September 2, 2018Morija was one of the first Christian (Evangelical Lutheran) missions in Lesotho, established by the Paris Evangelical Missionary Society (PEMS) in 1833, becoming a major regional centre for schools, teacher...- September 2, 2018Mohapeloa first published ‘Moshanyana, Se Llele ho Lisa’ in Meloli le Lithallere tsa Afrika ka J.P. Mohapeloa: Buka ea Bobeli (African Songs and Extemporary Harmonizations by J.P. Mohapeloa: Book II)...
- September 2, 2018...far away’ may refer to this way in which he was ‘known overseas’ from that time onwards. The following year, however, 1869, the British and Boer signed a treaty that...
- September 2, 2018...in 1929-30 recovering from TB, when he spent a lot of time sitting on the porch of his family’s house in Mohalinyane, observing nature. Like ‘Sephōkō’ (JPM 027) ‘Motjoli’ refers...
- September 2, 2018Mohapeloa completed ‘Ntlholohetsane’ in 1974, publishing it in Cape Town in 1976 as song No. 11 of 25 in Meluluetsa ea Ntšetso-pele le Bosechaba Lesotho (Anthems for the Development of...
- August 22, 2023Volume I of the Michael Mosoeu Moerane Scholarly Edition online contains the full orchestral score of Fatše La Heso (My Country) and a complete set of orchestral parts....
September 15, 2019...let alone the school choirs for whom it was originally composed. The performance by Newell High [School] Choir, New Brighton (conductor not specified) was recorded in 1980 by the SABC....- September 15, 2019...by the SABC in 1980. (The conductor is not specified there.) This historic recording was reissued in 2014 by ACE as Track 16 on the CD African Choral Legacy: Historic...
- September 2, 2018...skin, a fact the song clearly imparts. A carnivore, it feeds off almost anything: carrion, small wild animals, insects, birds, reptiles, fruit and vegetables, and also domestic animals, which means...
- September 2, 2018...in Morija where his choir was called ‘Baithaopi’ (Volunteers). His wife Mary Stimmiri was a very good mezzo/alto and sang in his choir, hence (perhaps) this song’s two alto parts....
August 29, 2022...fully notated for voice, clarinet and piano in 1993, for a SAMRO commission. This later version is called à la recherche de la paix et de la liberté (SR053/ACE352). ...- September 2, 2018...African province of the Eastern Cape, near Matatiele, and is the name of both a village and a district. Qacha (there is no ‘u’ after the palatal click sound ‘q’...
- September 15, 2019...of rain in December, thrashing the Maluti mountains and villages as it comes. The song is sung by the Meadowlands N.G. Kerkkoor (conductor not specified), a recording made by the...
- September 2, 2018Mohapeloa completed ‘Quthing’ in 1946, first publishing it in 1963 in the song book Binang ka Thabo (Songs of Joy) in Mazenod, Lesotho and re-publishing it in Cape Town in...
- September 15, 2019...‘the land of Africa’. The Manzini Adult Choir, Swaziland (conductor not specified) sings it on a live recording made by the SABC in December 1991 during the Old Mutual Festival...
August 29, 2022...ode to a lost friend (5 pages), 2’32” for serenade for the beloved (4 pages), and 6’8” for elegy (12 pages). Reddy also photocopied the four romantic piano pieces and...- September 2, 2018On the score, Mohapeloa names the river which this song describes in both Sesotho (‘Senqu’) and English (‘The Orange River’). It is a magnificent African chorus, composed in 1951, which...
- September 2, 2018...Development of the Lesotho Nation). In his ‘Dedication’ at the front of Meluluetsa – ‘To the young generation of the Basotho’ – Mohapeloa refers to soil erosion, a major problem...
- September 2, 2018Referring to a prominent sandstone plateau in north-west Lesotho, the name Thaba-Bosiu literally means ‘night mountain’. Although only 1,800 metres above sea level, this plateau rises sheer out of the...
- September 2, 2018At 122 bars and several changes of key and time signature, ‘Thoko ea Tlhōlo’ (1947) was Mohapeloa’s most ambitious work so far; indeed, it set a benchmark for a new...
- September 2, 2018...the 1965 manuscript in that the words ‘Ruthutha lithaba’ (Crush the mountains) in line 4 are missing. (The Bass at this point sings ‘Rrrruthutha’, the rolled ‘r’ suggesting loud noise.)...
- September 2, 2018...called (in the English translation) the Voluntary Vocal Society, for at the foot of the one-page score, type-set on a type-writer, is written ‘E phatlalatitsoe ke Mokhatlo oa Baithaopi, Morija:...
August 10, 2023In 1994 Reddy recorded his first solo piano album, reddy, steady, go! subtitled ‘the ill-tempered keyboard’ with Jannie du Toit’s JNS Musiek, in Johannesburg. Reddy recorded four long tracks, each...- September 2, 2018...known on the Witwatersrand, “the Manhattans used Mohapeloa’s version, but jazzed it”. The Manhattan Brothers were a jazz vocal group in the 1940s and 50s. They also ‘jazzed’ Mohapeloa’s Chuchumakhala.)...
- September 2, 2022...a LH part, over which Reddy expects the performer to improvise, as is the case in other works of this period. Julia was a girlfriend of Philipp’s at the time....
