"Fela" Sowande MBE (29 May 1905 – 13 March 1987) was a Nigerian musician and composer. Considered the father of modern Nigerian art music, Sowande is...
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Sowande listenis a name of Yoruba origin. Notable people with the surname include: Fela Sowande (1905-1987), Nigerian musician and composer Tunji Sowande...
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Louis Armstrong, Lena Horne, Bill "Bojangles" Robinson, Cab Calloway, Fela Sowande, Rudy Vallee, and Jools Holland, and recorded as a jazz singer with Duke...
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in London. Her composition was chosen by judges including Professor Fela Sowande, O. Omideyi, Thomas King Ekundayo Phillips, Wilberforce Echezona, M.C...
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Akinla, the final movement of the African Suite by Nigerian composer Fela Sowande. The extro theme for the first 2 decades was Pavane (Op. 50) by Gabriel...
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(1935-1976), Lazarus Ekwueme, Akin Euba (1935-2020), Fela Sowande (1905-1987) and Joshua Uzoigwe (1946-2005). Sowande was one of the first and most famous African...
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US (born 1940) Chris Smith, US (1879–1949) Hale Smith, US (1925–2009) Fela Sowande, Nigeria (1905–1987) William Grant Still, US (1895–1978) Howard Swanson...
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retired world court judge Chief Simeon Adebo, a lawyer and diplomat Fela Sowande, a composer Chief J.F. Odunjo, Yoruba literary icon, writer of the popular...
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(1938–2009) Gustav Leonhardt (1928–2012) Liuwe Tamminga (1953–2021) Fela Sowande (1905–1987) Joan Aulí (1796–1869) Harald Fryklöf (1882–1918) Ferdinand...
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No. 7 in E flat major, Op.108 String Quartet No. 8 in C minor, Op.110 Fela Sowande – Folk Symphony for full orchestra Karlheinz Stockhausen Carré, for 4...
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Robeson in the 1920s 1930 Roll the Old Chariot Along by Rev. T.T. Rose Fela Sowande titled ‘Roll de ol chariot' was recorded in the 1950s An early publication...
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rapper, songwriter Faze – R&B singer Fela Kuti – afrobeat, jazz singer-songwriter and instrumentalist Fela Sowande Femi Kuti – afrobeat, jazz singer-songwriter...
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Richmond Rosa Rio Samuel Roxy Rothafel Dudley Savage Richard Simonton Fela Sowande Carl Stalling Walt Strony Firmin Swinnen Sidney Torch Oliver Wallace...
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Singers, inventor and manufacturer Don Nottingham; pro football player Fela Sowande; Nigerian-born musician and composer who lived in Ravenna while on faculty...
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Cavemen Dr Sir Warrior Ebenezer Obey Fatai Rolling Dollar Fela Kuti Femi Kuti Fela Sowande Flavour N'abania I. K. Dairo Kabaka Mike Ejeagha Orlando Owoh...
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venue during the week from 27 March to 2 April 1939, accompanied by Fela Sowande and his Florida Club Orchestra. During the Great Depression, while dance...
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Richmond Rosa Rio Samuel Roxy Rothafel Dudley Savage Richard Simonton Fela Sowande Carl Stalling Walt Strony Firmin Swinnen Sidney Torch Oliver Wallace...
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Olukotun, computer scientist Mojisola Adeyeye pharmacist and professor Fela Sowande, musician and composer Nelson M. Oyesiku, neurosurgeon Olufunmilayo Olopade...
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Chadwick Arthur Foote Charles Ives John Knowles Paine Horatio Parker Fela Sowande Frank Speller Whitney Eugene Thayer Samuel Adler Miguel del Águila William...
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President of the Senate of Nigeria, and former Governor of Kwara State Fela Sowande, Musicologist and composer Udoma Udo Udoma, Federal Senator (1999–2007)...
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the "Pause" game Jidenna, rapper Kami de Chukwu, rapper Lil' O, rapper Fela Sowande, musician and composer Maxo Kream, rapper Kevin Olusola, cellist and...
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Richmond Rosa Rio Samuel Roxy Rothafel Dudley Savage Richard Simonton Fela Sowande Carl Stalling Walt Strony Firmin Swinnen Sidney Torch Oliver Wallace...
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Diary; Five Sketches; Youth Suite; Reflection; Still Life Polystylism Fela Sowande 1905 1987 Nigerian Daniel Sternefeld 1905 1986 Belgian Michael Tippett...
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politician, Minister for Social Services, Australian Ambassador to Ireland. Fela Sowande, 81, Nigerian musician and composer. Peter Beter, 65, American attorney...
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Ink Spots feat. Bill Kenny (1939) Vera Lynn recorded July 5, 1939 with Fela Sowande (Organ) and issued on Decca F 7120. Dick Haymes (1951) included in the...
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praise poem by Basit Ajibade is based on the prowess of Oyo kings. Chief Fela Sowande (1905–1987), a musician and composer Chief Wande Abimbola (born 1932)...
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Makama in Bida Harcourt Whyte in Abonnema Agnes Okoh in Ogba–Egbema–Ndoni Fela Sowande in Abeokuta "The University of Leeds Review, Volumes 33-35". University...
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remained in use until the closure of the hall. The Nigerian composer Fela Sowande was the organist of the hall from 1945. As soon as electrical recording...
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for Stradella Accordion Tarantella – for Stradella Accordion revised Fela Sowande – African Suite for string orchestra Karlheinz Stockhausen – Klavierstücke...
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Art Alade, musician Ernest Shonekan (born 1936), President of Nigeria Fela Sowande (1905–87), musician and composer Frederick Rotimi Williams (1920–2005)...
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