszerző, műfordító 150 éve született". 2016-10-10. Archived from the original on 2016-10-10. Retrieved 2023-03-28.
3. Ujfalussy, József (1972). Béla Bartók. Crescendo Publishing Company. ISBN 978-0-87597-077-6.
4. Mendelsohn, Ezra (1994-02-17). Studies in Contemporary Jewry: Volume IX: Modern Jews and Their Musical Agendas. Institute of Contemporary Jewry, Hebrew University of Jerusalem. ISBN 978-0-19-535882-7.
5. Interlude (2017-03-10). "Two Hearts, One Soul Zoltán Kodály and Emma Gruber". Retrieved 2023-03-28.
6. Tallián, Tibor (1981). Béla Bartók: The Man and His Work. Corvina. ISBN 978-963-13-2147-0.
7. Martin, Andrew R.; Ph.D, Matthew Mihalka (2020-09-08). Music around the World: A Global Encyclopedia [3 volumes]: A Global Encyclopedia. ABC-CLIO. ISBN 978-1-61069-499-5.
8. Koerner, András (2016-11-01). How They Lived 2: The Everyday Lives of Hungarian Jews, 1867-1940: Family, Religious, and Social Life, Learning, Military Life, Vacationing, Sports, Charity. Central European University Press. ISBN 978-963-386-176-9.