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Browsing Music by Type "Dissertation"
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Ibiayo, Oluwakayode Samson
(University of Pretoria, 2019)
South African composer, Alexander Johnson is a prolific and outstanding figure among
his contemporaries. His numerous works and contributions to South African classical
and indigenous music is worthy of mention. Over the ...
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Sepuru, Phuti
(University of Pretoria, 2015)
The study aimed to explore and understand how six South African jazz musicians acquire and practise the skill of jazz improvisation. Formative influences and practice methods were studied with the hope of identifying factors ...
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Havenstein, Christina
(University of Pretoria, 2014)
The art of balancing spiritual, physical and emotional attributes is a daunting task for any organist. The techniques with which an organist consolidates these attributes have a direct effect on the accomplishment of a ...
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Nienaber, Ailyn
(University of Pretoria, 2021)
The purpose of this study is to explore how the experience of ambiguity in Leonard Bernstein’s song cycle La Bonne Cuisine challenges the interpretation and performance thereof. I argue that the ambiguity in La Bonne Cuisine ...
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Barrier, Olivier Paul Hal
(University of Pretoria, 2017)
Berio’s Sequenza VII is the most famous piece in the modern repertoire for solo oboe, written in 1969 for the renowned Swiss oboist Heinz Holliger, it retains pole position in sales and performances in its genre. It is a ...
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Breet, André
(University of Pretoria, 2019)
This dissertation discusses the stylistic and structural properties seen in the late compositional period of Polish-American composer Robert Muczynski. The focus falls mainly on his last piano composition, Desperate ...
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Swart, Inette
(University of Pretoria, 2007-06-05)
The study proposes an analysis of Leon Kirchner's For the Left Hand with specific reference to the use of the octatonic scale in this composition. Its aim is to test the hypothesis that the composer used the octatonic scale ...
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Burdukova, Polina
(University of Pretoria, 2010-09-28)
Over the past few decades Classical music, as an established art form, has increasingly struggled world wide as a sustainable industry. The music preferences of the general public have been moving away from the traditional ...
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Korvink, Olga
(University of Pretoria, 2006-12-12)
In this dissertation two solo violin compositions Nelle Mani d’Amduscias (1996) and Luamerava(2000) by the South African composer Hendrik Hofmeyr are analysed regarding the programmatic, compositional and idiomatic content. ...
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Steynberg, Ilse
(University of Pretoria, 2014)
The aim of this research study is to investigate different practical ways in which fractal geometry and self-similarity can be applied to art music, with reference to music composition and analysis. This specific topic was ...
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De Villiers, William Murray
(University of Pretoria, 2007-08-20)
The music industry worldwide is rapidly evolving as a result of commercial, technological and demographic developments. The magnitude of the strategic impact of these developments on the South African music industry is ...
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Orlandi, Laetitia Annette
(University of Pretoria, 2009-04-08)
At most universities internationally, secondary piano instruction is compulsory for all music students regardless of their field of specialisation. Vocal art students studying at the Tshwane University of Technology (TUT) ...
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De Witt, Karien
(University of Pretoria, 2007)
This dissertation explores the emerging musical relationship between myself as a music therapy intern and a geriatric client diagnosed with schizophrenia residing in a psychiatric institution at which I worked during the ...
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Coetzer, Briet Louise
(University of Pretoria, 2010-09-03)
Increased technological capabilities in the realm of independent audio production coupled with online trends of Social Media, e-commerce, m-commerce and user-generated content have created unique opportunities for content ...
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Rink, Millicent
(University of Pretoria, 1969)
No abstract
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Cho, Kisoo
(University of Pretoria, 2016)
Juche philosophy, the reigning ideology of North Korea, has governed the country for over half a century. All realms, including politics, economy, society and culture, in North Korea are ruled by Juche philosophy. North ...
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Lotter, Carol Barbara
(University of Pretoria, 2006-02-23)
The context for this study is a community based organization known as the National Youth Development Outreach (YDO) in Eersterust, Pretoria. This organization caters primarily for adolescents who are in conflict with the ...
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Tracey, Kerryn A.
(University of Pretoria, 2017)
This qualitative research study explored areas of similarity and contrast between a music therapy student's interpretations of selected audiovisual excerpts from music therapy sessions with a child with Autistic Spectrum ...
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Van Wyk, Theodore Justin
(University of Pretoria, 2008-05-26)
Please read the abstract in the section, 00front, of this document
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Muranda, Richard
(University of Pretoria, 2012-01-25)
The research was based on a comparison of traditional African and software-based staff notation methods in the teaching of the nyunga nyunga mbira to two grade six classes in the Arts and Culture learning area at Pretoria ...