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Periodical article | Leiden University catalogue | WorldCat |
Title: | Die Akademie en opera |
Author: | Kapp, Pieter |
Year: | 2008 |
Periodical: | Tydskrif vir geesteswetenskappe |
Volume: | 48 |
Issue: | 1 |
Pages: | 13-22 |
Language: | Afrikaans |
Geographic term: | South Africa |
Subjects: | musicals Afrikaans language institutions |
Abstract: | The South African Academy for Science and Arts' (Suid-Afrikaanse Akademie vir Wetenskap en Kuns) interest in opera predates the Second World War. However, this interest only became more active in the 1950s when the Academy played an indirect role, through the activities of its officials and its office, in promoting opera in South Africa. The Academy was particularly keen on presenting Italian and German operas in Afrikaans and encouraging opera by granting rewards to opera singers and conducters. The Academy eventually played a supporting role in establishing the four provincial councils for the performing arts in 1963. This article focuses on various efforts made to promote opera in Afrikaans and for the Afrikaans community. Notes, ref., sum. in English, text in Afrikaans. [Journal abstract] |