Noel DaCosta

**Noel G. Da Costa** (24 Disemba 1929 rụọ 29 Eprel 2002) bụ onye Naijiria-Jamaican na-ede egwu, onye na-eji a agụ egwu violin jazz , na onye nduzi ukwe.

## Mbido ndụ na ọrụ agụmakwụkwọ
A mụrụ Noel Da Costa na 24 Disemba 1929 Lagos, Naijiria na nne na nna si Kingston, Jamaica, bụ ndị ozi ala ọzọ Salvation Army. [1] Mgbe ha laghachiri Jamaica mgbe Da Costa dị obere, ha kwagara New York City, biri na Harlem. Ọ bụ ebe a ka ọ malitere nkuzi violin na Barnabas Istok mgbe ọ dị afọ 11. Mgbe ọ nọ n'ụlọ akwụkwọ sekọndrị, otu n'ime ndị nkuzi ya kpaliri ya ịrụ ọrụ n'ọhịa nka.

Da Costa gụsịrị nzere bachelọ ya na Queens College n'afọ 1952 na nzere masta ya na nkuzi na nhazi na Mahadum Columbia n'afọ 1956, na-amụ ihe na Otto Luening na Jack Beeson. Ọ gụrụ akwụkwọ na Luigi Dallapiccola na Florence, Ịtali n'okpuru Fulbright Fellowship, n'oge na-adịghị anya mgbe nke ahụ gasịrị na 1961 ọ were ọnọdụ nkuzi na Mahadum Hampton na Mahadim City nke New York. N'afọ 1970, ọ natara ọrụ na Mahadum Rutgers, ebe ọ kụziri ruo n'afọ 2001. Ọ nwụrụ n'afọ sochirinụ mgbe ọ dị afọ 72.

## Ọrụ egwu
Da Costa bụkwa onye guzobere Society of Black Composers. Ọ bụ onye na-eme violin, na-akpọ ọrụ nke ya yana egwu oge ochie na jazz; ọ na-akpọ na albums nke Les McCann, Roland Kirk, Bernard Purdie, Roberta Flack, McCoy Tyner, Donny Hathaway, Felix Cavaliere, Willis Jackson, Eddie Kendricks, na ndị ọzọ. Egwú mbụ ya nke e debere na uri bụ Tambourines nke Langston Hughes. Ọ rụkwara ọrụ na ndị otu ukwe, bụrụ onye nduzi nke Triad Choral na 1974, ma soro Symphony of the New World na ọtụtụ ndị egwú na ihe nkiri Broadway.

Ọrụ Da Costa nwere akara site na ntinye nke ihe jazz, egwu Caribbean, na egwu Africa n'ime usoro nke egwu ọdịda anyanwụ. The *New York Times* akọwaala egwu ya dị ka "nke na-agbanwe agbanwe". Tinyere inyocha ọdịnala egwu Caribbean na mmụọ ndị isi ojii America, Da Costa nyochakwa egwu na serialism n'efu, dịka a hụrụ na amaokwu ise / With Vamps (1968), Occurrence for Six (1965) na Four Preludes (1973) maka trombone na piano.

Otu n'ime ụmụ akwụkwọ DaCosta bụ Nkeiru Okoye.

## Ndụ onwe onye
Da Costa lụrụ nwunye ya Patricia, onye ya na ya nwere nwa nwoke na nwa nwanyị.

## Nkọwapụta

### Dị ka onye enyemaka

* Ray Bryant, *MCMLXX* (Atlantic, 1970)
* Carol Douglas, Come into My Life (Midland, 1979)
* Felix Cavaliere, Felix Cavalière (Bearsville, 1974)
* Roberta Flack, *Isi nke Abụọ* (Atlantic, 1970)
* Willis Jackson, *Egwuregwu na Mmetụta* (Cotillion, 1976)
* Eddie Kendricks, Vintage '78 (Arista 1978)
* Webster Lewis, On the Town (Epic, 1976)
* [Ihe e dere n'ala ala peeji]
* Van McCoy, Soul Improvisations (Buddah, 1972)
* Gwen McCrae, Gwen McCrae (Atlantic, 1981)
* [Ihe e dere n'ala ala peeji]* Ịdị ọcha* (Flying Dutchman, 1972)
* Lou Rawls, Now Is the Time (Epic, 1982)
* Ray, Goodman & Brown, Ray, Goodmen & Brown II (Polydor, 1980)
* Ray, Goodman & Brown, Stay (Polydor, 1981)
* Archie Shepp, The Cry of My People (Impulse!, 1973)
* Nwanna nwanyị Sledge, Circle of Love (ATCO, 1975)
* [Ihe e dere n'ala ala peeji]
* The Tymes, Diggin' Their Roots (RCA Victor, 1977)
* McCoy Tyner, *Abụ nke Ụwa Ọhụrụ* (Milestone, 1973)
* Sadao Watanabe, Rendezvous (Elektra, 1984)

