ubunene ngamandla
September 1, 2022...be downloaded free at checkout. The other six tracks on this CD are get up and go! the gravy train, namibia, vrede vanaand, sweet suite, and lîla’s song for winnie-the-pooh....
Paki Ha Li Eo
October 24, 2020The words of this gentle love song are by Lesotho poet and teacher, Kemuel Edward Ntsane (1920-1983), who is well known for his blend of the religious, traditional, and western...vrede vanaand (jannie du toit arr. reddy)
September 1, 2022This is an original solo arrangement-improvisation on Jannie du Toit’s song, ‘Vrede Vanaand’, which means ‘Peace Tonight’ in Afrikaans. As with the gravy train, Reddy’s title refers to post-apartheid South...Nonyana Tse Ntle
April 18, 2020...southern Africa including pipits, thrushes, shrikes, cranes. Both these aspects of the work suggest that it was written for school use, and it may have been composed in the 1950s....lîla’s song for winnie-the-pooh
September 1, 2022...1996 as track 7 of Reddy’s second CD, Rough ‘n Reddy. The other six tracks on the CD are get up and go!, the gravy train, ubunene ngamandla, vrede vanaand,...Pelo Le Moea
April 18, 2020...‘Herberge’ (Inn). In order to help choirs learn this song, a free mp3 of the lyrics spoken by Mpho Ndebele is downloadable when the song is purchased along with a...Vumani KuYehova (Anthem)
October 24, 2020...with inflections of Handel in the short, declamatory phrases, sequences, fanfare-like motifs, and use of Sarabande metre, not to mention the hint of a quote from the aria ‘Lascia ch’io...gaia – the living earth (orchestral score)
September 2, 2022...piano accompaniment (vocal score), and this one, which has with the same vocal forces but orchestral accompaniment. The work is scored for 2 each of flutes, oboes, clarinets and bassoons,...gaia – the living earth (vocal score)
September 27, 2021...before. Reddy’s music is tuneful and accessible, composed in eight segments, one of which is repeated to make nine sections in all, to create a work of almost 30 minutes...Hook, Haneeu!
September 2, 2018...without a saddle and a person had to be able to somersault when he sees that things are bad”. His experience obviously informed the lively run-away feel of ‘Hook, Haneeu!’...
sonata for piano
March 14, 2020...(Var. 6), and two short Intermezzi at the end; the final movement is a ‘Fugue in three voice groups’, written on three staves. The tentative, sometimes playful mood owes much...Kopano Ke Matla
September 2, 2018Mohapeloa completed ‘Kopano Ke Matla’ in 1974, publishing it in Cape Town in 1976 as song No. 8 of 25 in Meluluetsa ea Ntšetso-pele le Bosechaba Lesotho (Anthems for the...Leribe
September 2, 2018Mohapeloa completed ‘Leribe’ in 1946, first publishing it in the song book Binang ka Thabo (Songs of Joy) in Mazenod, Lesotho in 1963, and then republishing it in Cape Town...Liaba
September 2, 2018...Prime Minister Leabua Jonathan it subtly praises the composer himself, by using his nickname, ‘Liaba’ (‘Wonders’; pers. comm. Dr Eric Lekhanya) . Unlike ‘Chaba’ and ‘Sechaba’, the manuscript of ‘Liaba’...Liba sa Borata
September 2, 2018...home, the BaTaung. Taung in Lesotho (not to be confused with Taung in the North-West province of South Africa) was celebrated by Mohapeloa in his song, ‘U Ea Kae?’ (JPM001)....Joshua Pulumo Mohapeloa Critical Edition, Volume IVa revised 2016
August 27, 2023...in total. Each volume is published in two versions: one in staff notation and one in dual staff-tonic solfa notation. Volume IVa contains 27 works in dual staff-tonic solfa notation....Mabeoana
September 2, 2018Mohapeloa wrote ‘Mabeoana’ (Young Warriors) in the early 1930s, publishing it in Morija in 1935 as song No. 20 of 32 in his first song collection, Meloli le Lithallere tsa...Joshua Pulumo Mohapeloa Critical Edition, Volume IIIa revised 2016
August 27, 2023...total. Each volume is published in two versions: one in staff notation and one in dual staff-tonic solfa notation. Volume IIIa contains 28 choral works in dual staff-tonic solfa notation....Mapetle a Hukung
September 2, 2018...and Extemporary Harmonizations by J.P. Mohapeloa: Book II). It is one of his best comic songs, the ‘food’ in question being alcohol: a potent home brewed maize beer (‘skokian’) mixed...Joshua Pulumo Mohapeloa Critical Edition, Volume IIa revised 2016
August 27, 2023...total. Each volume is published in two versions: one in staff notation and one in dual staff-tonic solfa notation. Volume IIa contains 32 choral works in dual staff-tonic solfa notation....Methaka, Emang
September 2, 2018...in a lively, hocketing style to convey a sense of the excitement, jostling and general ‘upset’ around any departure, particularly one made (as often happened in Mohapeloa’s day) by train....Mo-Afrika, Tsoha
September 2, 2018...roles on foreign soil. It was, however, to be many years (1966) before Lesotho attained the independence that Mohapeloa urges his fellow Basotho to strive for in this song. ‘Mo-Afrika,...Moea oa Leboea
September 2, 2018...the economy of its largely subsistence farming population. Rain is always a blessing: the three words on the Lesotho coat of arms are ‘khotso, pula, nala!’ (peace, rain, plenty), for...Joshua Pulumo Mohapeloa Critical Edition, Volume Ia revised 2016
August 27, 2023...total. Each volume is published in two versions: one in staff notation and one in dual staff-tonic solfa notation. Volume Ia contains 32 choral works in dual staff-tonic solfa notation....Na Le ’Na?
September 2, 2018‘Na Le ’Na?’ was published in Morija, Lesotho in 1955 as song No. 24 of 29 songs in Hosanna: Lipina tsa Kereke (Hosanna: Church Songs), anthems intended to celebrate the...
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