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Konservatorium 1905-2005. Die Departement Musiek en die Konservatorium aan die Universiteit Stellenbosch by geleentheid van die Eeufees 1905-2005.

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Konservatorium 1905-2005. Die Departement Musiek en die Konservatorium aan die Universiteit Stellenbosch by geleentheid van die Eeufees 1905-2005. Edited by Izak Grove. Stellenbosch: SUN Press, 2005. [150 p. ISBN-10: 1-919980-67-9; ISBN-13: 978-1-919980-67-6. ZAR 200.] Illustrations, appendices.

The music department of the University of Stellenbosch turned one hundred years old in 2005, and is thus the oldest institution of its kind in South Africa. A centenary such as that demands a Festschrift, of course, and here it is. Its title in translation means "Konservatorium 1905-2005. The Department of Music and the Konservatorium at the University of Stellenbosch on the occasion of the centenary 1905-2005"--though the dates are not the only tautology here, for the Department of Music and the Konservatorium are really one and the same thing. After the standard words of greeting from the Chancellor, Vice-Chancellor, and Dean of Humanities, the book proceeds with a chronology of the "Conserve" (as it is generally known). There is then a broad variety of chapters on its various directors, its buildings and facilities, its instruments, its composers, its music library, and its academic programme. The book also offers a large number of photographs, ranging from the stock, staged photos of staff and/or students from 1930 to the present day, to more (or less) spontaneous shots of individuals. There are two appendices. The first is a list of staff from the hundred years in question, the second is another photo gallery, this time of the contributors to the book.

This Festschrift is very nicely produced, as one would expect from SUN Press--one of the newcomers to academic publishing in South Africa, but already one of the most innovative. There are quite a few typographical errors and the odd missing line of text (p. 64) that the editor should have...

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