Die Stem van Suid-Africa (1919)
(The Voice of South Africa)
( Uit die blou van onse hemel )
... Met verlof van die Regering ...
Villiers, Marthinus Lourens de (1885-1977) [ South Africa ]
Arr.: Villiers, Dirk Izak Cattogio de (1921-1996?) [ South Africa ]
Edition
Published by
F.A.K.
[South Africa]
, 2001
; in F.A.K. Sangbundel
(619 p.)
Ref. :
Die Stem number 2
(2 p.)
Type of material:
Choral score
Copyright :
Federasie van Afrikaanse Kultuurvereniginge
ISMN/ISBN :
1919825576
Description
Text in:
Afrikaans
Epoque:
20th century
(1910-1919)
Genre-Style-Form:
National anthem
Mood of the piece:
patriotic
Type of Choir:
SATB (4 mixed voices )
Difficulty choir (incr.from 1 to 5):
2
Difficulty conductor (incr.from A to E):
A
Tonality:
D major
Number of verses:
4
Origin:
South Africa
Source of text:
A poem, which was first published in Die Burger newspaper, under the nom de plume of "Kerneels".
Data about the life of the work:
Adopted as South African National Anthem in 1936; English version adopted in 1952, revised 1959!Replaced by a new combined National Anthem in 1994. See also "Nkosi Sikelel' iAfrica" (by Enoch Sontonga).
Comment(s):
This is no longer the National Anthem of the new democratic South Africa. The beauty of the poetry in this song is over-looked today due to its past as the anthem of the old apartheid regime.
