Only music research and archival enquiries
Music Archivist
Tel.: +27 11 712 8000
Fax: +27 86 683 5976
E-mail: samrofoundation@samro.org.za
E-mail: samroscores@samro.org.za
| Physical Address: | Postal Address: | |
| SAMRO Place 20 De Korte Street Braamfontein Johannesburg South Africa |
SAMRO P.O. Box 31609 Braamfontein 2017 South Africa |
Collections: 30
Potential acquisitions:
Schlossberg Collection of 78 sound recordings.
Consistent donations of individual items.
Audition Lists
Brochures
Correspondence
Financial documents
Indexes
Membership lists
Minutes
Music manuscripts
Musical instruments
Newsletters
Newspaper cuttings
Notes
Objets d’art (Paintings)
Periodicals
Photographs
Posters
Printed music
Programmes
Sound recordings (CDs; Sound cassettes; Videos)
Research projects (complete):
None.
Research projects (current):
Songlines, it starts with a heartbeat and digital futures.
Digitisation projects (complete):
None.
Digitisation projects (current):
IAM Transcriptions of indigenous music.
| Buckingham, Lesley | |
| Call number | - |
| Type | Folk music; Liturgical music; Western art music. |
| Extent | 3 pamphlet boxes. |
| Level of description | Unsorted. |
| Access | Uncatalogued. |
| Description Language(s) | - |
| Scope and content | Printed music. |
| Acquisition | By donation. |
| Notes | Standard European and English repertoire. |
| Correspondence (SAMRO) | |
| Call number | - |
| Type | African music; Western art music. |
| Extent | ca. 30 pamphlet boxes (3 m). |
| Level of description | Sorted. |
| Access | Uncatalogued. |
| Description Language(s) | - |
| Scope and content | Correspondence; Financial documents; Indexes; Newsletters; Notes. |
| Acquisition | By donation. |
| Notes | Includes 1 file of Obelisk [Music Publisher] Newsletters. |
| Cronje, Zane | |
| Call number | - |
| Type | Popular music. |
| Extent | 2 pamphlet boxes. |
| Level of description | Sorted. According to productions. |
| Access | Uncatalogued. |
| Description Language(s) | Afrikaans. |
| Scope and content | Music manuscripts (Fair copies). |
| Acquisition | By donation. |
| Notes | Compositions relating to respective television and film productions. |
| De Kock, M. | |
| Call number | - |
| Type | Western art music. |
| Extent | 2 pamphlet boxes. |
| Level of description | Unsorted. |
| Access | Uncatalogued. |
| Description Language(s) | - |
| Scope and content | Music manuscripts; Printed. |
| Acquisition | By donation. |
| Notes | - |
| De Waal, Carstens | |
| Call number | - |
| Type | Popular music. |
| Extent | 6 pamphlet boxes. |
| Level of description | Sorted. Arranged alphabetically according to title. |
| Access | Uncatalogued. |
| Description Language(s) | - |
| Scope and content | Music manuscripts (Lead sheets). |
| Acquisition | By donation. |
| Notes | - |
| Du Plessis, Hubert | |
| Call number | - |
| Type | Western art music. |
| Extent | 1 pamphlet box. |
| Level of description | Sorted. |
| Access | Uncatalogued. |
| Description Language(s) | - |
| Scope and content | Music manuscripts. |
| Acquisition | By donation. |
| Notes | - |
| Gouws, Hansie | |
| Call number | - |
| Type | Music education; Western art music. |
| Extent | 2 pamphlet boxes. |
| Level of description | Unsorted. |
| Access | Uncatalogued. |
| Description Language(s) | - |
| Scope and content | Music manuscripts (Fair copies). |
| Acquisition | By donation. |
| Notes | - |
| Harvey, Eva Noel | |
| Call number | - |
| Type | Western art music. |
| Extent | 3 pamphlet boxes. |
| Level of description | Unsorted. |
| Access | Uncatalogued. |
| Description Language(s) | - |
| Scope and content | Music manuscripts; Notes; Photographs; Printed music. |
| Acquisition | By donation. |
| Notes | - |
| Human Rights Oratorio | |
| Call number | F004 |
| Type | Western art music. |
