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| Composer : | Parry, Joseph (1841 - 1903) | ||
| Instrumentation : | Flute solo | ||
| Style : | Hymn - Sacred | ||
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| Publisher : | Lewis, Alastair | ||
| Copyright : | Copyright © 2011 Alastair Lewis | ||
| Added by alastair-lewis, 21 Oct 2011 This piece for solo flute has a time signature of 4/4. The key is C major. It is an easy piece to play. "Nkosi Sikelel' iAfrika" appeared first as a hymn in 1897 when it was written by Enoch Sontonga, a teacher a Methodist mission school in Johannesburg. The title is written in a South African indigenous language, Xhosa, and means "Lord Bless Africa". The hymn was written to a tune by the Welsh composer, Joseph Parry, called "Aberystwyth". In 1925 it was adopted as the anthem of the African National Congress, and became a symbol of the anti-apartheid movement. It was also a pan-African liberation anthem, and was later adopted as the national anthem by Namibia, Zimbabwe, Zambia, and Tanzania after independence (Zimbabwe and Namibia have subsequently adopted new anthems). | |||
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