caa a22 4500 388036885 CHVBK 20180307125008.0 cr unu---uuuuu 161130e199810 xx s 000 0 eng 10.2307/1161162 doi S0001972000048786 pii (NATIONALLICENCE)cambridge-10.2307/1161162 Omojola 'Bode Style in modern Nigerian Art music: the pioneering works of Fela Sowande [Elektronische Daten] ['Bode Omojola] The Nigerian musical landscape changed significantly following the advent of Christian missionary activity and British colonial administration in the later nineteenth century. New idioms of musical practice which have evolved as a result of this historical process include a new tradition of religious, Christian, music, urban syncretic popular styles, new operatic forms and European-derived art/ classical music. This article focuses on one of these emerging styles, Nigerian art music, as reflected in the life and works of its most notable pioneer, Fela Sowande. After a brief historical background, the article discusses the circumstances of Sowande's life and the beliefs which shaped his composing career and his compositional style. In discussing elements of style in Sowande's works, it examines the nature of the interaction between African and European elements, a stylistic feature which constantly recurs in his works. The article ends by discussing the need to consolidate the growth of this new idiom by putting in place institutional structures within which it can develop. Copyright © International African Institute 1998 Africa Cambridge University Press 68/4(1998-10), 455-483 0001-9720 68:4<455 1998 68 AFR https://doi.org/10.2307/1161162 text/html Onlinezugriff via DOI 1 research-article jats NATIONALLICENCE 856 40 https://doi.org/10.2307/1161162 text/html Onlinezugriff via DOI NATIONALLICENCE 100 1- Omojola 'Bode NATIONALLICENCE 773 0- Africa Cambridge University Press 68/4(1998-10), 455-483 0001-9720 68:4<455 1998 68 AFR CC0 http://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/zero/1.0 nationallicence SWISSBIB 077228774 BK010053 XK010053 XK010000 NATIONALLICENCE NATIONALLICENCE NL-cambridge