| The purpose of this thesis is to explore and analyze Hungarian composer Zoltán Kodály's equal voice choir pieces using a conductor's methodology. The content consists of 3 parts. The first part examines the compositional background to his equal voice pieces by introducing his 3 different career strands. In the second part, the author expatiates on the compositional character of these pieces through themes, forms and techniques, by means of classification and illustration. The third part examines in detail the issue of performing style in relation to Kodály's equal voice pieces. Here the author analyzes the Hungarian history and folk character, and expounds the expression of the Kodály style through intonation, resonance, pronunciation, arrangement of voice parts, and performance interpretation, and presents three pieces of differing styles as examples.
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