Peter van der Merwe

Peter van der Merwe

Peter van der Merwe was born in Cape Town, South Africa. He is a musicologist, author, and librarian at the Natal Society Library. He has written several books on the history of modern classical music. He studied at the College of Music at the University of Cape Town. He also works as a cataloguer at the municipal library in Pietermaritzburg.

Bibliography

*(1989). "Origins of the Popular Style: The Antecedents of Twentieth-Century Popular Music". Oxford: Clarendon Press. ISBN 0-19-316121-4.
*(2005) "Roots of the Classical: the Popular Origins of Western Music". ISBN 0198166478 [http://www.us.oup.com/us/catalog/general/subject/Music/MusicHistoryWestern/?view=usa&ci=9780198166474]


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