| Extent | ca. 15 pamphlet boxes (1.5 m). |
| Level of description | Sorted. |
| Access | Electronic catalogue. |
| Description Language(s) | English. |
| Scope and content | Music manuscripts; Printed music. |
| Acquisition | By donation. |
| Notes | Combined work by South African composers: Stefans Grové, Peter Klatzow, Sipho Mabuse, Surendran Reddy, Hans Roosenschoon, Carl van Wyk and Jeanne Zaidel-Rudolph. |
| Huskisson, Yvonne | |
| Call number | - |
| Type | Western art music. |
| Extent | ca. 30 pamphlet boxes (3 m). |
| Level of description | Sorted. Arranged alphabetically. |
| Access | Uncatalogued. |
| Description Language(s) | Afrikaans. |
| Scope and content | Correspondence; Newspaper cuttings; Photographs. |
| Acquisition | By donation. |
| Notes | Photographs are located in steel cabinet with photograph collection. |
| Indigenous African Music transcriptions (IAM transcriptions) | |
| Call number | - |
| Type | African music. |
| Extent | ca. 50 items. |
| Level of description | Sorted. |
| Access | Catalogued. See IAM Transcriptions. |
| Description Language(s) | English |
| Scope and content | Printed music (PDF versions). |
| Acquisition | By donation. |
| Notes | Indigenous African music transcriptions. Continuous additions. |
| Labuschagne, Nick | |
| Call number | - |
| Type | Popular music. |
| Extent | 16 pamphlet boxes. |
| Level of description | Unsorted. |
| Access | Uncatalogued. |
| Description Language(s) | - |
| Scope and content | Music manuscripts. |
| Acquisition | By donation. |
| Notes | - |
| Lead Sheets | |
| Call number | - |
| Type | Popular music. |
| Extent | 112 pamphlet boxes. |
| Level of description | Sorted. Arranged alphabetically according to title. |
| Access | Uncatalogued. |
| Description Language(s) | - |
| Scope and content | Music manuscripts. |
| Acquisition | By donation. |
| Notes | - |
| Light Music | |
| Call number | AL[00000] |
| Type | Popular music. |
| Extent | ca. 3.5 m (unsorted); ca. 1.5 m (sorted). |
| Level of description | Sorted; Unsorted. Arranged alphabetically according to composer. |
| Access | Uncatalogued. |
| Description Language(s) | - |
| Scope and content | Music manuscripts; Printed music. |
| Acquisition | By donation. |
| Notes | - |
| Loots, Joyce | |
| Call number | - |
| Type | Western art music. |
| Extent | 3 pamphlet boxes. |
| Level of description | Unsorted. |
| Access | Uncatalogued. |
| Description Language(s) | - |
| Scope and content | Correspondence; Music manuscripts (Fair copies). |
| Acquisition | By donation. |
| Notes | - |
| Löwenherz, Ernst | |
| Call number | - |
| Type | Western art music. |
| Extent | 2 scrapbooks. |
| Level of description | Sorted. |
| Access | Uncatalogued. |
| Description Language(s) | - |
| Scope and content | Newspaper cuttings. |
| Acquisition | By donation. |
| Notes | - |
| Malan, Pierre | |
| Call number | - |
| Type | Western art music. |
| Extent | 1 pamphlet box. |
| Level of description | Unsorted. |
| Access | Uncatalogued. |
| Description Language(s) | - |
| Scope and content | Music manuscripts; Printed music. |
| Acquisition | By donation. |
| Notes | - |
| Mentz, Esther | |
| Call number | - |
| Type | Western art music. |
| Extent | 5 pamphlet boxes. |
| Level of description | Unsorted. |
| Access | Uncatalogued. |
| Description Language(s) | - |
| Scope and content | Printed music. |
| Acquisition | By donation. |
| Notes | - |
| Miller, Phillip | |
| Call number | - |
| Type | Western art music. |
| Extent | 170 pamphlet boxes (17 m). |
| Level of description | Unsorted. |
| Access | Uncatalogued. |
| Description Language(s) | - |
| Scope and content | Libretti; Monographs; Printed music; Sound recordings (Gramophone records). |
| Acquisition | By donation. |
| Notes | - |
| Musical Instruments (SAMRO) | |
| Call number | - |
| Type | - |
