| LC control no. | n 88178623 |
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| Descriptive conventions | rda |
| Personal name heading | Matshikiza, Todd, 1921-1968 |
| Variant(s) | Matshikiza, Todd, d. 1968 |
| Associated country | South Africa |
| Located | Zambia |
| Birth date | 1921-03-07 |
| Death date | 1968-03-03 |
| Place of birth | Queenstown (South Africa) |
| Place of death | Lusaka (Zambia) |
| Affiliation | Manhattan Brothers |
| Profession or occupation | Jazz musicians Pianists Journalists |
| Found in | His Chocolates for my wife, 1982, c1961: t.p. (Todd Matshikiza) p. 4 of cover (d. 1968; composer) With the lid off, 2000: front cover flap (Todd Matshikiza; b. 1921 in Queenstown, Eastern Cape, So. Africa; taught Eng. and mathematics; moved to Johannesburg in 1949; composer of jazz and choral music; journalist; moved to London in 1960; moved to Lusaka, Zambia where he died in 1968) p. 5 (Todd T. Matshikiza) Dictionary of African Biography, accessed February 21, 2015, via Oxford African American Studies Center database: (Matshikiza, Todd; jazz musician, pianist, journalist; born 07 March 1921 in Queenstown, South Africa; played jazz piano with the Manhattan Brothers and Nancy Jacobs and Her Sisters (1950s); worked for Drum magazine and wrote a column entitled Music for Moderns (1951); was a news editor of the Golden City Post; received a commission from the Johannesburg City Council for the piece Uxolo (Peace), for two hundred singers and orchestra (1956); composed the score for the musical King Kong (1958); published autobiography, Chocolates for My Wife (1961); was newscaster and producer for the new Zambian Broadcasting Corporation (1964) and music archivist for the Zambian Information Service (1967); died 03 March 1968 in Lusaka, Zambia) |
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