Abstract not available / Thesis (M.A.-Music)-University of Natal, 2000

Looking at current African music studies, one notices an interesting shift from the `norm' to a fresh engagement and analysis. Fresh perspectives are increasingly being presented to position African music dialogue in the arena of the so-called `established music fields'. While these developments are noticeable, the unmentioned, unsung and uncelebrated indigenous African music practitioners, composers, performers, poets, praise singers and so forth must not be forgotten. This work does not claim novelty in terms of the latter gap, but takes the debate further to highlight, though in a small way, such a need. Mme Rangwato Magoro, from Malatane village in the greater Ga-Seloane community, is included as the main research collaborator in this brief piece of work. The work may come as a shock to any established researcher in music and music science. The author could not help but attempt to allow the voice of Mme Magoro to determine the format and content of this piece of work. In addition, the Maila-go-fenywa performance group is linked with the compositional and performance work and the praise poems of Mme Magoro. In conclusion, discussions and debates on musical arts education are addressed in terms of implementation, with examples drawn from the work of Maila-go-fenywa. / Art History, Visual Arts and Musicology / M.A. (Musicology)

The psyche of an entire people underwent a paradigm shift during the Palestinian Period (1920-1948). Jews took a spiritual quantum leap; they left the despair of the 'wastelands' of the Diaspora and journeyed towards the Promised Land. The quest of these pioneers was to rebuild their ancestral homeland. When the pioneering Halutzim encountered the ancestral soil of their Motherland, deep impulses were revealed. Their folksongs - an important component of folklore and mythology - reflected this inner dimension of their being and of their experiences in Eretz Israel by means of archetypal transformations. Initially, an idealistic devotion to reconstruction and intimate reverence for the Land was reflected. However, in the 1930s and 1940s, opposition to Jewish settlement transformed folksongs so they became increasingly militant, reflecting a movement towards extroversion in the Jewish psyche which was consolidated in 1948. / Music / Thesis (M.A.)--University of South Africa, 1997.

Of the three manuscripts that form the basis of this thesis, MS Cape Town, South African Library, Grey 4c7 is, in musicological terms the most important of the three manuscripts. It is a complete Carthusian Antiphonary, of the late 14th century, written for the Charterhouse of Champmol, near Dijon, the mausoleum of the Dukes of Burgundy. It also contains an extensive Tonary, a Hymnary and a Kyriale. The two didactic verses which form part of the Tonary are of particular importance, since MS 4c7is one of the few manuscripts in the world intended for musical performance to contain the Ter terni by William of Hirsau; furthermore it is apparently the only Carthusian manuscript of any kind to contain the Oyapente et dyatessaron by Hucbald. The manuscript is placed in the context of the Carthusian liturgy of the 12th to the 16th centuries and is compared with 33 manuscripts of this period. It is shown that, although a marked textual similarity exists between the manuscripts, there are variant melodies. The conclusion is therefore drawn that the Carthusians did not have a single exemplar for the melodies in their liturgical books. It is shown that MS 4c7 and MS Oijon, Bibliotheque municipale 118, also written for Champmol, were copied from the same exemplar and that they are closely related to MSS Beaune, Bibliotheque municipale 27, 34 and 41, ot the neighbouring Charterhouse of Fontenay. The second manuscript, MS Grey 3c23, an Antiphonary for nuns, for Lauds and Vespers, written for the Charterhouse of Mont-Sainte-Marie, at Gosnay, near Arras, has been dated 1538 by the original scribe. This manuscript is almost identical to MS AGC C II 817. The presence of a Sequence, foreign to the Carthusian tradition, is however unique toMS 3c23. The third manuscript, MS Grey 6b3, is an Evangeliary, signed by the scribe, Amelontius de Ercklems, in 1520. Its provenance is the Charterhouse of Our Lady of the Twelve Apostles at Mont-Cornillon near Liege. Musicological features of the manuscript which are discussed are the Hymn 'Te decet laus', and the accent neumes at the ends of pericopes. / Art History, Visual Arts and Musicology / D.Mus. (Musicology)

