ANALYTICAL PRESENTATION OF SAMUEL DOWAANA MENSAH’S “TOONDAN JILMA LANA NAA OSEI TUTU II” (OTUMFUO OSEI TUTU II – A GLORIOUS LEADER)

Abstract

This paper sought to introduce and analyse Samuel Dowaana Mensah’s “Toondan Jilma Lana Naa Osei Tutu II (Otumfuo Osei Tutu II - A Glorious Leader), a multilingual choral composition depicting code switching and written for SATB in honor of his royal majesty Otumfuo Osei Tutu II, on the occasion of his silver jubilee celebration. Using interculturalism as the underpinning theoretical framework, the aim is to expose the reader to the biography of Samuel Dowaana Mensah and through the formalist approach, the compositional features embedded in the work are unknown, using musical analytical parameters. The paper uses purposive sampling method with interviews as instrument for data collection. “Toondan Jilma Lana Naa Osei Tutu II (Otumfuo Osei Tutu II – A Glorious Leader) depicts Mensah’s conscious usage of multiple languages to express his identity and the awareness of his thematic intercultural activities. The conclusion offers an analytical presentation of a choral composition that serves as a foundation for the study and creation of choral works by utilising a variety of indigenous compositional features.