Rosa Nepgen

Rosa Nepgen
Nepgen and her husband W.E.G. Louw
Born
Rosa Sophia Cornelia Nepgen

(1909-12-12)12 December 1909
Died14 February 2000(2000-02-14) (aged 90)
Occupationcomposer
SpouseW.E.G. Louw

Rosa Sophia Cornelia Nepgen (Barkly East, Cape Colony, 12 December 1909 – Stellenbosch, South Africa, 14 February 2000) was a South African composer. The bulk of her oeuvre consists of settings of Afrikaans poems for voice and piano, including numerous songs with lyrics by her husband, W.E.G. Louw, and his brother the poet N.P. van Wyk Louw.