Six Igbo Songs for voice and piano, Op. 1 (1996)
Composer: John Uzoigwe
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This song cycle was originally written as "Four Igbo Songs" during Uzoigwe's time at the University of Nigeria, and later expanded to six songs.[1].<br>- The songs "draw heavily on traditional Igbo folk songs, with some of the lyrics and melody quoting from the original folk song"[1].<br>- Uzoigwe's piano accompaniments "are new and idiomatically simulate traditional instruments of the Igbo"[1].