 For this occasion he composed his so-called Wedding Cantata (Huwelikskantate).They wished to further their music studies in Vienna from January 1954, but first would undertake a tour of Europe.As a result they departed for London in September 1953 with individual two-year music bursaries of £25 per annum awarded by the Federasie van Afrikaanse Kultuurverenigings (FAK – Federation of Afrikaans Cultural Unions).