Thursday, March 22, 2012

Godwin Sadoh: 'TODAY IN HISTORY--March 22, 1964: Ayo Bankole composed his Toccata II for organ solo'


[Intercultural Dimensions in Ayo Bankole's Music; Godwin Sadoh; iUniverse (2007)]

Godwin Sadoh, D.M.A. is a Nigerian organist and composer who serves as Professor of Music at Talladega College in Talladega, Alabama. His website is: www.reverbnation.com/godwinsadoh He writes:


TODAY IN HISTORY--March 22, 1964: Ayo Bankole composed his Toccata II for organ solo at Clare College, University of Cambridge, London.”



Amazon.com Description (Excerpt)

“This book discusses the concept of multifaceted musicality in post-colonial Nigeria. It shows how musical synthesis actually began with intra-cultural practices from pre-colonial Africa to the nineteenth century when modern intercultural music developed from foreign imprints emanating from colonization, the Islamic conquest, and the Christian missionary exertion.” 

Amazon.com Customer Review by Mickey Thomas Terry (Excerpt)
"Nigerian Organist and composer Ayo Bankole (1935-1976) is the focus of a fine scholarly study by Godwin Sadoh. It is the second of two by this author that features Nigerian/African organist-composers. The first concerns Fela Sowande. Both works highlight the intercultural aspects of their respective creative process. As is the case with the first publication, Intercultural Dimensions in Ayo Bankole's Music constitutes a substantive contribution to the field of African musical scholarship."

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