Michael Mosoue Moerane, pianist, choirmaster and composer, is born in Gumtree, Basutoland (now Lesotho). He died in Gumtree in

Michael Mosoeu  Moerane, composer, teacher, pianist and conductor, is born in Mangoanaleng, Matatiele, Eastern Cape. He died in Bloemfontein in January, 1980. His siblings included Manasseh Tebatso Moerane and Epainette Mbeki, and he was uncle to Thabo Mbeki and Marumo Moerane. He was the first African BMus graduate in South Africa (1941) and remains the most popular Africa choral composer in Southern Africa, through works such as Sylvia, Ruri, Matlala, Moerane Tlake and Della.