| Extent | ca. 14 items. |
| Level of description | Sorted. |
| Access | Uncatalogued. |
| Description Language(s) | - |
| Scope and content | Musical instruments. |
| Acquisition | By donation. |
| Notes | Specifically to accompany Allan Stephenson’s work, Morethetha wa Machaba. |
| Newspaper Cuttings (SAMRO) | |
| Call number | - |
| Type | African music; Music education; Popular music; Western art music. |
| Extent | 30 files. |
| Level of description | Sorted. Sorted according to date. |
| Access | Uncatalogued. |
| Description Language(s) | Afrikaans. |
| Scope and content | Music manuscripts; Notes; Printed music. |
| Acquisition | By donation. |
| Notes | - |
| Paintings (SAMRO) | |
| Call number | - |
| Type | African; Western art music. |
| Extent | ca. 15 items. |
| Level of description | Sorted. |
| Access | Uncatalogued. |
| Description Language(s) | - |
| Scope and content | Objets d’art (Paintings). |
| Acquisition | By donation. |
| Notes | - |
| Periodicals and Newsletters (SAMRO) | |
| Call number | - |
| Type | African music; Music education; Western art music. |
| Extent | ca. 10 pamphlet boxes (1 m). |
| Level of description | Unsorted. |
| Access | Uncatalogued. |
| Description Language(s) | - |
| Scope and content | Newsletters; Periodicals. |
| Acquisition | By donation. |
| Notes | - |
| Photographs (SAMRO) | |
| Call number | PH0001-PH0600 |
| Type | African music; Music education; Western art music. |
| Extent | 2 steel cabinets. |
| Level of description | Sorted. |
| Access | Electronic catalogue. Arranged alphabetically according to person or group. |
| Description Language(s) | English. |
| Scope and content | Photographs. |
| Acquisition | By donation. |
| Notes | - |
| Posters (SAMRO) | |
| Call number | - |
| Type | Music education; Western art music. |
| Extent | ca. 15 items. |
| Level of description | Sorted. |
| Access | Uncatalogued. |
| Description Language(s) | - |
| Scope and content | Posters. |
| Acquisition | By donation. |
| Notes | Competitions winners (Overseas Scholarships). |
| Printed Works (SAMRO) | |
| Call number | A[00000] (Serious Music) |
| Type | Western art music. |
| Extent | 10 pamphlet boxes (1 m). |
| Level of description | Sorted. |
| Access | Electronic catalogue. |
| Description Language(s) | English. |
| Scope and content | Printed music. |
| Acquisition | By donation. |
| Notes | - |
| SAMRO Bursaries and Overseas Scholarships | |
| Call number | - |
| Type | Western art music. |
| Extent | ca. 30 pamphlet boxes (3m). |
| Level of description | Sorted. Arranged according to date (year). |
| Access | Uncatalogued. |
| Description Language(s) | - |
| Scope and content | Brochures; Correspondence; Notes; Printed music; Sound recordings (CDs). |
| Acquisition | By donation. |
| Notes | - |
| Sound Recordings (SAMRO) | |
| Call number | CD[0000] (CDs); SM[0000] (Sound Cassettes) |
| Type | African music; Popular music; Western art music. |
| Extent | 4 steel cabinets. |
| Level of description | Sorted. |
| Access | Electronic catalogue. |
| Description Language(s) | English. |
| Scope and content | Sound recordings (CDs; Sound cassettes). |
| Acquisition | By donation. |
| Notes | - |
| Van Rensburg, Louis | |
| Call number | - |
| Type | Popular music. |
| Extent | 1 pamphlet box. |
| Level of description | Unsorted. |
| Access | Uncatalogued. |
| Description Language(s) | - |
| Scope and content | Notes; Printed music. |
| Acquisition | By donation. |
| Notes | - |
| Western Art Music (SAMRO) | |
| Call number | A[0000] |
| Type | Western art music. |
| Extent | ca. 360 pamphlet boxes (36 m). |
| Level of description | Sorted. |
| Access | Electronic catalogue. |
| Description Language(s) | English. |
| Scope and content | Music manuscripts; Printed music. |
| Acquisition | By donation. |
| Notes | - |
