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An investigation into the effectiveness of using headphones with integrated microphones to simulate concert hall acoustics for musicians in small acoustic environments
(Stellenbosch : Stellenbosch University, 2018-03)ENGLISH ABSTRACT: In this thesis fifty-one musicians participated in a structured interview testing the effectiveness of a headset simulating the acoustics of a concert hall known to the participants. A prototype headset ...
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Encountering Bheki Mseleku: a Biographical-analytical consideration of his life and music
(2018-03)ENGLISH ABSTRACT: This thesis presents a study of one of the seminal figures in South African jazz, Bheki Mseleku (1955-2008). Born in South Africa, Mseleku is notable for his compositions, virtuosic pianism, recordings ...
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An investigation into the motivation of South African orchestral musicians studying at tertiary level
(Stellenbosch : Stellenbosch University, 2018-03)ENGLISH ABSTRACT: The conductor of an orchestra or ensemble plays an important role in the motivation of orchestral musicians. It is commonly known that musicians in orchestras work in highly pressured environments which ...
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Training the string player’s ear: a comparative study
(Stellenbosch : Stellenbosch University, 2018-03)ENGLISH ABSTRACT: The aural training offered to string instrumentalists in tertiary education is the focus of this investigation. Knowledge of sound and directed application of aural skills have been shown to have a positive ...
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Organ tuition for beginners without previous keyboard skills: a critical evaluation of four published methods against the background of initial piano tuition and general organ pedagogy
(Stellenbosch : Stellenbosch University, 2018-03)ENGLISH ABSTRACT: There exists a general opinion that anyone who wishes to start with organ lessons first has to reach a certain level of competency in piano playing. This viewpoint is confirmed by the majority of sources ...
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Interrogating the own: a practise-based, auto-ethnographic reflection on musical creation with reference to the work of Abdullah Ibrahim, Zim Ngqawana and Kyle Shepherd
(Stellenbosch : Stellenbosch University, 2018-03)ENGLISH ABSTRACT: This thesis examines my artistic practice as musician, improviser and composer as a research process. Auto-ethnographic reflections on my performances, whether on the jazz bandstand, in the recording ...
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A study of the antecedents of purchase intent at the Endler Concert Series
(Stellenbosch : Stellenbosch University, 2018-03)ENGLISH ABSTRACT: Globally, the performing arts industry, and in particular the classical music performing arts industry, is challenged to maintain and grow audience attendance. The Endler Concert Series, a classical music ...
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Anton Goosen se bydrae tot die Afrikaanse luisterliedjie
(Stellenbosch : Stellenbosch University, 2018-03)ENGLISH ABSTRACT: The popular Afrikaans music industry of the late seventies was characterised by a number of musical developments. This study focuses on these developments, with specific reference to the songs on Anton ...
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Dizu Plaatjies and the Amampondo : music, agency and social transformation
(Stellenbosch : Stellenbosch University, 2018-03)ENGLISH ABSTRACT: Using different concepts that include Arjun Appadurai’s (2004) “capacity to aspire”, Pierre Bourdieu’s (1990) “habitus”, Clifford Geertz’s (1973b) “thick description” and Christopher Small’s (1998) ...
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A case study of orchestration techniques in Primavera by Arnold van Wyk
(Stellenbosch : Stellenbosch University, 2018-03)ENGLISH ABSTRACT: Primavera is an orchestral suite by the South African composer, Arnold van Wyk, which was first performed at South Africa’s last Union Festival in 1960. After the first performance, Van Wyk had continuously ...
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Mastering paradigms: A South African perspective
(Stellenbosch : Stellenbosch Universtiy, 2018-03)ENGLISH ABSTRACT: Mastering is considered to be an improtant and necessary step in audio production. However the exact definition and role of mastering is uncertain. This study aimed at exploring the concept of mastering in ...
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Towards lifelong musical enjoyment: The application of the Self-Determination Theory and musical understanding during individual instrumental lessons
(Stellenbosch : Stellenbosch University, 2017-12)ENGLISH ABSTRACT: Music learners, in some cases, cease the learning of their musical instruments. This may be due to various factors. However, many of the reasons can be associated with diminished enjoyment. For learners ...
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Die verband tussen vroee apartheidsintellektualisering, Afrikanermusiekhistoriografie en die ontluiking van 'n apartheidsestetika in die toonkuns
(LitNet, 2011-12)Epistemologiese afhanklikheid van Europese verwysingspunte kenmerk dikwels analitiese modelle van Suid-Afrikaanse kunsmusiek en kunsmusiekhistoriografie. ’n Tipiese voorbeeld is die beskrywing van Stefans Grové se musikale ...
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Seks, ras en boeremusiek : agter die retoriek van gebrekkige sanglus by die 1938-Voortrekkereeufees
(LitNet, 2014-08)In 20ste-eeuse besinnings oor die “kultuuraard” van die Afrikaner word daar meermale melding gemaak van wit Afrikaners se sogenaamde gebrek aan sanglus. In 1938 – die jaar van die Voortrekkereeufees – het hierdie gesprek ...
