Browsing Masters Degrees (Music) by Issue Date
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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 ... -
The mangalam and its significance to Indian South Africans in Kwazulu Natal.
(1999)Weddings have always been an indispensable and auspicious part of Hindu life both in South Africa and in India. This study is an examination of one aspect of Hindu weddings, viz. the vocal and sometimes instrumental recital ... -
The role of music in the Hindi Shiksha Sangh (South Africa).
(1999)The promotion of the Hindi language by the Hindi Shiksha Sangh (South Africa) has dominated the cultural life of the majority of Hindi-speaking Hindus in South Africa for over fifty years. This study concerns itself with ... -
Tracking the narrative : the poetics of identity in rap music and hip- hop culture in Cape Town.
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Politics, production and process : discourses on tradition in contemporary maskanda.
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Jazz education for post-apartheid South Africa.
(2001)This essay has two primary purposes: (1) to make a case for jazz education and (2) to suggest ways in which jazz education can more prominently and profitably feature in post-Apartheid South African education. Justifying ... -
Profiling an intermediate phase music educator in the context of the South African national curriculum and outcomes based education.
(2004)The primary intention of this study is to develop a profile of the kind of educator that is needed for effective music education in the Intermediate Phase. Obviously, the primary framework necessary for such a study is ... -
Local is lekker? : a study of the perceptions of contemporary South African popular music among Durban adolescents at five culturally diverse schools in the greater Durban area.
(2005)Is local lekker? This study looks at the perceptions the youth in Durban hold towards local music. Through a study of the Grade 11 learners at Bonela Secondary, Gelofte Skool, Hillcrest High School, Thomas More College ... -
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 burning ground : a portfolio of compositions with music and sound design for "gammaKhozi" the VLS game.
(2005)No abstract available. -
Acoustic ambience in cinematography : an exploration of the descriptive and emotive impact of the descriptive and emotive impact of the aural environment.
(2005)Ambience is deftned by the American Heritage Dictionary as "the special atmosphere or mood created by a particular environment" This definition reveals the ubiquitous and ambiguous identity of acoustic ambience, as ...