Kwela - Revision history

Satj at 04:41, 24 September 2018

2018-09-24T04:41:35Z

Satj: /* Sources */

2018-09-24T04:38:56Z

Sources

Satj: /* As a dance form */

2018-09-24T04:38:37Z

As a dance form

Centaps at 05:18, 19 December 2010

2010-12-19T05:18:12Z

Centaps: Created page with "A musical form (also called "street music"), developed in the townships of the Witwatersrand(**??), utilized by the township jazz bands of the 1950’s and brought to internation..."

2010-09-07T09:21:43Z

Created page with "A musical form (also called "street music"), developed in the townships of the Witwatersrand(**??), utilized by the township jazz bands of the 1950’s and brought to internation..."

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A musical form (also called "street music"), developed in the townships of the Witwatersrand(**??), utilized by the township jazz bands of the 1950’s and brought to international prominence by Todd Matshikiza's score for the musical King Kong (1959) and the young Lemmy Mambaso’s international chart-topping version of the “Penny Whistle Kwela”. It has since remained a fundamental part of the township jazz style(**???)

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		+	The term kwela first originated as the name for the kwela music style and for a TV programme using the name.

		+	== As a musical and dance form ==

−	~~== As a musical and dance form ==~~

		+	A musical form (also called "street music"), developed out of marabi in the townships of the Witwatersrand, utilized by the township jazz bands of the 1950’s and brought to international prominence by [[Todd Matshikiza]]'s score for the musical ''[[King Kong]]'' (1959) and the young [[Lemmy Mambaso]]’s international chart-topping version of the “Penny Whistle Kwela”. It has since remained a fundamental part of the township jazz style.

−	A musical form (also called "street music"), developed in the townships of the Witwatersrand(??), utilized by the township jazz bands of the 1950’s and brought to international prominence by Todd Matshikiza's score for the musical King Kong (1959) and the young Lemmy Mambaso’s international chart-topping version of the “Penny Whistle Kwela”. It has since remained a fundamental part of the township jazz style(???)

−	~~http://southafricaproject.web.unc.edu/musical-genres/pennywhisltekwela/~~

	== A TV programme ==		== A TV programme ==

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	== Sources ==		== Sources ==

		+	http://southafricaproject.web.unc.edu/musical-genres/pennywhisltekwela/

	== For more information ==		== For more information ==

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-== As a dance form ==
+== As a musical and dance form ==
 A musical form (also called "street music"), developed in the townships of the Witwatersrand(**??), utilized by the township jazz bands of the 1950’s and brought to international prominence by Todd Matshikiza's score for the musical King Kong (1959) and the young Lemmy Mambaso’s international chart-topping version of the “Penny Whistle Kwela”. It has since remained a fundamental part of the township jazz style(**???)
 == A TV programme ==