Description:Chapters: David Kramer, Brandon October, Farryl Purkiss, Mpho, Candice Hillebrand, Arno Carstens, Koos Du Plessis, Andrew Schar. Source: Wikipedia. Pages: 28. Not illustrated. Free updates online. Purchase includes a free trial membership in the publisher's book club where you can select from more than a million books without charge. Excerpt: David Kramer (born June 27, 1951) is a South African singer, songwriter, playwright and director, most notable for his musicals about the Cape Coloured communities, and for his early opposition to apartheid. Kramer was born in Worcester, South Africa to a furniture merchant and a hairdresser, and spent his formative years in Worcester. His brother, John Kramer, became an artist known for his oil-on-canvas portrayal of cafes, stores and houses standing in the sharp sunlight of sleepy towns. The Kramer family name (originally Karavelnik) was adopted by his grandfather who arrived in South Africa from Lithuania in 1899, and made a living as a salesman (walking from farm to farm selling goods). During Kramer's stay in Worcester he had some music lessons with the classical composer Cromwell Everson. He played in a South African band called The Creeps in the 1960s, and then travelled to England in 1971 to study textile design at Leeds University. He began his music career in the mid 1970's, singing at folk clubs and campus concerts in South Africa. David pioneered the use of Cape Afrikaans and South African English in his lyrics, often using both languages in the same song. He focused on small town South Africa and employed a gritty realism and dark satire to tell his stories and describe his characters. In his stage performances he portrayed himself as a rural everyman who traveled the dusty roads of small town South Africa with an old bicycle and a cheap guitar. He sang in the Boland patois of his youth and told stories and sang songs in both languages. His first album BAKGAT! issued by Mo...More: http: //booksllc.net/?id=847855We have made it easy for you to find a PDF Ebooks without any digging. And by having access to our ebooks online or by storing it on your computer, you have convenient answers with South African Singer-Songwriters: David Kramer, Brandon October, Farryl Purkiss, Mpho, Candice Hillebrand, Arno Carstens, Koos Du Plessis. To get started finding South African Singer-Songwriters: David Kramer, Brandon October, Farryl Purkiss, Mpho, Candice Hillebrand, Arno Carstens, Koos Du Plessis, you are right to find our website which has a comprehensive collection of manuals listed. Our library is the biggest of these that have literally hundreds of thousands of different products represented.
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30
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Books LLC
Release
2010
ISBN
1157453775
South African Singer-Songwriters: David Kramer, Brandon October, Farryl Purkiss, Mpho, Candice Hillebrand, Arno Carstens, Koos Du Plessis
Description: Chapters: David Kramer, Brandon October, Farryl Purkiss, Mpho, Candice Hillebrand, Arno Carstens, Koos Du Plessis, Andrew Schar. Source: Wikipedia. Pages: 28. Not illustrated. Free updates online. Purchase includes a free trial membership in the publisher's book club where you can select from more than a million books without charge. Excerpt: David Kramer (born June 27, 1951) is a South African singer, songwriter, playwright and director, most notable for his musicals about the Cape Coloured communities, and for his early opposition to apartheid. Kramer was born in Worcester, South Africa to a furniture merchant and a hairdresser, and spent his formative years in Worcester. His brother, John Kramer, became an artist known for his oil-on-canvas portrayal of cafes, stores and houses standing in the sharp sunlight of sleepy towns. The Kramer family name (originally Karavelnik) was adopted by his grandfather who arrived in South Africa from Lithuania in 1899, and made a living as a salesman (walking from farm to farm selling goods). During Kramer's stay in Worcester he had some music lessons with the classical composer Cromwell Everson. He played in a South African band called The Creeps in the 1960s, and then travelled to England in 1971 to study textile design at Leeds University. He began his music career in the mid 1970's, singing at folk clubs and campus concerts in South Africa. David pioneered the use of Cape Afrikaans and South African English in his lyrics, often using both languages in the same song. He focused on small town South Africa and employed a gritty realism and dark satire to tell his stories and describe his characters. In his stage performances he portrayed himself as a rural everyman who traveled the dusty roads of small town South Africa with an old bicycle and a cheap guitar. He sang in the Boland patois of his youth and told stories and sang songs in both languages. His first album BAKGAT! issued by Mo...More: http: //booksllc.net/?id=847855We have made it easy for you to find a PDF Ebooks without any digging. And by having access to our ebooks online or by storing it on your computer, you have convenient answers with South African Singer-Songwriters: David Kramer, Brandon October, Farryl Purkiss, Mpho, Candice Hillebrand, Arno Carstens, Koos Du Plessis. To get started finding South African Singer-Songwriters: David Kramer, Brandon October, Farryl Purkiss, Mpho, Candice Hillebrand, Arno Carstens, Koos Du Plessis, you are right to find our website which has a comprehensive collection of manuals listed. Our library is the biggest of these that have literally hundreds of thousands of different products represented.