Ruzitska György, egy kolozsvári „hangtanító” zenepedagógiai öröksége
The Pedagogical Legacy of a Music Teacher in Cluj (Kolozsvár/Klausenburg), Georg Ruzitska

Summary/Abstract: Director for more than thirty years of the local Conservatory, Georg Ruzitska (Vienna, 1786–Cluj, 1869) played a great role in the cultural and pedagogical life of the Transylvanian town Cluj. Initially a foreigner to the Hungarian national aspirations, his Viennese training, compositional skills and pedagogical abilities made the professor an acclaimed leader of the musical institution starting from 1835 until his death. Founded in 1819 with both Philanthropic and Utilitarian goals, the school of the Musical Society was among the first institutions in the region to provide children of both sex proper musical training. Ruzitska extended the curriculum and introduced new methods, thus linking Cluj to the circulation of the developing professional educational system in Europe. His pedagogical works (singing and instrumental methods, elementary notes on musical theory) along with the creations dedicated to disciples are subject to research for the first time.

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