Mzilikazi Khumalo: iconic composer who defied apartheid odds to leave a rich legacy. His funeral will be livestreamed today
of tonic solfa with the score based notations used by art music composers. This transformed the choral sphere. For decades composers and choirs had relied almost entirely on tonic solfa.The funeral proceedings will be broadcast live across all Joburg City Theatres’ YouTube pages on June 30 from 9am to 11am :His innovations in notation also opened up new vistas for choral works in African idioms and languages. This enabled choral musicians to work seamlessly with orchestras and opera companies.
Khumalo collaborated with important conductors, composers, librettists and companies to stage genre-defining works. Librettist and fellow linguist, Professor Themba Msimang, was his principal artistic collaborator on the epic “uShaka kaSenzangakhona”, and the opera “Princess Magogo” . He arranged the song cycle “Haya Mntwan’ Omkhulu” with fellow composer Professor Peter Klatzow.
These works were performed to acclaim – including at the Ravinia Festival, Kennedy Centre, and many other venues across the globe.Khumalo spent most of his career teaching, first in schools, and then at the University of the Witwatersrand.
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