ENGLISH ABSTRACT: This dissertation is an account of Paul Hindemith's life between 1919 and 1939 with special reference to his compositional development through the three sonatas for viola and piano. The introduction ...

ENGLISH ABSTRACT: The Stations of the Cross is an ancient Roman Catholic devotional ritual. True to the conviction of the Roman Catholic Church that art has the ability to communicate theological ideas, works of art that ...

AFRIKAANSE OPSOMMING: Die Kersfeesorkeste is ‟n Christelike tradisie binne die Kleurling-gemeenskap van die Wes-Kaap wat dissipline en goeie waardes by lede van hierdie gemeenskap inboesem en musiek in voorheen benadeelde ...

ENGLISH ABSTRACT: Boeremusiek, a form of indigenous, predominantly white folk music in South Africa, remains virtually unexplored in academic discourse. Ridiculed by the Afrikaner middle-class throughout its history, in ...

ENGLISH ABSTRACT: Of an inter-disciplinary nature, this thesis examines certain pertinent psychological aspects with regard to one-on-one instrumental teaching at the tertiary level. It is apparent that this area has not ...

ENGLISH ABSTRACT: The art of borrowing and recomposition is an age-old practice, representing a well of inspiration that many composers have drawn from. Kevin Volans, one of South Africa‟s most successful musical exports, ...

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 ...

ENGLISH ABSTRACT: In the modern Western world, secondary and tertiary learners generally have ready access to the use of computers, multimedia and the Internet. As a means to strengthen traditional education, computer-based ...

ENGLISH ABSTRACT: Sound sample libraries represent the format in which huge collections of sampled sounds are made available for use within digital samplers and/or other digital audio workstations (DAW’s). Although in use ...

ENGLISH ABSTRACT: This study was undertaken after it was found that aural training is being neglected in general. The researcher wanted to explore a possible solution. Aural training integrated with piano training is ...

ENGLISH ABSTRACT: This thesis explores the rise and development of electric bowed instrument groups in South Africa. The objective was to provide a history of the development of such groups in South Africa, as well as ...

AFRIKAANSE OPSOMMING:In Suid-Afrika, soos in ander lande, gebeur dit dikwels dat sangers in een of ander stadium van hul loopbaan met stemmoeilikheid/’n stemprobleem te doen kry. Die mees algemene reaksie is om ’n oor-, ...

ENGLISH ABSTRACT: The secular songs of John Blow (1649-1708): An Edition The aim of this thesis is to assemble the 109 secular songs of John Blow in one anthology, to transcribe them into modem notation and in doing so ...

ENGLISH ABSTRACT: The aim of this study is to contribute to the investigation of the methods in which serial technique expresses meaning in the first movement of Arnold Schoenberg's Third Quartet, Op.30. It aims to add ...

ENGLISH ABSTRACT: The main objective of this study is to describe the nature and function of adolescent songwriting phenomenologically to ascertain the implications for music education. Secondary aims and research questions ...

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 ...

ENGLISH ABSTRACT: For many decades music has been recognised as a medium for therapy. The reasons put forward include the ability of music to inspire people, to motivate, to integrate and to promote relaxation. A strong ...

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), ...

Steven De Groote (1953-1989) was one of the most successful pianists to have emerged from South Africa. His international reputation rests largely on the fact that he won first prize in the Van Cliburn International Piano ...