Fela Sowande
ụdịekere | nwoke |
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mba o sị | Naijiria |
Aha ọmụmụ | Olufela Obafunmilayo Sowande |
aha enyere | Olufela |
aha pseudonym | Fela Sowande |
ụbọchị ọmụmụ ya | 29 Mee 1905 |
Ebe ọmụmụ | Abeokuta, Oyo |
Ụbọchị ọnwụ ya | 13 Maachị 1987 |
Ebe ọ nwụrụ | Ravenna |
Ebe olili | Ohaïyo |
asụsụ ọ na-asụ, na-ede ma ọ bụ were na-ebinye aka | Bekee, Asụsụ Yoruba, pidgin Naịjirịa |
Asụsụ ọ na-ede | Asụsụ Yoruba |
ọrụ ọ na-arụ | onye na-ede ihe, academic musician, organist |
onye were ọrụ | University of Pittsburgh, Howard University, Kent State University |
ebe agụmakwụkwọ | University of London, Ụlọ akwụkwọ King's College, Lagos, CMS Grammar School, Lagos |
Ụcha ime anya | black |
ụcha ntụtụ isi | Ntụtụ ojii |
ngwa egwu | organ |
nnọchiaha nkeonwe | L485 |
Chief Olufela Obafunmilayo "Fela" Sowande MBE (29 May 1905 - 13 Maachị 1987) bụ onye egwu na onye na-ede egwú Naijiria. A na-ewere ya dị ka nna nke egwu egwu Naijiria nke oge a, Sowande bụ ma eleghị anya onye na-ede egwú Afrịka kacha mara amara nke ọma na European "classical" akpaala okwu. [1]
Ndụ mbido
[dezie | dezie ebe o si]Sowande (akpọ 'shoh-WAHN-daye') [2] mụrụ na Abeokuta, na nso Lagos, nwa Emmanuel Sowande, onye ụkọchukwu na onye ọsụ ụzọ nke egwu ụka Naijiria. Mgbe ọ bụ nwata ọ na-abụ abụ n’ime ndị Choir of the Cathedral Church of Christ. Ọ gụrụ akwụkwọ na CMS Grammar School na King's College, Lagos . [3] Mmetụta nna ya na Dr TK Ekundayo Phillips (onye na-ede egwú, organist na choirmaster) bụ ihe dị mkpa n'oge ọ bụ nwata. N'oge ahụ, Sowande bụ onye na-agụ egwú ma webata ya na ọrụ Yoruba ọhụrụ a na-ewebata n'ime ụka. N'ime oge ahụ, ọ gụrụ akụkụ ahụ n'okpuru Phillips (gụnyere ọrụ Bach na ndị nna ochie nke Europe), wee nweta Diploma Fellowship (FRCO) site na Royal College of Organists . N'oge ahụ, ọ bụkwa onye bandleader, na-egwu jazz na egwu egwu egwu a ma ama. Ihe ndị a niile nwere mmetụta dị ukwuu n'ọrụ ya.
London
[dezie | dezie ebe o si]N'afọ 1934, Sowande gara London ka ọ mụọ egwu oge gboo na mba Europe. Na 1936, ọ bụ onye ọkpọ egwu na-eme ihe ngosi George Gershwin 's Rhapsody na Blue . Ọ gbakwara egwu dịka akụkụ nke duo pianist ya na Fats Waller, bụ onye na-ahụ maka ihe nkiri maka BBC, Choirmaster na Kingway Hall na onye ọkpọ egwu na mmepụta 1936 nke Blackbirds . N'afọ 1939, ọ gbara akụkụ na ndekọ nke ndị ọbụ abụ ama ama bụ Adelaide Hall na Vera Lynn . Mgbe e mesịrị, ọ mụtara akụkụ ahụ na nzuzo n'okpuru Edmund Rubbra, George Oldroyd, na George Cunningham wee ghọọ onye otu nke Royal College of Organists na 1943, na-emeri Limpus, Harding na Read Prizes.
Ọ nwetakwara ọtụtụ ihe nrite wee nweta nzere bachelọ nke egwu na Mahadum London wee bụrụ onye otu nke Trinity College of Music . Ọ rụkwara ọrụ dị ka onye ndụmọdụ egwu maka ngalaba ihe nkiri Colonial nke Ministry of Information n'oge Agha Ụwa nke Abụọ, na-enye egwu ndabere maka ihe nkiri mmụta.