Acompanha 2 CD-ROM / Orientador: Edmundo Pacheco Hora / Dissertação (mestrado) - Universidade Estadual de Campinas, Instituto de Artes / Made available in DSpace on 2018-08-12T16:17:29Z (GMT). No. of bitstreams: 1 Carpinetti_MiriamEmerickdeSouza_M.pdf: 54528489 bytes, checksum: 814585747f2b52c1fbc81bfd65fec518 (MD5) Previous issue date: 2008 / Resumo: Com interesse em difundir o órgão, instrumento distante do público brasileiro, esta dissertação de mestrado articulará informações práticas de consulta sobre suas características físicas e qualidades expressivas. Não estando o órgão, inserido na atual cultura brasileira, uma vez que há pouca divulgação do instrumento, em face de escassa produção de obras nacionais e pouca literatura em português, esta pesquisa torna-se, assim, um importante referencial para seu estudo. Ela visa prover um material prático de consulta para a compreensão do idiomático do órgão tubular bem como de sua escrita, seu funcionamento e suas características fônicas, utilizando como ilustração, diferentes transcrições da obra "Quadros de uma Exposição" (1874) de Modeste Petrovich Moussorgsky (1839-1881). O trabalho é composto de dois capítulos. No primeiro, são apresentadas informações como a descrição do instrumento, sua notação e técnica interpretativa, ilustradas por exemplos extraídos das transcrições para órgão, no segundo. Neste, comparam-se os diversos procedimentos utilizados nas transcrições publicadas e gravadas, especialmente apontando dentro desse universo, os procedimentos menos fiéis ao texto original. Este trabalho mostrará os elementos de notação, textura, tessitura, dinâmica, registração, resultados tímbricos e acústicos, os quais são muito diversificados, devido ao fato dos autores das transcrições serem oriundos de países europeus que cultivaram, durante séculos, tradições organísticas diferenciadas. É intenção, pois, que esta pesquisa sirva de apoio para a compreensão da arte de registrar, das adaptações que os organistas precisam fazer ao interpretarem obras em diferentes órgãos, assim como para a realização de composições e transcrições idiomáticas. / Abstract: Aiming at exposing the organ, an instrument distant from the Brazilian audiences, this dissertation will deal with practical information for consulting the organ's physical characteristics and its expressive qualities. Due to little exposure, and scarce production of national works for this instrument, together with scarce literature on this subject in Portuguese and the organ's not being included in current Brazilian culture, this research presents itself as an important reference for the study of the organ. It envisages to be a practical research material for the understanding of the pipe organ's idiomatic writing, its functioning and its sound characteristics, these being illustrated by different transcriptions of Modeste Petrovich Mussorgsky's (1839-1881) Pictures at an Exhibition (1874). This project has two chapters. In the first one, data like the description of the instrument, its notation and interpretive techniques are presented; and in the second they are illustrated with examples taken from transcriptions for the organ. In the latter, various procedures utilized in published and commercial transcriptions and recordings are compared, especially pinpointing the procedures which are less faithful to the original text in that universe. This work will show the elements of notation, texture, tessitura, registration, timbre and acoustic results, which are highly varied due to the fact that the authors of such transcriptions having come from different European countries which cultivated differentiated organ traditions along the centuries. The intent of this dissertation is thus to support one in the art of registration, in the adaptations that organists need to make when interpreting pieces on different organs, as well as in the rendering of compositions and idiomatic writings. / Mestrado / Mestre em Música

Discusses the creation and performance at a concert on Feb. 12, 1990, in the Merrill Ellis Intermedia Theater at the University of North Texas of three computer music-intermedia compositions: Shakespeare quartet for 4 acoustic guitars; A noite, porem, rangeu e quebrou, for instrument of low pitch range, tape and computer; and Help me remember, for performer, Synclavier, interactive MIDI computer music system and slides.

This study examines both the social and musical characteristics of klapa singing. Comparative analysis of the klapa in Dalmatia, its place of origin, and the klapa in Vancouver is the focus. The field work for this project took place on two occasions: during the regular practices of klapa "Zvonimir", and in a series of individual interviews. The interviews were with the oldest member and one of the organisers of the klapa "Zvonimir", Jozo Cvitanovic. A traditional folk klapa was, and to an extent still is, an informal group of friends, usually brought together by similar interests, age group or occupations. Festival klapa, on the other hand, is a formally organized group with regular rehearsals and performances, whose members, as a rule, are people of various occupations and diverse musical tastes. Socially and musically, klapa singing has always been progressive for its time, which is surely the reason why this folk tradition has remained successful for such a long period. / Arts, Faculty of / Music, School of / Graduate

During the years of the Holocaust, song literature was needed to fulfill the unique needs of people caught in an unimaginable nightmare. The twelve years between 1933 and 1945 were filled with a brutal display of man's inhumanity to man. Despite the horrific conditions or perhaps because of them, the Jewish people made music, and in particular, they sang. Whether built on a new or an old melody, the Holocaust song literature continues to speak to those of us who are willing to listen. This body of work tells the world that these people lived, suffered, longed for vengeance, loved, dreamed, prayed, and tragically, died. This repertoire of songs is part of the legacy, the very soul of the Jewish people. This study contains a brief look at the historical circumstances, and through the song literature of Hirsh Glick, Mordechai Gebirtig and Simon Sargon, life within the ghetto, the concentration camp, the decisions families had to make, the choices to fight back against incredible odds, the place of faith within this nightmare, and a look at the lives and works of the composers themselves.

This document discusses the relationship between trumpet and percussion over the past centuries, the development of music for trumpet and percussion ensembles, trumpet and percussion in twentieth-century chamber music and the creation of music for trumpet and marimba. A listing of all known trumpet and percussion duos is included. An exploration of the development of the Wilder Duo and a listing of all known trumpet and marimba duos is also included. There are analyses of works by Gordon Stout, Paul Turok and Alec Wilder. These analyses examine sound, form, harmony, melody and rhythm for each piece. Musical illustrations are included. These analyses are divided into chapters. Each chapter begins with a short biography of each composer. A short description of each work is also given. Summaries are included at the end of each analytical chapter.

Music that is categorized as part of the Indianist movement in American music (ca. 1890-1925) typically evokes Native American culture, ritual, story, or song through compositional gestures. It may also incorporate Native American tunes. Amy Beach (1867-1944) is considered to have composed five Indianist works, but her Theme and Variations for Flute and String Quartet, op. 80 has not been included as one of them. This thesis rethinks categorization of the piece, seeking the "Indian" in it through examination of its gestures, instrumentation, and relationship to contemporary Indianist compositions.