## Ọrụ

### Ihe nkiri

* The Cocktail Sip (op, 1, T. Brewster), 1958
* Onye na-arọ nrọ n'azụ ọnụ ụzọ ogige (P. Da Costa), 1991
* Wakeupworld (C. Cullen), 1991
* Ihe nkiri 3 maka ụmụaka (1971-4)
* Ihe nkiri 3 (1975-86)

### Olu

#### Ndị ukwe

* Little Lamb (Da Costa, mgbe W. Blake: The Lamb), SATB, 1952
* Let Down the Bars O Death (E. Dickinson), SSATB, 1957
* Anyị Na-arịgo Steepụ Jekọb (nke ime mmụọ), arr. SAATBB, 1962
* Ikpe Ikpe Ikpoazụ (J.W. Johnson), onye na-akọ akụkọ, SSA, piano, ọkpọ, 1964
* 2 Shaker Songs (Ekpere Onyenwe anyị), SATB, 1964
* 2 Ekpere nke Kierkegaard (S. Kierkegaard), SA, ukwe ụmụaka, organ, 1966
* The Confession Stone (cant., O. Dodson), S, SSA, instrumental ensemble, piano, 1969
* Ise/Asaa, SSA, organ, 1969
* Counterpoint (Dodson), S, A, T, B, SSATB, organ (2) piano, 1970
* Tambourines (L. Hughes), ukwe ụmụaka, piano, bass guitar, 1970
* I Have a Dream (M.L. King), SATB, orchestra ma ọ bụ organ, 1971
* O Chineke nke Ìhè na Ịhụnanya (G. Bass), 1971
* Ememe nke ndị mmụọ, S, ndị ukwe, soprano na tenor saxophone, ndị egwú, 1976
* Ozizi na Warpland (G. Brooks), onye na-akọ akụkọ, Tenor, Baritone, chorus, organ, 1979
* Generations (P. Da Costa), onye na-akọ akụkọ, ndị na-agba egwú, ndị na'abụ abụ, ndị na -akụ ọkpọ, 1985
* Ozizi nke Abụọ na Warpland (Brooks), onye na-akọ akụkọ, solo vv, chorus, piano, 1989

#### Naanị ya

* 2 Abụ (L. Hughes), Soprano, piano, 1955
* 5 Epitaphs (C. Cullen), Soprano, string quartet, 1956
* Na Landscape of Spring (Zen Rinzai poems), Mezzo soprano, instrumental ensemble, 1962, rev. 1963
* 4 Glimpses of Night (F. Marshall), Baritone, ndị na-arụ ọrụ, 1964
* 4 Haiku Settings (Kobayashi Issa, Taigi, Ryota, China Jo), Soprano, piano, 1964
* Olu, S, 1972
* Beyond the Years (P.L. Dunbar), Soprano, organ, 1973
* Ndị m (Hughes), Mezzo soprano, piano, 1974
* November Song (ebe a na-eme ihe nkiri, Brooks), Soprano, violin, sax, piano, 1974
* Ekpere nke Steel (C. Sandburg), Baritone, piano, 1975
* Echiche Nrọ (Ụmụ nwanyị), Tenor, piano, 1982
* Na mkpọtụ nke ..., olu, Soprano, viola, vibraphone, 1985
* Blues Lyrics (R. Patterson), Bass-Baritone, piano, 1989-90

### Ngwá Ọrụ Dị Iche

* Generata, organ, string orchestra, 1958
* Epigrams, ngwá egwú, 1965
* Ihe mere maka isii, ngwá egwú, 1965
* 5 Amaokwu/With Vamps, cello, piano, 1968
* Blue Mix, solo db/electric bass, cello, double bass, percussion, 1970
* Udo ... Vamp It na Tag It, ndị egwú, 1971
* Oge ... On na On, Soprano, violin, tenor sax, teepu, 1971
* Jes' Grew, violin, piano eletrik, 1973
* 4 Preludes, trombone, piano, 1973
* Magnolia Blue, violin, piano, 1975
* Ukom Memory Songs, organ, percussion, 1981
* Oriri ndị dị mkpa, ịgbà, ndị egwú, 1983
* Blue Memories, ndị egwú, 1987

### Naanị ya

* Maryton, afọ 1955
* Silver Blue, ọjà, 1966
* 3 Akụkụ dị mkpirikpi, ọjà dị elu, 1968
* Chili'-Lo, organ, 1971
* Triptich, organ, 1973
* Egwú Mmụọ, organ, 1974

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