Stellenbosch University (SU) (Afrikaans:Universiteit Stellenbosch,Xhosa:iYunivesithi yaseStellenbosch) is a public research university situated in Stellenbosch,a town in the Western Cape province of South Africa. Stellenbosch is the oldest university in South Africa and the oldest extant university in Sub-Saharan Africa,which received full university status in 1918. Stellenbosch University designed and manufactured Africa's first microsatellite,SUNSAT,launched in 1999.
Laurika Rauch,is a South African singer who performs in both Afrikaans and English. She had a hit single in 1979 with Kinders van die Wind,written by Koos du Plessis. The song featured prominently in the Afrikaans television series "Phoenix &Kie" in the late seventies.
Paul Roos Gymnasium is a leading public dual medium high school for boys in the town of Stellenbosch in the Western Cape province of South Africa,which opened on 1 March 1866 as Stellenbosch Gymnasium. Described as South Africa’s Eton College by novelist Wilbur Smith,it is the 12th oldest school in the country,and its Old Boys have had an important,wide-ranging and notable impact on the history of South Africa.
Boeremusiek is a predominantly instrumental form of folk music that originated in South Africa. Initially intended to accompany informal social dancing,Boeremusiek developed through a fusion of European,African,and American musical traditions. While it remains a symbol of white Afrikaans-speaking South Africans,particularly among rural and working-class communities,the genre carries complex socio-political associations.
Stefans Grové was a South African composer. Before his death the following assessment was made of him:"He is regarded by many as Africa's greatest living composer,possesses one of the most distinctive compositional voices of our time".
Etienne Leroux was an Afrikaans writer and a member of the South African Sestigers literary movement.
Stephanus Le Roux Marais was a South African composer known for his significant contribution to Afrikaans art song.
Graham Newcater is a South African composer known for his use of serialism and the twelve-tone technique. His music draws heavily from European modernist traditions,making him a significant figure in South African classical music. While he employed twelve-tone sets,inspired by composers like Anton Webern,Newcater’s distinctive use of intervals—especially minor seconds and thirds—created a unique sound that set his works apart. Some of his most notable compositions include the ballet Raka,the String Quartet No. 1,and solo piano works. Unlike many of his contemporaries,Newcater abstained from engaging directly with South African cultural or musical identity,focusing on the abstract possibilities of serialism.
The Documentation Centre for Music (DOMUS) forms part of the Special Collections Division of the Music Library within the Stellenbosch University Library and Information Service and is located in the Music Department. Collections acquired through acquisitions,donations or bequests over more than 50 years form the main holdings and are mostly of South African but also of international significance.
Willem Petrus "Willie" Esterhuyse,OLS is an emeritus professor of philosophy and business ethics at the University of Stellenbosch,a columnist and critic of the system of apartheid.
Arnoldus Christiaan Vlok van Wyk was a South African art music composer,one of the first notable generation of such composers along with Hubert du Plessis and Stefans Grové. Despite the strict laws imposed by the Apartheid government during his lifetime,van Wyk's homosexuality was ignored by the authorities throughout his career due to the nationalistic nature of his music.
Anton Carlisle Hartman (1918–1982) was a South African conductor. He was head of music and principal conductor at the South African Broadcasting Corporation (SABC) and head of music at the University of the Witwatersrand. He became a central figure in art music in South Africa during the mid 20th century.
SAMUS:South African Music Studies is an annual peer-reviewed academic journal and the official journal of the South African Society for Research in Music (SASRIM). The journal is abstracted and indexed in RILM and The Music Index. Online access is provided by Sabinet Online,and African Journals OnLine. The journal is a successor of the South African Journal of Musicology which was published by the former Musicological Society of Southern Africa. SASRIM was established in 2006 as an amalgamation of the Musicological Society of Southern Africa and the Ethnomusicology Symposium. The journal covers research in musicology,ethnomusicology,music theory and analysis,popular music,composition,performance,music therapy,and music education. The journal is published once a year.
Peter James Leonard Klatzow was a South African composer and pianist.
Hubert du Plessis OMSG was a South African composer,pianist,and professor of music whose career spanned several decades. Along with Arnold van Wyk and Stefans Grové,du Plessis was one of the foremost South African composers of the 20th century.
The Africa Open Institute for Music,Research and Innovation (AOI) at Stellenbosch University is an interdisciplinary research institute dedicated to music studies. Founded in 2016 by the music scholar and writer Stephanus Muller,the institute provides supervision to postgraduate fellows from a variety of disciplines and functions as an independent research hub in the Faculty of Arts and Social Sciences. Its mission is to create an institutional space for scholars and artists that encourages experimentation and risk taking. AOI's community include postgraduate and postdoctoral fellows,extraordinary professors,research associates,composers,performers,sonic residents,archival and heritage practitioners and international partners.
The South African Music Encyclopedia is an encyclopedia of South(ern) African musicians and music. Its four volumes were published in 1979,1982,1984,and 1986 under the editorship of Afrikaans music scholar Jacques Philip Malan in both English and Afrikaans. Commissioned by the South African Music Council in 1960,the work was ultimately overseen by the Human Sciences Research Council and published by Oxford University Press.
The Eoan Group is a cultural organization founded in 1933 by Helen Southern-Holt District Six in Cape Town,South Africa. Originally created as a welfare group for the Coloured community,the Eoan Group evolved into one of the country’s leading opera companies during apartheid. The group became known for its operatic performances,featuring local talent who would otherwise have been excluded from mainstream classical music platforms due to apartheid policies. In its early years,the Eoan Group focused on providing physical education,speech training,and cultural activities for young Coloured people. This effort was rooted in Southern-Holt’s belief in the “civilizing”powers of Western culture,which,in her view,could be a tool for social progress. The group offered ballet classes,literacy courses,and after-school care for children,aiming to provide alternatives to street life and to instill values such as discipline,cleanliness,and social respectability.
Poerpasledam for flute and piano is a work by South African composer Arnold van Wyk (1916–1983),known for its emotional depth and harmonic complexity. The work was originally written for piano duet in 1944 during World War II,but Van Wyk revisited the piece in 1981,adapting it for flute and piano. The work is now considered an example of Van Wyk's approach to balancing seriousness with playfulness amidst the dire circumstances of war and his longing for his homeland. It is regarded as an important piece in South Africa’s classical flute repertoire. The title Poerpasledam is a corrupted form of the Afrikaans phrase that translates from the French pour passer le temps,meaning "to pass the time".
