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Ato Turkson (biography (by Akin Euba, 1993)

Ato Turkson (biography (by Akin Euba, 1993).

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Ato Turkson (biography (by Akin Euba, 1993)

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  1. Ato Turkson(biography (by Akin Euba, 1993) Ato Turkson was a disciple of Schoenberg and he made no conscious effort to Africanize his music. The question arises, must African composers always write in an African idiom? What happens if a composer chooses to confront Westerners on their own ground?

  2. Akin Euba pleads for tolerance towards some non-African idiom preferences • If we accept as valid the notion (which I fully endorse) that a good composer will produce good music in any idiom and believe in the “individuality and transcendental universality of the arts" (Blacking 1986:17), we cannot afford to reject Africans who prefer non‑African idioms.

  3. Akin Euba pleads for tolerance towards some non-African idioms preferences continued • I suspect, however, that, at the deep level of creative thought, an African composer is guided by the mystical and mythological beliefs of his/her own people (see for example Uzoigwe 1992), irrespective of the idiom that he/she chooses, and that Turkson's music contains Africanisms that are not immediately apparent.

  4. Ato Turkson’s education and career • Turkson studied at the Liszt Academy of Music in Budapest and at Northwestern University, Illinois, from where he received a Ph.D. Prior to his death in June 1993, he was a Senior Lecturer in the Department of Music, University of Ghana, Legon.

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