Tate Modimo yo maatla
( Lord God almighty )
(Lord God Almighty)
( Tate Modimo yo maatla )
Arr.: Bopape, Matlakala (born in 19..) [ South Africa ; Polokwane ]
Edition
Published by
Northern Harmony Publishing
[USA ; Vermont]
, 2008
; in The Folk Rhythm, Vol. 2
(82 p.)
Number of pages :
2
Editor or author of the restitution:
Patty Cuyler
Type of material:
Full score
Description
Text in:
Sotho
Genre-Style-Form:
Call and response ; Folk hymn ; Struggle song ; Sacred ; Secular
Mood of the piece:
mournful ; sorrowful
Type of Choir:
SAATB (5 mixed voices )
Difficulty choir (incr.from 1 to 5):
3
Difficulty conductor (incr.from A to E):
C
Tonality:
F major
Duration:
3.0 min.
Liturgical Use:
Lent
Origin:
South Africa
Musicological Sources:
This song was first sung by the Soweto Teachers Choir in 1980, at the height of apartheid, and was originally in Xhosa (Bawo, thixo somandla). Matlakala Bopape made this translation into N. Sotho and sings it with her Polokwane Choral Society. The song is
Source of text:
traditional text
