Roelof Temmingh

Roelof Temmingh refers to two people:

Roelof Temmingh senior - musician.

His son, Roelof Temmingh (1946-2012) - composer.

TEMMINGH, Roelof (1913-?). Musician and composer.

Biography

Temmingh, born in Gorinchem in the Netherlands in 1913, was a music teacher and organist. In February 1958, the Temmingh family immigrated to South Africa and settled in Griekwastad, in the Cape Province.

Contribution to SA theatre, film, media and/or performance

He composed the operettas, Die Nagtegaal (1964) and En Jy Ly Skade Aan Jou Siel (1965).

TEMMINGH, Roelof (1946-2012). South African composer of mostly classical music.

Biography

Brother of composer and academic Henk Temmingh and conductor Lykele Temmingh.

Career

Lecturer in composition and musicology in the Music Department at Stellenbosch University from 1973 and appointed Associate Professor in 1992.

Contribution to SA theatre, film, media and/or performance

Temmingh composed the following operas (with Michael Williams as librettist):

• Enoch, Prophet of God (1995)
• Sacred Bones (1997)
• Buchuland (1998)

Sources

Wayne Muller. 2018. A reception history of opera in Cape Town: Tracing the development of a distinctly South African operatic aesthetic (1985–2015). Unpublished PhD thesis.

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 Unpublished PhD thesis.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

Gerhardus Stephanus Scheepers. 2019. 'The Life and Work of Roelof Temmingh (1946-2012): A conductor's guide to selected works'. Unpublished Doctoral thesis (Doctor of Musical Arts). University of Washington.

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