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South African National Anthem / Nkosi sikelel'i Afrika

( Nkosi sikelel'i Afrika )

De Villiers, Marthinus Lourens (1885-1977) [ South Africa ]
Sontonga, Enoch Mankayi (1873?-1905) [ South Africa ]

Arr.: Khumalo, James Steven Mzilikazi (1932-2021) [ South Africa ]
Villiers, Dirk Izak Cattogio de (1921-1996?) [ South Africa ]

Edition
Published by Northern Harmony Publishing [USA ; Vermont] , 2008 ; in The Folk Rhythm I (80 p.)
Number of pages : 4
Editor or author of the restitution: Patty Cuyler
Type of material: Full score
 
Description
Text in: Zulu ; Xhosa ; Sotho ; Afrikaans ; English
Genre-Style-Form: Anthem ; National anthem
Mood of the piece: patriotic ; triumphant
Type of Choir: SATB  (4 mixed voices )
Difficulty choir (incr.from 1 to 5): 2
Difficulty conductor (incr.from A to E): B
Tonality: A major
Duration: 3.0 min.
Number of verses: 4
Origin: South Africa
Musicological Sources: The multi-ligual nature of the new National Anthem, which was created and adopted in 1994, reflects the multi-racial South African society. The new version combined the two de-facto anthems of the the apartheid period, one Afrikaans and one Xhosa.
Source of text: traditional text
 

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