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Literature Music - Experimental Music
  • Fela Sowande

    Fela Sowande dicusses his career and Nigerian music ; part 2

    Jul. 3, 1962

    Fela Sowande discusses his career, different types of Nigerian and African music, the Yoruba people, and religion. Includes clips of an African Yoruba pagan hymn "Oyigiyigi," a Christian version of that hymn, and an organ version of that hymn. Includes Sowande's song "Roll de Ol' Chariot." Quotes a poem by [Anthony Gregascoigne], an English poet he met in England.

  • Ned Rorem discusses his career

    Mar. 22, 1984

    Studs Terkel interviews composer Ned Rorem. They discuss Rorem's childhood, music, poetry, languages, and religion.

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