Peter van der Merwe (musicologist)

For other people named Peter van der Merwe, see Peter van der Merwe (disambiguation).

Peter van der Merwe is a self-taught musicologist,[1] author, and librarian. He was born in Cape Town, South Africa, and has written several books on the history of modern popular and 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.[2]

  1. ^ Frith, Simon (Winter, 1991). "The Good, The Bad, and the Indifferent", Diacritics, p.102, Vol. 21, No. 4, pp. 101–115. JSTOR.org.
  2. ^ Formally known as the Natal Society Library, which in April 2004 was integrated into the Msunduzi Municipality and became the Msunduzi Municipal Library. see the officially published information as to Msunduzi Municipal Library Services