Site n'afọ 1945, ọ bụ onye ama ama na-akpọ egwu na onye nchịkọta ndị egwú na West London Mission of the Methodist Church ruo afọ 1952, yana nnukwu egwu akụkụ sitere n'oge a. Ndị a gbadoro ụkwụ n’abụ ndị Naijiria bụ ndị nyere ndị isi ojii nọ n’ọgbakọ ya mmasị pụrụ iche n’oge mmalite nke mbata si na kọntinent Africa na Caribbean. N'oge a, a bịara mara ya dị ka onye na-agba egwú pianist, onyeisi ndị egwu, na Hammond organist, na-egwu ndị a ma ama nke ụbọchị ahụ.
Echiche Western na Africa na-emeri n'egwú ya, nke gụnyere ọrụ organ dị ka Yorùbá Lament, Obangiji, Kyrie, Gloria, Jesu Olugbala, na Oba Aba Ke Pe . Ọtụtụ n'ime ihe ndị a na-egosi mmetụta siri ike sitere na egwu Ụka Anglịkan, jikọtara ya na egwu pentatonic Yoruba.
Ọrụ ndị egwu ya gụnyere isii Sketches for Full Orchestra, A Folk Symphony, na African Suite for string orchestra, na-egosi African rhythmic and harmonic character. Ndị na-ege Canada mara ngagharị ikpeazụ nke African Suite dị ka isiokwu nke mmemme egwu CBC a ma ama Gilmour's Albums, [4] ma bụrụkwa ọkọlọtọ ndị egwu egwu Canada ugbu a. [5] O dekwara nnukwu egwu egwu ụwa na nke dị nsọ, ọkachasị cappella. Emere ụfọdụ n'ime ọrụ ndị a n'oge ya na BBC Africa Service . Ọ laghachiri Naịjiria ka ya na ụlọ ọrụ mgbasa ozi Naijiria rụkọọ ọrụ na mahadum nke Ibadan mechaa rụkọọ ọrụ mmụta. A họpụtara ya MBE na 1955 Queen's Birthday Honors maka ọrụ ya na Nigerian Broadcasting Service . [6] Na 1968 ọ kwagara Mahadum Howard dị na Washington, DC wee bụrụ Mahadum Pittsburgh .
Ndụ ya Mgbe e mesịrị
[dezie | dezie ebe o si]N'ime afọ ikpeazụ nke ndụ ya Sowande kụziri na Ngalaba Pan-African Studies na Kent State University, ma biri na nso Ravenna, Ohio ya na nwunye ya, Eleanor McKinney, bụ otu n'ime ndị malitere Pacifica Radio . Ọ nwụrụ na Ravenna ma lie ya na Randolph Township, Ohio.
Na mgbakwunye na ọkwá ya dị ka prọfesọ, Sowande nwekwara aha onyeisi nke Bariyo nke Lagos . Enwere mmegharị ugbu a iji guzobe ụlọ ọrụ nyocha na ịkwalite ọrụ ya, n'ihi na ọtụtụ ndị ka na-ebipụtaghị ma ọ bụ na-ebipụtaghị ya.
