Preceded by first Role Composer Name Cromwell Everson | Spouse(s) Hermine Succeeded by none | |
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Children Katrienka, Ludwig and Melina Profession Classical music composer Died June 11, 1991, Durban, South Africa Education |
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Cromwell Everson (28 September 1925 – 11 June 1991) was primarily known as a composer during his lifetime. He was brought up as an Afrikaner by his mother, Maria De Wit and father, Robert Everson. He continued this tradition and all his children were brought up as Afrikaners.
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- Vier liedfedsliedjies four lovesongs cromwell everson colleen philp soprano
- Education
- Opera
- Choral
- Song Cycles
- Solo Songs
- Orchestral
- Chamber Music
- Solo Works
- Electro Acoustical Works
- References
Everson wrote the first Afrikaans opera, and most of his other vocal works were in Afrikaans. His works consist of five sonatas, a trio, an opera, a set of inventions, four song-cycles, a piano suite, miscellaneous movements for the piano and guitar and an incomplete symphony and string quartet.
During Everson's career in Worcester, Western Cape he also gave music lessons to the musician David Kramer.
For his Afrikaans opera Everson received in 2007 a posthumous acknowledgement from the ATKV (Afrikaans Language- and Cultural society).
Education
Opera
Choral
Song Cycles
- Nagliedjie (N. P. van Wyk Louw)
- Net altyd jy (N. P. van Wyk Louw)
- Nooit Nog (W. E. G. Louw)
- Dennebosse (N. P. van Wyk Louw).
- By alle skone dinge (N. P. van Wyk Louw)
- Drie Bome (Uys Krige)
- Die Karnaval sal eindig (I. Rousseau)
- Boer (D. J. Opperman)
- Hael (D. J. Opperman)
- Wat kan ek jou gee? (N. P. van Wyk Louw)
- Nagrit (I. Rousseau)
Solo Songs
Orchestral
Chamber Music
First complete performance 8 April 1978, SABC Concert Studio Sea Point, Cape Town. First radio broadcast performance 20 July 1971 (SABC).