Fela Sowande [3 releases]

Fela Sowande

Nigerian musician and composer (1905–1987)

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Chief Olufela Obafunmilayo "Fela" Sowande MBE was a Nigerian musician and composer. Considered the father of modern Nigerian art music, Sowande is perhaps the most internationally known African composer of works in the European "classical" idiom.

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3 releases

African Heritage Symphonic Series, Volume I

Samuel Coleridge‐Taylor + Fela Sowande + William Grant Still + Chicago Sinfonietta + Paul Freeman

January 1, 2000

Milhaud: Le Globetrotter Suite / Maurice: Tableaux de Provence / Forsyth: Sketches from Natal / Sowande: African Suite

Milhaud: Le Globetrotter Suite / Maurice: Tableaux de Provence / Forsyth: Sketches from Natal / Sowande: African Suite

Darius Milhaud + Paule Maurice + Malcolm Forsyth + Fela Sowande + Julia Nolan + CBC Radio Orchestra + Mario Bernardi

January 1, 1994

African Suite

Fela Sowande + The New Symphony Strings + Trevor Harvey

January 1, 1953

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