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Albert Troskie: Bydraes tot Kerkmusiek in Suid-Afrika
(Stellenbosch : Stellenbosch University, 2017-03)ENGLISH ABSTRACT: The name Albert Troskie is for many organists synonymous with the Southern African Church Organists’ Association (known by the Afrikaans acronym SAKOV). Since founding SAKOV in 1980, Troskie has made ...
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Die gebruik van die RRDI deur minder ervare sangonderwysers vir die kies van Suid-Afrikaanse lied repertorium vir sangeresse
(Stellenbosch : Stellenbosch University, 2017-03)ENGLISH ABSTRACT: Singing teachers need fundamental knowledge to be able to make good repertoire choices. There is, however, no standard model or procedure, according to which these choices can be made. Less skilled singing ...
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A framework for the development of a contemporary string teacher
(Stellenbosch : Stellenbosch University, 2017-03)ENGLISH ABSTRACT: This research focused on the identification of weaknesses in the training of string teachers. A desk study was conducted using the assessment syllabi for string teaching qualifications of the Associated ...
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The life of Raffaele Trevisani, and his contribution to modern day flute pedagogy
(Stellenbosch : Stellenbosch University, 2017-03)ENGLISH ABSTRACT: The Italian born concert flutist and pedagogue, Raffaele Trevisani (born in 1955), is arguably one of the best-known flutists and pedagogues in Europe at present. During his career, he has directly and ...
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Manifestations of ‘langarm’: from colonial roots to contemporary practies.
(Stellenbosch : Stellenbosch University, 2017-03)ENGLISH ABSTRACT: Use of the term ‘Langarm’ by various cultural groups in South Africa has tended to problematize the meaning of the term and therefore precipitated research into the term’s relation to Ballroom dancing ...
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Die Komponiste van Genadendal
(Stellenbosch : Stellenbosch University, 2017-02-21)ENGLISH ABSTRACT: Die sendingstasie van Genadendal, geleë in die Overberg streek, het ’n musikale erfenis wat in Morawiese kerktradisies gewortel is. Alhoewel die kerkmusiek-beoefening in Genadendal veral bekend is, was ...
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The Cape Town Philharmonic Orchestra's Youth Development & Education Programme and its contribution to transformation and diversity within the CPO
(Stellenbosch : Stellenbosch University, 2017-03)ENGLISH ABSTRACT: Orchestras worldwide are faced with challenges relating to sustainability; orchestras in South Africa are no exception. In addition to their core business of performing across diverse genres, South African ...
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An investigation into passenger car drivers' preferences in loudness between dynamic and compressed musical recordings
(Stellenbosch : Stellenbosch University, 2017-03)ENGLISH ABSTRACT: New international broadcasting legislation and the implementation thereof by online platforms such as YouTube and online music retailers such as iTunes, are bringing an end to the over-compressed music ...
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Don Giovanni Alla breve - retaining authenticity in Lorenzo Da Ponte's libretto?
(2017-03)ENGLISH ABSTRACT: Don Giovanni Alla Breve forms part of a new venture into opera performance that eliminates all the recitativi secchi from the original work and replaces it with English, Afrikaans and Xhosa dialogue. ...
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An Investigation into the Extraction of Melodic and Harmonic Features from Digital Audio
(Stellenbosch : Stellenbosch University, 2017-03)ENGLISH ABSTRACT: Approaches towards musical pitch analysis by software are presented with unique interpretative challenges in the inherent complexity of presenting results that are not only adequate for scientific ...
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Reflections on Music and Deutschtum in Namibia
(Stellenbosch : Stellenbosch University, 2016-12)ENGLISH ABSTRACT: This thesis examines music-making through the lens of Deutschtum and the construction of a Heimat in South West Africa/Namibia. The research is concerned with how German musicking took root in German ...
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Surendran Reddy, Master of Clazz
(Stellenbosch : Stellenbosch University, 2016-12)ENGLISH ABSTRACT: Surendran Reddy (1962 – 2010) was held in high esteem as a composer, classical and jazz pianist and was awarded many commissions during his life. He was specifically known for his unique composition style ...
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Making a game of chess sound
(2016-12)ENGLISH ABSTRACT: This thesis discusses the correlations between chess and music via a mathematical basis. The reason for this study was to explore the ontological status of Western Classical Music representation by ...
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A South African Spectral Composer, Andile Khumalo
(Stellenbosch : Stellenbosch University, 2016-12)ENGLISH ABSTRACT: In the 1970s and 1980s spectral music composition (spectralism) was developed by the French composers such as Gérard Grisey and Tristan Murail. The music was formulated with an understanding of acoustics ...
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’n Stelselbenadering tot die Ontwerp en Ontleding van Prosesse vir Klankproduksie
(Stellenbosch : Stellenbosch University, 2016-12)ENGLISH ABSTRACT: In creative sociotechnical systems such as audio production the primary challenge is managing a large number of complex interconnected variables. A systems approach, named Interactive Production (¡P), ...
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Contemporary performance practice of art music in South Africa : a practice-based research enquiry
(2012-12)ENGLISH ABSTRACT: In this dissertation, I examine contemporary South African art music performance practice and the social function it fulfils. Performance practice is understood in this study to mean an art practice or ...
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