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Michael Rosenzweig (composer)
Michael Rosenzweig born 1951 in Oranjezicht, a suburb of Cape Town), and grew up on Hiddingh Estate in the Cape Town suburb of Newlands. He is a South African composer, conductor and jazz musician. Education Merton Barrow provided him a thorough practical grounding as a performer. This provided the foundation for the development of his compositional gifts and conducting skills. He then studied composition with Donald Martino at New England Conservatory of Music. Initially he auditioned as a guitarist specialising in jazz. He was accepted and given a substantial scholarship because arranger and jazz composer George Russell wanted him as a solo guitarist for his big band. Before starting he was able to change to jazz composition. When he arrived he was given special dispensation to pursue the classical composition course. One year later he was permitted to enrol in a London University MMus part-time course. He graduated from a six year programme in 13 months. His prerequisites ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Oranjezicht
Oranjezicht (Dutch: ''orange view'') is a suburb in Cape Town, South Africa, built on the site of the old Oranjezicht farm, which used to stretch at least as far as the Mount Nelson Hotel and supplied the Castle of Good Hope with fresh produce. In 1708, Nicolaus Laubscher (1651–1721), who had immigrated in the 1670s from the Swiss canton of Fribourg, bought a property on the slopes of Table Mountain that he called "Oranjezicht" because of the good view from there of the Oranje (Orange) bastion of the Castle. Subsequent to his death, the farm was evidently acquired by Pieter van Breda (1696–1759), who arrived at the Cape in 1719 from the Netherlands. "Oranjezicht" was a farm for the next two centuries. Some of the buildings of the farm as well as the old slave bell are still at the location where the farm once stood. The farmhouse was on the property directly to the east of what is now a public park and playground. It was torn down in the 1960s to make way for a bowling gre ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |