On this day, 58 years ago, on March 6, 1967 (January 26, 1967 in the lunar calendar), Hungarian musician Kodai passed away. In the history of Hungarian music in the 20th century, two glorious images stood tall: one was Bartok Bella, and the other was Kodai Jortan. Kodai, a famous Hungarian composer, musicologist and music educator, enjoys a high reputation among the people. Kodai was born on December 16, 1882 in the city of Keqi Kemet, Hungary. His father was a railway clerk. Kodai was influenced by European classical music from his family since he was a child, and the rural environment cultivated his strong interest in folk songs. He studied piano, violin, cello and composition in middle school. After studying at the Department of Language and Literature and the School of Music of the University of Budapest, he showed his extraordinary musical talent. Since the age of 25, he has taught at the Conservatory of Music, teaching composition and music theory. He served as chairman of the Hungarian Music Society. In 1963, he was elected president of the International Folk Music Council. In 1964, he served as honorary president of the International Music Education Association until his death on March 6, 1967. Kodai's works are rich in content and cover a wide range of topics, including composition, works, teaching materials, etc. He has won the Kossuth National Award three times and won the title of Outstanding Artist. As a composer, Kodai based on Hungarian folk songs, learned and learned from the beneficial nutrition of Bach, Palestrina and Debussy's musical art, and created superb Hungarian modern national music. Many famous chapters in Hungarian classical poetry gained new life after being paired with music by Kodaly. Kodai collects, organizes and studies folk music with a strong interest. He conducted in-depth and detailed research on the origin, kinship and characteristics of Hungarian folk songs and achieved gratifying results. Kodai also attached great importance to the popularization of music education from the perspective of developing Hungarian culture. He believes that the main task of music education is not only to cultivate a group of outstanding composers and performers, but also to popularize music education among the people. Therefore, he actively advocated and participated in the reform of music teaching in primary and secondary schools, carried out extensive singing activities among the people, and turned music into the wealth of the people.