Browsing Masters Degrees (Music) by Issue Date
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The morphology of texture and style in the minuet movements of Haydn's keyboard trios.
(1991)Haydn wrote approximately forty-five keyboard Trios between 1760 and 1796. About fifteen of them date from his youth and the rest from the later part of his creative life. This study traces the changes in the Minuet-type ... -
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 ... -
Afrikaans alternative popular music, 1986-1990 : an analysis of the music of Bernoldus Niemand and Johannes Kerkorrel.
(1992)No abstract available. -
Pennywhistle kwela : a musical, historical and socio-political analysis.
(1993)This thesis is an exploration of the history of the pennywhistle in black South African popular music, the most important style to evolve around this instrument being kwela music. An analysis of kwela is conducted from ... -
A portfolio of jazz compositions and arrangements [music manuscript].
(1993)No abstract available. -
Afro-American folklore and its presence in George Gershwin's "Porgy and Bess".
(1993)This is a detailed study of Afro-American folklore and its presence in George Gershwin' s Porgy And Bess. The study concerns itself with the historical, spiritual, analytical and sociological aspects of the opera. Negro ... -
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 ... -
A collection of African and Indian children's songs with activities for intercultural music education in South Africa.
(1994)The aim of this study is to present a collection of indigenous African and Indian songs with accompanying activities. While both groups of songs derive from an oral tradition I have notated the songs in order to make ... -
Music and spirituality in the Sai movement : a case study of the Isipingo Sai Centre.
(1995)No abstract available. -
From rock'n'roll to hard core punk : an introduction to rock music in Durban, 1963-1985.
(1995)This thesis introduces the reader to rock music in Durban from 1963 to 1985, tracing the development of rock in Durban from rock'n'roll to hard core punk. Although the thesis is historically orientated, it also endeavours ... -
Intercultural music education in South Africa : introducing gumboot dance to the classroom.
(1996)No abstract available. -
The orchestral tradition amongst Indian South Africans in Durban between 1935 and 1970.
(1996)During the mid-thirties, a tradition of music-making began amongst South Africans of Indian origin that dominated the cultural life of the majority of Indian South Africans for about forty years. This study concerns itself ... -
Towards a jazz education programme for the senior secondary schools in South Africa.
(1997)Abstract available in PDF. -
An approach to music education in the final phase of high school : possibilities suggested by the learning that took place in a student band playing original, popular music.
(1998)In South Africa, both the paradigm for music education and the music syllabus need to change: music teachers need to correct and compensate for the consequences of the Apartheid system of the past, and they need to meet ... -
The church as a site for non-formal music education : a case study of Bethesda Temple, Durban.
(1998)Much of the research undertaken on music education in South Africa has been concerned with formal music education and its application in the classroom. In spite of the fact that the majority of South Africans have had ... -
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 ...