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[[Peter Rorke]] (19*-) Composer.
 
[[Peter Rorke]] (19*-) Composer.
  
Peter composed the music for a production of ''[[Die Jakkalsstreke van Scapino]]'' in 1958.
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He composed the comic opera ''[[Die Nuwe Dominee]]'' (1956) and, for television, the opera ''[[The Reluctant Corpse]]'' (1964).
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Peter composed the music for a production of ''[[Die Jakkalsstreke van Scapino]]'' in 1958.
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He was a founding member of the [[Pretoria Opera Group]] in 1956.
  
 
== Sources ==
 
== Sources ==
 
''[[Lantern]]'', 7(4):375-380. 1958.
 
''[[Lantern]]'', 7(4):375-380. 1958.
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[[Hilde Roos]]. 2010. 'Opera Production in the Western Cape: Strategies in Search of Indigenisation'. Unpublished PhD thesis. [[Stellenbosch University]].
  
 
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Peter Rorke (19*-) Composer.

He composed the comic opera Die Nuwe Dominee (1956) and, for television, the opera The Reluctant Corpse (1964).

Peter composed the music for a production of Die Jakkalsstreke van Scapino in 1958.

He was a founding member of the Pretoria Opera Group in 1956.

Sources

Lantern, 7(4):375-380. 1958.

Hilde Roos. 2010. 'Opera Production in the Western Cape: Strategies in Search of Indigenisation'. Unpublished PhD thesis. Stellenbosch University.

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