Browsing Masters Degrees (Music) by Title
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Selling the war, surviving the war : the use of music during the border war.
(2009)This dissertation examines some of the numerous ways in which music can be put to use -
South African popular gospel music in the post-apartheid era : genre, production, mediation and consumption.
(2005)This dissertation studies South African popular 'Gospel' music in the context of the new order of the post-apartheid era. The four main focal points of the study are genre, production, mediation and consumption. The end ... -
A study on the creative processes of Ngalanga traditional music and dance from Mozambique: expressions of the Mozambican Chopi immigrant community of Clermont Township in Durban.
(2018)This study is an ethnographic enquiry on the creative processes engaged in ngalanga by a migrant community of Mozambicans in Clermont Township in Durban. It discusses how creative actions are conceived and applied to ... -
Stylistic principles in three chamber works by Bela Bartok with particular reference to the role of the piano.
(1990)The thesis discusses the following three works composed by Bartok between 1922 and 1938 : Sonata no. 2 for Violin and Piano, Rhapsody no. 1 for Violin and Piano and "Contrasts" for Violin, Clarinet and Piano. Details ... -
A survey of school music in South Africa.
(1987)Music in the curricula, music in the schools, supportive materials, and facilities were examined in six out of seven South African educational jurisdictions during the late 1970's. Official views were compared with what ... -
The symbolism of death in Arnold van Wyk's Five Elegies : an application of William Kimmel's theory concerning the Phrygian inflection.
(1991)Arnold van Wyk (1916 - 1983) frequently referred to the extramusical concepts of the elegiac, and of mournfulness, introspection and death when describing the intended content of his works. The import of these concepts ... -
The teaching of western music to Indian primary school children in Natal.
(1976)No abstract available. -
Tonality in the first book of Debussy's preludes
(1978)This paper attempts to explore the extent to which Rudolph Reti's concepts of melodic and harmonic tonality are useful in describing Debussy's Preludes. It is hoped that this work will provide a basis for the examination ... -
Towards a jazz education programme for the senior secondary schools in South Africa.
(1997)Abstract available in PDF. -
Towards a polyaesthetic approach to music education.
(1987)Taking as its central premise the contention that there are different ways of validly conceiving music's nature and value, this thesis aims to demonstrate the need for eclecticism in the formulation of a philosophy of ... -
Township music : the performance and compositional approaches of three neotraditional musicians in Durban.
(1998)The aim of this study has been to locate a subcultural aspect of neotraditional music performance, and relate this to the broader historical, social, political, economic, and cultural processes of lived experience. In ... -
Tracking the narrative : the poetics of identity in rap music and hip- hop culture in Cape Town.
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Transmitting historical practices to present reality : a biography and anthology of Brother Clement Sithole's music and work with Inyoni Kayiphumuli Children's Home.
(2005)This thesis is a detailed biographical review of Brother Clement Sithole's life (1). This thesis traces Brother Clement's musical development, his acquisition of indigenous musical knowledge, and his application of this ... -
The use of parody in Peter Maxwell Davies' Taverner and related works.
(1990)Parody is a concept central to much of the work of Peter Maxwell Davies. In this study the First Fantasia on an In Nomine by John Taverner, the Seven In Nomine, the Second Fantasia on an In Nomine by John Taverner and ... -
The voice of protest : urban black women : song and resistance in the 1980s.
(1994)In order to understand black women's socio-political role in the construction of, and participation in resistance culture, it is essential to look at the historic developments as a whole. To define women's social and ... -
Writing against exile : a chronotopic reading of the autobiographies of Miriam Makeba, Joe Mogotsi, and Hugh Masekela.
(2006)This dissertation analyses the autobiographies of Miriam Makeba, Joe Mogotsi and Hugh Masekela. The story of these formerly exiled musicians' lives as musicians who embodied the urbanising and eclectic black musical ethos ...