Olufela Obafunmilayo Sowande

URI: https://gptkb.org/entity/Olufela_Obafunmilayo_Sowande
GPTKB entity
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Predicate Object
gptkbp:instanceOf gptkb:person
composer
musicologist
organist
gptkbp:award gptkb:Member_of_the_Order_of_the_British_Empire
gptkbp:birthDate 1905-05-29
gptkbp:birthPlace gptkb:Abeokuta,_Nigeria
gptkbp:deathDate 1987-03-13
gptkbp:deathPlace gptkb:Ravenna,_Ohio,_United_States
gptkbp:education gptkb:King's_College,_Lagos
gptkb:Royal_College_of_Organists
gptkbp:father gptkb:Emmanuel_Sowande
gptkbp:genre gptkb:choral_music
classical music
African music
https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label Olufela Obafunmilayo Sowande
gptkbp:influencedBy gptkb:Herbert_Howells
gptkb:Samuel_Coleridge-Taylor
African traditional music
gptkbp:knownFor pioneering Nigerian art music
incorporating African themes into Western classical music
gptkbp:nationality gptkb:Nigerian
gptkbp:notableWork gptkb:Obangiji
gptkb:African_Suite
Stella Maris Mass
gptkbp:occupation composer
musicologist
organist
gptkbp:taughtAt gptkb:Howard_University
gptkb:University_of_Ibadan
gptkb:Kent_State_University
gptkbp:bfsParent gptkb:Fela_Sowande
gptkbp:bfsLayer 8