Nigerian Art Music
Title | Nigerian Art Music PDF eBook |
Author | Bode Omojola |
Publisher | Institut français de recherche en Afrique |
Pages | 175 |
Release | 1995 |
Genre | Music |
ISBN | 9782015385 |
ART MUSIC IN NIGERIA is the most comprehensive book on the works of modem Nigerian composers who have been influenced by European classical music. Relying on over 500 scores, archival materials and interviews with many Nigerian composers, the author traces the historical developments of this new idiom in Nigeria and provides a critical and detailed analysis of certain works. Written in a refreshing and lucid style and amply illustrated with music examples, the book represents a milestone in musicological research in Nigeria. Although written essentially for students and scholars of African music, this interesting book will also be enjoyed by the général reader.
Nigerian Art Music
Title | Nigerian Art Music PDF eBook |
Author | Bode Omojola |
Publisher | Institut français de recherche en Afrique |
Pages | 208 |
Release | 1995 |
Genre | Music |
ISBN |
ART MUSIC IN NIGERIA is the most comprehensive book on the works of modem Nigerian composers who have been influenced by European classical music. Relying on over 500 scores, archival materials and interviews with many Nigerian composers, the author traces the historical developments of this new idiom in Nigeria and provides a critical and detailed analysis of certain works. Written in a refreshing and lucid style and amply illustrated with music examples, the book represents a milestone in musicological research in Nigeria. Although written essentially for students and scholars of African music, this interesting book will also be enjoyed by the général reader.
African Art Music
Title | African Art Music PDF eBook |
Author | Paul Konye (Musician) |
Publisher | |
Pages | 280 |
Release | 2007 |
Genre | Music |
ISBN |
This volume makes a distinction between modern Nigerian art music, which evolved in the twentieth century and emphasizes Western music notation, and the previously existing art music tradition in Nigeria before the advent of missionaries in the nineteenth century. Specifically, this research examines the social, political, and cultural factors involved in the evolution and practice of art music in Nigeria.
Artists of Nigeria
Title | Artists of Nigeria PDF eBook |
Author | Onyema Offoedu-Okeke |
Publisher | 5Continents |
Pages | 720 |
Release | 2012-07-01 |
Genre | Art |
ISBN | 9788874395477 |
Charts the development of modern Nigerian art, analyzing the achievements of leading artists while exploring arts movements within and surrounding the country throughout the past century, in a volume that includes coverage of the works of Olowere and Uche Okeke.
The Organ Works of Fela Sowande: Cultural Perspectives
Title | The Organ Works of Fela Sowande: Cultural Perspectives PDF eBook |
Author | Godwin Sadoh |
Publisher | iUniverse |
Pages | 123 |
Release | 2007-10-04 |
Genre | Biography & Autobiography |
ISBN | 0595915957 |
Nigeria has been blessed with a few well-trained organist-composers since the arrival of Christianity in the most populous African country around the 1840s. The institutions established by European missionaries and the colonial administration had a great impact on the emergence of the 'Nigerian organ school'. The musicians had their formative periods at the mission schools, church choirs, and under organ playing apprenticeships. This book focuses on selected organ works by the most celebrated African art musician, Fela Sowande, a Nigerian organist-composer. Fela Sowande is the first African to popularize organ works by natives of Africa in Europe and the United States. He was one of the pioneer composers to incorporate indigenous African elements such as folksongs, rhythms and other types of traditional source materials in solo works for organ. He is considered the most prolific Nigerian composer for solo organ in Nigeria. The discussion of Sowande's music enunciates the relationship between traditional and contemporary musical processes in postcolonial Nigeria. A cultural and/or ethnomusicological analysis of Sowande's selected pieces for organ solo involves an examination of specific indigenous source materials such as rhythmic organization, melodic constructs/thematic materials (music communication), interrelations of music and dance, and elements of musical conception.
Nigerian Art Music
Title | Nigerian Art Music PDF eBook |
Author | Bode Omojola |
Publisher | |
Pages | 0 |
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ART MUSIC IN NIGERIA is the most comprehensive book on the works of modem Nigerian composers who have been influenced by European classical music. Relying on over 500 scores, archival materials and interviews with many Nigerian composers, the author traces the historical developments of this new idiom in Nigeria and provides a critical and detailed analysis of certain works. Written in a refreshing and lucid style and amply illustrated with music examples, the book represents a milestone in musicological research in Nigeria. Although written essentially for students and scholars of African music, this interesting book will also be enjoyed by the général reader.
Arrest the Music!
Title | Arrest the Music! PDF eBook |
Author | Tejumola Olaniyan |
Publisher | Indiana University Press |
Pages | 260 |
Release | 2004-10-29 |
Genre | Biography & Autobiography |
ISBN | 9780253217189 |
A bold and energetic close-up on one of Africa's most popular and controversial stars.