Fela Sowande

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. 

## Ndụ mbido
Sowande (akpọ 'shoh-WAHN-daye')  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 .  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
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*,  ma bụrụkwa ọkọlọtọ ndị egwu egwu Canada ugbu a.  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 .  Na 1968 ọ kwagara Mahadum Howard dị na Washington, DC wee bụrụ Mahadum Pittsburgh .

## Ndụ ya Mgbe e mesịrị
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

### Ọgan

* 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

* "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

* *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

* *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

* (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

* (1971). "Akụkọ akụkọ ifo ojii", *ahịrị ojii: Akwụkwọ akụkọ nke ọmụmụ ojii* (okwu pụrụ iche: Folklore ojii), v. 2, mba. 1 (Ụbọchị 1971), p.&nbsp;5–21.

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