NATIONAL LIBRARY OF SOUTH AFRICA
Cape Town campus
Reference department:
Najwa Hendrickse (Cape Town)
Tel.: +27 21 487 5624/5625
E-mail: najwa.hendrickse@nlsa.ac.za
Special Collections department
Melanie Geustyn (Cape Town)
Tel.: +27 21 487 5619/5620
E-mail: melanie.geustyn@nlsa.ac.za
Cape Town:
Tel.: +(27) 21 424 6320 (switchboard)
Fax: +(27) 21 423 3359
E-mail: info@nlsa.ac.za
E-mail: specialcollections@nlsa.ac.za
| Physical Address: | Postal Address: | |
| The National Library of South Africa 5 Queen Victoria Street Cape Town South Africa |
The National Library of South Africa P.O. Box 496 Cape Town 8000 South Africa |
Cape Town
Pretoria campus
Tel.: +(27) 12 401 9700 (switchboard)
Tel.: +(27) 12 401 9725/9741 (Reference department)
E-mail: infodesk@nlsa.ac.za
| Physical Address: | Postal Address: | |
| The National Library of South Africa 228 Johannes Ramokhoase (Proes) Street Pretoria 0001 South Africa |
The National Library of South Africa Private Bag X990 Pretoria 0001 South Africa |
Pretoria
Collections: 7
Potential acquisitions:
None.
Broadcasts
Brochures
Correspondence
Monographs
Music manuscripts
Newspaper cuttings
Notes
Periodicals
Photographs
Printed music
Programmes
Scrapbooks
Sketch books
Sound recordings (Gramophone records)
Research projects (complete):
None.
Research projects (current):
Retrospective cataloguing of periodicals and newspapers.
Retrospective cataloguing of monographs nearing completion.
Digitisation projects (complete):
None.
Digitisation projects (current):
None.
| Armstrong, John | |
| Call number | JA 780 + Dewey number |
| Type | Western art music. |
| Extent | ca. 3238 items. |
| Level of description | Sorted. |
| Access | Card catalogue. |
| Description Language(s) | English. |
| Scope and content | Music manuscripts; Printed music. |
| Acquisition | By donation. |
| Notes | Vocal music. See National Library of South Africa Online Catalogue (WorldCat). |
| Grey, George | |
| Call number | G - |
| Type | Liturgical music; Western art music. |
| Extent | ca. 5000 items. |
| Level of description | Sorted. |
| Access | Printed list and catalogued (electronic on WorldCat). |
| Description Language(s) | English. |
| Scope and content | Brochures; Monographs; Music manuscripts; Notes; Periodicals. |
| Acquisition | By donation. |
| Notes | Contains some music. Includes early editions. See National Library of South Africa Online Catalogue. |
| Kramer, Hans | |
| Call number | MSC 81 |
| Type | Western art music. |
| Extent | 46 pamphlet boxes. |
| Level of description | Sorted. |
| Access | Printed list. |
| Description Language(s) | English. |
| Scope and content | Broadcasts; Correspondence; Music manuscripts; Newspaper cuttings; Notes; Photographs; Programmes; Scrapbooks. |
| Acquisition | By donation. |
| Notes | Includes material relating to the 'Cape Town Concert Club'. |
| Legal Deposit Collection | |
| Call number | AfrMus - |
| Type | African music; Folk music; Liturgical music; Military music; Music education; Popular music; Western art music. |
| Extent | ca. 5290 items. |
| Level of description | Sorted. |
| Access | Card catalogue (composer and title). Electronic catalogue. |
| Description Language(s) | English. |
| Scope and content | Monographs; Periodicals; Printed music. |
| Acquisition | By donation. |
| Notes | See National Library of South Africa Online Catalogue (WorldCat). |
| Description Language(s) | English. |
| Scope and content | Monographs; Periodicals; Printed music. |
| Acquisition | By donation. |
| Notes | - |
| Perkins Collection | |
| Call number | P + Accession year |
| Type | Western art music. |
| Extent | ca. 140 556 items. |
| Level of description | Sorted. |
| Access | Card catalogue. Electronic catalogue. |
| Description Language(s) | English. |
| Scope and content | Monographs. |
| Acquisition | By donation. |
| Notes | General collection for non-Africana items. See National Library of South Africa Online Catalogue (WorldCat). |
| Robertson, Marian | |
| Call number | - |
| Type | Western art music. |
| Extent | 34 pamphlet boxes. |
| Level of description | Sorted. |
| Access | Card catalogue. |
| Description Language(s) | English. |
| Scope and content | Music manuscripts; Printed music. |
| Acquisition | By donation. |
| Notes | See also Marian Robertson Collection at University of Cape Town (UCT): Rare Books & Special Collections. |
| Sound Recordings (NLSA) | |
| Call number | - |
| Type | Western art music. |
| Extent | 78 items. |
| Level of description | Sorted. |
| Access | Card catalogue. |
| Description Language(s) | English. |
| Scope and content | Sound recordings (Gramophone records). |
| Acquisition | By donation. |
| Notes | Located in Government Publications section. |
