| Intro | South African musicologist |
| Is | Musicologist |
| From | South Africa |
| Type |
Academia Music |
| Gender | male |
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.