Tune: [Amen siakudumisa]

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[Amen siakudumisa]

Composer: S. C. Molefe
Published in 40 hymnals

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	We Are God's Family

Composer: S. C. Molefe

Stephen Cuthbert Molefe (1917-1987)-- Since most African languages are tonal, a melodic shape emerges directly from speaking the text. Stephen Molefe was among the first South African musicians that Fr. Dargie worked with in these workshops. Molefe was born of Sotho descent in the Transkei area of the Eastern Cape Province, South Africa. A choirmaster at the Catholic Church, he was not only a skilled musician but also fluent in a variety of South African languages including Sotho, Xhosa, Zulu, Tswana, Afrikaans and English. Fr. Dargie met Molefe in 1977 at a composition workshop and transcribed a number of his works into staff notation. They include a wide variety of musical styles, “Masithi-Amen” being among the simplest.… Go to person page >

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Tune Information

Title:	[Amen siakudumisa]
Composer:	S. C. Molefe
Place Of Origin:	South Africa
Meter:	Irregular
Incipit:	33333 21244 44432
Key:	F Major
Source:	South African;George Mxadana (as taught by)
Copyright:	© Lumko Institute, South Africa

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Amen Siakudumisa

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