Ngwakọta ahọpụtara
[dezie | dezie ebe o si]Ọgan
[dezie | dezie ebe o si]- 1945 – Ka Mura, Chappell, London
- 1952 – Pastourelle (maka akụkụ), Chappell, London
- 1955 – Jesu Olugbala, Chappell, London
- 1955 – Joshua Fit de Agha Jeriko, Chappell, London
- 1955 – Kyrie, Chappell, London
- 1955 – Obangiji, Chappell, London
- 1955 – Yorùbá Lament, Chappell, London
- 1958 – Oyigiyigi, Ricordi, New York
- 1958 – Gloria, Ricordi, New York
- 1958 – ‘Ekpere , Ricordi, New York
- 1959 - Azịza ya na 'A'
- KÕa Mo Rokoso
- Oba Aba Ke Pe
Koral
[dezie | dezie ebe o si]- "Ụbọchị Wedding" maka SSA na piano, 1957, RDH
- "Mgbe ụfọdụ ọ na-adị m ka nwa na-enweghị nne" maka SATB a cappella, 1955, Chappell, London
- "My Way's Cloudy" maka SATB nwere piano, 1955, Chappell, London
- "De Ol' Ark's a-Moverin" maka SATBB a cappella nwere tenor solo, 1955, Chappell, London
- "Otu ụgbọ oloko" maka SATBB a cappella, 1955, Chappell, London
- " Roll de Ol' Chariot " maka SATBB nwere piano na rhythm combo, 1955, Chappell, London
- "Ihe niile m ga-eme maka SATBB nwere piano na rhythm combo, 1961, Ricordi, New York
- "Gaa'to ịtọ ala" maka SATB cappella nwere soprano solo, 1961, Ricordi, New York
- "Enweghị ike ịnụ Ọ dịghị onye na-ekpe ekpere" maka SATB cappella nwere soprano solo, 1958, Ricordi, New York
- "De Angels Are Watchin" maka SATB cappella nwere soprano na tenor solo, 1958, Ricordi, New York
- "Ọ dịghị onye maara nsogbu m na-ahụ" maka SATB. Cappella, 1958, Ricordi, New York
- "Wheel, Oh Wheel" maka SATB na cappella, 1961, Ricordi, New York
- "Wid a Sword in Ma Hand" maka SATBB na cappella, 1958, Ricordi, New York
- "Nọdụ ala Ohu" maka TTBB a cappella na tenor solo, 1961, Ricordi, New York
- "Si na Zaịọn" maka SATB nwere akụkụ, 1955
- "Nzaghachi St. Jud" maka SATB nwere akụkụ
- "Oh Render Daalụ" (ụkwe-ụkwe) maka SATB nwere akụkụ, 1960
- Ukwe mba Naijiria (nhazi) maka SATB nwere akụkụ, 1960
Egwu ndị Ọ gụrụ sọ ya
[dezie | dezie ebe o si]- Abụ atọ nke ntụgharị uche maka tenor na piano, 1950, Chappell, London
- N'ihi Gị maka olu na piano, 1950, Chappell, London
- Abụ Yoruba atọ maka olu na piano, 1954, Ibadan
Ọkestral
[dezie | dezie ebe o si]- Eserese anọ maka ndị egwu egwu zuru oke, 1953
- African Suite for string orchestra, 1955, Chappell, London
- Folk Symphony maka ndị egwu egwu zuru oke, 1960
Akwụkwọ
[dezie | dezie ebe o si]- (1964). Ifa: Nduzi, Onye Ndụmọdụ, na Enyi nke Nna nna Anyị . Ibadan.
- (1966). Uche Mba: Nwa Yoruba . Ibadan: Mahadum Ibadan.
- (1968). Bịa Ugbu a Nigeria, Nkebi 1: Ịgba mba na edemede gbasara isiokwu ndị dị mkpa. Ibadan: Sketch Pub. Co.; naanị ndị na-ekesa: Ndị na-eweta akwụkwọ akụkọ Naijiria. (Ihe niile ewepụtara n'akwụkwọ a bu ụzọ pụta n'ụdị akụkọ dị na ibe nke Daily Sketch, Ibadan. )
- (1975). The Africanization of Black Studies . Kent, Ohio: Ụlọ Akwụkwọ Mahadum Kent State maka African American Affairs. Usoro Monograph nke African American Affairs, v 2, mba. 1.
Akụkọ
[dezie | dezie ebe o si]- (1971). "Akụkọ akụkọ ifo ojii", ahịrị ojii: Akwụkwọ akụkọ nke ọmụmụ ojii (okwu pụrụ iche: Folklore ojii), v. 2, mba. 1 (Ụbọchị 1971), p. 5–21.
Edensibịa
[dezie | dezie ebe o si]- ↑ De Lerma, Dominique-Rene. "African Heritage Symphonic Series". Liner note essay. Cedille Records CDR055.
- ↑ Sowande | Namesite.com. Archived from the original on 17 December 2011.
- ↑ Godwin Simeon Sadoh (May 2004). "THE ORGAN WORKS OF FELA SOWANDE: A NIGERIAN ORGANIST-COMPOSER".
- ↑ "Fela Sowande (1905-1987)", African Heritage in Classical Music.
- ↑ "Fela Sowande", PhilPaine.org, 10 September 2006.
- ↑ Page 3283 | Supplement 40497, 3 June 1955 | London Gazette | The Gazette. Retrieved on 20 February 2020.