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Showing 1 to 19 of 19 for “"Indigenous music"”.
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A descriptive analysis of indigenous Xitsonga music dance compound: A musicological approach
It has been shown that indigenous music and dance can help one to vividly fathom the behaviour, values and morals of particular cultural groups, they perform their music and dance for various reasons. For instance, there are songs for hoeing, weeding, reaping, for children, of mockery, during game, …
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Gershwin's Fascinating Rhythm: The Rise of the Jazz Musical
… an indelible mark on the arts, allowing the only indigenous music to arise, jazz. In the transitory period following the war, it was George Gershwin who paved the way for jazz to become America's only indigenous music. Yet, the current definition of jazz is so racially polarized that it has lost …
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Children's Playground Music as Cultural Expressions in Ghanaian Schools
… discusses some Ghanaian cultural values and music pedagogy that are embedded in children's playground repertoire. After 4 months of fieldwork I analyzed a body of children's playground repertoire in terms of cultural values, artistry and imagination, and contemporary and religious influences. …
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From the Ground Up: Journeys Through the Leitrim Landscape
… political resistance, pre-Christian rituals and indigenous music. This research explores Leitrim’s rural landscape as a site of subjugated or outmoded knowledge, as well as a site of deep-rooted tensions: old/new; local/global; native/foreigner etc. These forms of knowledge and counter-hegemonic …
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The role of indegenous music and games in the promotion of cognitive developement in Zambian children in Senanga and Shangombo Districts of Western Province
… present study was designed to assess the role of indigenous music and games in the promotion of cognitive development in Zambian children with specific focus on Western Province of Zambia as the area of study. Using an ethnographic approach, the study involved 44 participants using purposive …
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A critical analysis of dinaka : a Moletjie Village case study
… focuses on dinaka - one of the Northern Sotho indigenous music/dance genres, as practiced by the people of Moletjie village, near Polokwane in the Lim-popo Province of South Africa. The history and origin of the people of Moletjie vil-lage is discussed briefly, as a way of providing background …
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Global Conversation: A Meeting Between Taiwanese Folk Song and Jazz, on the Model of Nils Landgren’s Swedish Folk Modern
The album Swedish Folk Modern (ACT Music 1998) was a creation by Swedish jazz musician Nils Landgren (trombone) and Esbjörn Svensson (piano). This recording combined selected Swedish folk melodies with jazz improvisation and furthered the richness of the original melodies within a duo setting. The …
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Guia practico for piano by Heitor Villa-Lobos : a performance edition with critical notes and commentary
… composers, known for his distinct combination of indigenous music, European musical training and Brazilian folk music. In addition to his career as a composer, Villa-Lobos was involved with music education in Brazil. He was the chair of SEMA (Superintendence of Musical and Artistic Education). …
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An analysis of stylistic elements and challenges of technique and improvisation in three late piano works by Surendran Reddy (1962–2010)
… stylistic approach. The fusion of Western art music, jazz, contemporary and indigenous music from various parts of the world ensued in a distinctive compositional style, which he termed clazz. Three of his shorter late piano compositions, namely African Funk for Felix (2005), Ballad for Thomas …
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Music Culture and the Self-Presentation of Indigenous Musicians on Social Media in Contemporary Taiwan
The purpose of this research was to provide an indigenous perspective of popular culture in Taiwan as a means to re-examine Taiwanese contemporary identity. In-depth qualitative interviews and digital ethnography were adopted to collect data about indigenous musicians' self-presentation on social …
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Reimagining Shakespeare: A Journey through Vishal Bhardwaj's Trilogy
… as regional dialects, traditional clothing, and indigenous music. The research thus contributes significantly to the fields of Shakespeare and Performance Studies, Adaptation Studies, and Film Studies. As it situates Bhardwaj’s trilogy within the broader discourse of non-Anglophone and …
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Implications of African Pianism on the arrangement and Orchestration of mmino
… styles, song structures, and the usage of musical instruments. As a result, songs become a repository of cultural identity, reflecting an artistic sense of logic and embodying cultural lore, ethos, and ways of understanding. The dissemination of indigenous knowledge predominantly relies on …
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Evoked emotional responses in the performance practices of selected Yorùbá dùndún ensembles
… the communication of emotion through dùndún music of the Yorùbá ethnic group of Nigeria. The two-pronged focus is on (a) the strategies that dùndún performers employ to potentially arouse emotions in their listeners, and (b) the responses elicited in the listeners. The study is situated in …
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A chronicle of cultural transformation: ethnography of Badagry Ogu musical practices
This thesis examines the musical practices of Badagry Ogu people from both historical and contemporary perspectives and provides strategies for their further integration into the changing social and economic landscape characteristic of 21st-century Lagos. Badagry emerged as a Nigerian town …
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The Processes of Learning and Teaching Cimbveka: Enhancing Music Education Practices in Primary Schools of the Southern Region of Mozambique
… cimbveka as part of Mozambican Copi people's indigenous music as well as the processes involved in teaching and learning the music. Cimbveka is an entertainment genre of traditional reed-pipe music that integrates song ('ndando). The reed pipes are played and the song performed …
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Re-centering Indigenous Knowledge Systems into Contemporary Jazz Bass
… aims to determine how one can incorporate indigenous music and performance practices into contemporary jazz using the double bass and bass guitar as tools for mediation. It specifically investigates the Southern African and the Middle-Eastern regions via the Indian Ocean connection. This …
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Heitor Villa-Lobos's Use of Indigenous Brazilian Musical Elements in the Sonata-Fantasia No. 2 for Violin and Piano
… Villa-Lobos (1887-1959) was fascinated with the indigenous cultures of his country, Brazil. This study analyzes indigenous elements that make up major portions of his Sonata-Fantasia No. 2 for Violin and Piano (1914). The work was published early in his compositional career when he did not have …