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Showing 1 to 20 of 38 for “"African music"”.
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African music and its use in the school: an investigation
… to investigate the educational possibilities of African music in all schools. To the best of the author's knowledge, African music is almost completely ignored in most non-African schools in South Africa, and where it is taught, the essential elements which make the music "African" are almost …
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African music and its use in the school: an investigation
… to investigate the educational possibilities of African music in all schools. To the best of the author's knowledge, African music is almost completely ignored in most non-African schools in South Africa, and where it is taught, the essential elements which make the music "African" are almost …
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African music in the Methodist Church of Southern Africa : a case study in the Western Cape
This study is an appraisal of African Music within the Methodist Church of Southern Africa with particular reference to the Western Cape. I develop and amplify a pilot study 4 in order to provide a model for further research into African Music in the Methodist Church of Southern Africa. The subject …
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Dizu Zungula Mzikantu Plaatjies: Converging worlds of African Music at the University of Cape Town, 1992-2024
… Mzikantu Plaatjies, Emeritus Professor of African Music Performance at the University of Cape Town, is among South Africa’s foremost traditional artists and cultural historians. As the founder and leader of South Africa’s globally celebrated ensembles, Amampondo and Ibuyambo, Plaatjies has …
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How can emerging technology remedy the deficiency in robust enforcement mechanisms for digital copyright infringement within the South African music industry?
… digital copyright infringement within the South African music industry, which constant technology developments have worsened. The emergence of technology has been a dual-edged sword for the music industry. While it empowers musicians to reach vast consumers, it simultaneously simplifies and …
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Challenges of mainstreaming indigenous African music at intermediate phase (Grades 4-6) in South African primary schools: A Case Study of three schools in Gauteng Province, South Africa
Since its inception, the study of music in South African schools has been fashioned on Western Classical models. The change in orientation from the Eurocentric to the Afrocentric approach required that indigenous African music be accorded space in the curriculum. This study explores challenges in …
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Sekgapa : a culture-based study of a musical tradition of BaPedi women of Mailula, Mmamabolo district, Limpopo Province, South Africa
… a culture-based study of BaPedi women's Sekgapa Music.The Preface presents the topic, the research environment and methodology, a review of the existing literature, fieldwork 'protocol' and a synopsis of the first recording events. Chapter 1 provides a historical background to the music, whose …
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South African film music: representation of racial, cultural and national identities, 1931-1969
The thesis examines the role of music in South African film pertaining to representation of identity of South African peoples and cultures, from the country's earliest sound films until the industry expansion of the 1970s. Chapter 1 contextualizes the study in relation to South African film and …
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Paul Simon's "Graceland" and its social and political statements on apartheid in South Africa.
… during the apartheid. Simon's interest in South African music led him to record the album, which became a collaboration between South African popular music and American rock-and-roll music. Through the album, Simon makes a social statement, but because of the political issues within South Africa …
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The revival and revitalization of musical bow practice
… think on events which stimulated my interest in African musical bows. I grew up in a rural area in the Eastern Cape, historical home of the Xhosa-speaking people, and in which so much Xhosa traditional music has always been actively practiced. It seems hard to believe that musical bow performance …
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The revival and revitalization of musical bow practice in South Africa
This dissertation is a formal study of musical bow revivals in South Africa, based on an assessment of the instruments' historical and current usage, and functions. This study is also the inevitable result of my responses to certain musical experiences during the past three years, and which …
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Bassists of iKapa (the Cape) : a brief analysis of the development of the bass guitar in the musical genres of Mbaqanga and Ghoema in Cape Town, South Africa with a focus on the biographies and techniques of two of Cape Town's most prolific bassists, Spencer Mbadu and Gary Kriel
… of the Cape Town and, more largely, South African bass-playing fraternity. Unfortunately several bassists have passed away prior to the commencement of this thesis. Two of these bassists are Sammy Maritz and Johnny Gertze who both performed with Abdullah Ibrahim (previously known as Dollar …
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South African popular music of the 1980's and the role of the Graceland Project: A case of International (USA- RSA ) collaboration and co-production
… day and mounted a cross-cultural, multinational music project called Graceland. Although South African popular music can facilitate the prosperity of musicians, only few musicians have succeeded in fostering this aspect. Using popular music and pop culture Afrocentrism as frameworks, this study …
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The South African clarinet concerto : An examination of the clarinet genre within the South African context
In exploring the South African Clarinet Concerto, this discourse focusses on nine pieces that have been written within this genre and within the South African context. With this in mind, the aim is to look at each of these works, and then examine them from their points of origin, through to their …
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African art music for flute: a study of selected works by African composers
… an increase in the number of Western classical music performers actively programming works employing multi-cultural musical idioms. Though there exist many compositions by African composers, African art music is not often programmed by Western performers because of the lack of exposure these …
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Music development and hearing impairment : a case study of Evelyn Glennie
… aims to create an awareness amongst South African music educators about the musical potential of the hearing impaired. The qualitative research design included (a) structured and unstructured interviews with Evelyn Glennie, Lucinda Rutter, an educator of the hearing impaired, Ronel Davids, …
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The business of live music in South Africa and the jazz musician
… is to investigate how the business of music operates in the live music industry of South Africa in relation to the jazz musician;; also what systems are in place that assist, protect the rights of, and provide for, the jazz musician (bearing in mind that most jazz musicians double as …
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Copyright in the music industry: the protection of artists' rights against exploitation in South Africa
… once the biggest selling artists in the South African music industry have been witnessed to have no financial or other resources upon their death; or when they left the record labels they were signed to, their careers faded and they had nothing to their name. There have been numerous …
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Music for classical guitar by South African composers : a historical survey, notes on selected works and a general catalogue
This is the first comprehensive investigation of music for, or including, the classical guitar by South African composers. The focus of this research has been, firstly, to uncover as much of the repertoire as possible, and, secondly, to collate, study, catalogue and report on the information. A …
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Music as Embodied Action: Interfacing autonomous systems and rhythmical expression
… concerns a particular relationship between music practice, computer technology and the importance of rhythm as a vehicle of musical expression. The intention is to explore new technology to allow for computer-mediated improvisation of rhythmic forms that are derived from a consideration of …
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