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Theses and Dissertations (Music): Recent submissions
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(University of Pretoria, 2019)There are many facets that influence the quality of a musical theatre production. The visual appeal is created from the décor, costumes and lighting, whereas the plot, pace, and relationship a listener develops with the ...
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(University of Pretoria, 2020)The purpose of this study is to investigate the process of transcribing keyboard music for guitar duet. Throughout history, few of the most important and prolific composers were guitarists or ever wrote for the guitar. ...
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(University of Pretoria, 1967)No abstract
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(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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(University of Pretoria, 2020)This study concerns the idea that musical involvement contributes to a person’s overall wellbeing. This research aimed to explore wellbeing among members of a community orchestra using the PERMA (positive emotions, engagement, ...
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(University of Pretoria, 2020)The link between music and well-being has been widely studied by researchers. However, the impact of short-term involvement in community music on well-being has not been sufficiently examined. This research aimed to explore ...
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(University of Pretoria, 1996)Class music programmes in the Northern Province seem to be inadequate. The music periods are often used for examination subjects. The topic of this dissertation has to do with designing a plan of action to rectify this ...
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(University of Pretoria, 1994)
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(University of Pretoria, 2020)This mini-dissertation serves as an annotated bibliography of saxophone works by South African composers, composed between 1981 to 2018 which provides a performance level and pedagogical descriptive performance commentary ...
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(University of Pretoria, 2019)This dissertation investigates the practical considerations of executing specific ornaments in a piano performance of JS Bach’s Goldberg Variations BWV 988. Research will be presented which highlights how an understanding ...
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(University of Pretoria, 2019)The purpose of this practice-led study is to explore advanced pianists’ process of learning new repertoire. The study draws on accounts by professional pianists and pedagogues as well as on case studies of the learning ...
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(University of Pretoria, 2018)No abstract
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(University of Pretoria, 2019)UNESCO Convention of 2003, calls for the preservation of heritage and empowerment of rural communities. The thesis investigates the installation of Shangwe chiefs in the districts of Gokwe North and South in the Midlands ...
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(University of Pretoria, 2019)The period of pregnancy is of utmost importance in human development due to the plasticity of the baby’s brain during this time. Reducing child mortality and improving maternal health are part of the South African government’s ...
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(University of Pretoria, 2019)Few high school learners in South Africa choose Music as an elective. This study extends a worldwide study by McPherson and O’Neill (2010), based on Eccles’ Expectancy-value theory, exploring learners’ motivation to study ...
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(University of Pretoria, 2019)The purpose of this dissertation is to explore the ways in which solo pianism could be influenced by répétiteur work. In my experience as a solo and collaborative pianist, I have benefited musically from engaging in ...
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(University of Pretoria, 2019)This study focuses on the use of vowels and consonants as primary tools of expression in South African composer Arnold van Wyk’s Vier weemoedige liedjies. Vowels and consonants are viewed as probable tools of expression ...
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(University of Pretoria, 2019)This thesis addresses the demands of extended techniques imposed by composers on bassoonists in performing their music. Several factors contribute to the difficulties a bassoonist can experience when using performing ...
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(University of Pretoria, 2019)The loss of a parent is considered to be one of the most painful and tragic experiences a child could suffer. Bereavement can leave children feeling isolated, with fewer material and nonmaterial resources. This qualitative ...
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(University of Pretoria, 1990)The technique documented in this thesis is being recorded for the first time. I am indebted to Prof. G. van der Geest for allowing me to conduct original research for my Honours Degree. Owing to the nature of this ...
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