Verewoerd
( There comes the black man, Verwoerd )
( Nanzi ndod'e mnyama Verewoerd )
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:
Xhosa
Genre-Style-Form:
Struggle song ; Call and response ; Secular
Mood of the piece:
angry
Type of Choir:
SSAATB (6 mixed voices )
Difficulty choir (incr.from 1 to 5):
3
Difficulty conductor (incr.from A to E):
B
Tonality:
F major
Duration:
3.0 min.
Origin:
South Africa
Musicological Sources:
Hendrick Verwoerd was prime minister of South Africa 1958-1966, and is regarded as one of the chief architects of apartheid. This anti-apartheid song warns Verwoerd about the rise of the Black Nation, and how he would live to regret his actions.
Source of text:
traditional text
