Department of Music

Reflection in and on practice: a cellist’s search for meaning

Kemp, Estelle (Stellenbosch : Stellenbosch University, 2022-12)

ENGLISH ABSTRACT: Recent studies on musicians’ individual practice habits have evaluated practice through the lens of self-determination theory, self-regulated learning, self-efficacy, and metacognition, to determine ...

Heyr, himna smiður: the sacred a cappella SATB works of Þorkell Sigurbjörnsson (1938-2013)

Valsson, Bragi Þór (Stellenbosch : Stellenbosch University, 2022-12)

ENGLISH ABSTRACT: Very little research exists on the work of 20ᵗʰ and 21ˢᵗ-century Icelandic composers and none in particular on Þorkell Sigurbjörnsson's sacred choral music. This project aims to fill this gap by ...

Viktor Ullmann: a style analysis of selected Theresienstadt compositions featuring piano

Beaven, Alexandra (Stellenbosch : Stellenbosch University, 2022-12)

ENGLISH ABSTRACT: Viktor Ullmann was an Austrian composer who was born in 1898 into a Jewish family. He was incarcerated in the Theresienstadt ghetto in 1942, where he wrote some of his most significant compositions for ...

Sacred Ecologies in "Die Nuwe Verbond: ‘n Misorde vir die Universum"

Frenz, Natali (Stellenbosch : Stellenbosch University, 2021-12)

ENGLISH ABSTRACT: In this thesis, I analyse a multimedia green Mass, Die Nuwe Verbond: ‘n Misorde vir die Universum (2019) [The New Covenant: a Mass for the Universe] (hereafter referred to as DNV), that forms part of ...

Factors that govern the selection of repertoire performed by South African youth orchestras

Burden, Liam Jonathan (Stellenbosch : Stellenbosch University, 2021-12)

ENGLISH ABSTRACT: Youth Orchestras form an integral part of many music programmes across South Africa, yet research on these important organisations has been limited. The repertoire performed is of particular relevance, ...

Tygerberg Children's Choir: history and identity

Lamprecht, Dorathea Julia (Stellenbosch : Stellenbosch University, 2021-12)

ENGLISH ABSTRACT: This study explores the history and identity of the Tygerberg Children’s Choir (TCC) in South Africa, rooted in Afrikaner culture, and its transition to and continuation as a multicultural children’s ...

The Solo Cadenza as Vehicle for Self-Expression: A Case Study of Beethoven’s Violin Concerto

Theron, Marlise (Stellenbosch : Stellenbosch University, 2021-12)

ENGLISH ABSTRACT: Cadenzas are commonly considered to be vehicles of technical excellence, musical insight, stamina and artist personality. They provide opportunities for the soloist to demonstrate their musical merit to ...

Towards a Model for Digital Scholarly Editions in South Africa

Upton, Zayne (Stellenbosch : Stellenbosch University, 2021-12)

ENGLISH ABSTRACT: This thesis describes the development of a platform for housing the new Michael Mosoeu Moerane Scholarly Edition. It explains how and why both the platform and this edition could provide a model for the ...

A Re-examination of Ancient Near-Eastern Music-Theoretical Tablets and Notation; Concerning a Tablaturisation for the Hurrian H6 Cuneiform Tablet

Gibson, Dylan Lawrence (Stellenbosch : Stellenbosch University, 2021-12)

ENGLISH SUMMARY : The most complete and oldest illustration of an ancient Near-Eastern music notation system discovered thus far can be found inscribed on the Hurrian H6 cuneiform tablet. This three-thousand-year-old tablet ...

An Exploratory Study of the Distortion Characteristics of Valve Signal Processors

Kuhn, Andrew (Stellenbosch : Stellenbosch University, 2021-12)

ENGLISH ABSTRACT: Valve signal processors, a technology ostensibly out of place in the modern world, are still widely used in professional audio practice. It is believed that valves can impart a euphonic timbre on audio ...

Mapping composers' experiences of contemporary film score composition processes in South Africa

Dreyer, Jesse (Stellenbosch : Stellenbosch University, 2021-12)

ENGLISH SUMMARY : The experiences of film score composers working in South Africa is under-represented in academic literature. Known factors such as limited resources, competing artistic visions, negotiations between ...

Sonic Signatures in South African Jazz: A stylistic analysis of the trio music of Kyle Shepherd, Bokani Dyer and Nduduzo Makhathini

de Villiers, Melorie Jane (Stellenbosch : Stellenbosch University, 2021-03)

ENGLISH ABSTRACT: This thesis presents stylistic analyses of the trio albums of three contemporary South African artists, namely Kyle Shepherd’s Dream State (2014), Bokani Dyer’s Neo Native (2018) and Nduduzo Makhathini’s ...

Surveying Post-Apartheid Decolonisation of the BMus Curriculum at Four South African Tertiary Music Departments

Struwig, Mieke (Stellenbosch : Stellenbosch University, 2021-03)

ENGLISH ABSTRACT: This thesis surveys post-apartheid curricular decolonisation at four South African tertiary music departments: Nelson Mandela University, Stellenbosch University, the University of Cape Town (South African ...

Notating Extreme Metal: A Practice-Led Approach

Nachenius, Marco Christian (Stellenbosch : Stellenbosch University, 2021-03)

ENGLISH ABSTRACT: This dissertation will discuss the composition of Argo, a large-scale musical work in the extreme metal genre that is written primarily for extreme metal performers. Argo is written in a notational ...

The plight of Anglican Church music in the Wastern Cape : three case studies.

Alexander, Levi (Stellenbosch : Stellenbosch University, 2021-03-03)

ENGLISH ABSTRACT: Music ministries still providing Anglican church congregations with traditional Anglican church music find themselves clutching onto a musical tradition in a church plagued by the increasing secularisation ...

Future-focussed music education: developing 21st-century competencies in a South African middle school music classroom

Mullins, Angela Catherine (Stellenbosch : Stellenbosch University, 2021-04)

ENGLISH ABSTRACT: Educators world-wide find themselves in the challenging position of educating young adolescents for a future in which exponential knowledge doubling will become a reality. Together with the medical prognosis ...

Shaping identity and educating male choristers: exploring the music teacher's influence on male singers' self-perception during the voice change.

Von Mollendorf, Marissa (2021-12)

ENGLISH SUMMARY : In a country known for its cultural heritage and high standard of choir singing at school and university level, it is unsettling to realize that the number of South African high school boys participating ...