dc.contributor.advisor |
Stanford, H.J. |
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dc.contributor.postgraduate |
Joubert, Bart Stephanus |
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dc.date.accessioned |
2015-11-25T09:46:55Z |
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dc.date.available |
2015-11-25T09:46:55Z |
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dc.date.created |
2015/09/01 |
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dc.date.issued |
2015 |
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dc.description |
Dissertation (MMus)--University of Pretoria, 2015. |
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dc.description.abstract |
The people united will never be defeated is sekerlik Frederic Rzewski ‒ self een van die mees
gerekende, eietydse Amerikaanse komponiste ‒ se bekendste komposisie, asook dié
Amerikaanse klaviervariasiestel van die twintigste eeu. Ofskoon heelwat navorsing al oor die
komposisie gedoen is, voer die navorser dié verder deur die direkte oorsprong daarvan in die
twee voorloper-variasiestelle No place to go but around en die Thälmann-variasies ‒
laasgenoemde deur Cornelius Cardew gekomponeer ‒ na te spoor. Die navorser bemoei
homself met beide die stilistiese inhoud en politieke milieu waarbinne die komposisies hul
ontstaan vind deur die eklektiese en populêre inhoud bloot te lê, asook die politieke verband
en motivering oorsigtelik te behandel.
Die styl-analitiese prosedure wat gevolg is, is ontleen aan Jan LaRue se metodologie. Die
individuele elemente ‒ konstruksie, klank, vertikale dimensie, horisontale dimensie asook
ritmiek ‒ word ondersoek om te poog om krities belangrike observasies oor die
kompositoriese styl te maak. Vervolgens word ʼn groot dimensionele samevatting van iedere
komposisie uitgelê. Die groot aantal tegnieke wat in die komposisie gebruik word, sluit in:
interpolasies van protesliedere as musikale intertekste; die gebruik van ʼn verskeidenheid van
moderne tegnieke waaronder pointillisme, glissando’s, toontrosse, die buitemusikale,
jazzidiomatiek en opsionele improvisasies; asook jukstaponering van die reeds genoemde
tegnieke met periodisiteit en eenvoudige harmoniese progressies. Dié verskynsels word deur
veelvuldige notevoorbeelde toegelig.
Tydens die politieke perspektief is daar die meeste aandag aan The people united will never be
defeated se agtergrond geskenk, alhoewel die voorloper-variasiestelle ook ondersoek is. Ten
spyte van die spesifieke gebeure wat tot die individuele komposisies aanleiding gegee het, is
die wesenlike politieke konteks van die variasiestelle gemeenskaplik; die groter kwessie wat
aangepak word, behels die onderdrukking van die laer sosio-ekonomiese klasse as gevolg van
die sosiopolitieke bestel. Die komposisies poog gevolglik om as spreekbuis vir dié deel van
die bevolking op te tree. |
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The people united will never be defeated is Frederic Rzewski’s ‒ one of America’s foremost
living composers ‒ most well-known composition, and probably the magnum opus of
twentieth century American piano variations. Even though the composition has been the topic
of dissertations and theses before, the current study is furthering the research by directing the
focus towards two variation sets that preceded its composition, i.e. No place to go but around,
as well as the Thälmann variations ‒ composed by Cornelius Cardew. Both the stylistic
content and political milieu from which these compositions stem are scrutinised whilst special
attention is being paid to the eclectic and popular compositional approaches and the
motivation behind these compositions.
The style-analytical procedure being followed is derived from the methodology of Jan LaRue.
The individual elements ‒ construction, sound, vertical dimension, horizontal dimension and
rhythm ‒ under scrutiny are analysed to make significant observations concerning the style
content. These observations are followed by a large-dimensional summary of each
composition. A plethora of compositional techniques are found being utilised, including:
interpolations of musical intertexts; a variety of modern compositional techniques such as
pointillism, glissandi, tone clusters, extra-musical content, usage of a jazz idiom and the
inclusion of optional improvisations; as well as the juxtaposition of these techniques with
periodicity and simple harmonic progressions. Music examples are employed to illustrate the
techniques.
Most of the discussion surrounding the political perspective focusses on The people united
will never be defeated, even though the other variation sets are also explored. A shared
political context can easily be observed ‒ notwithstanding the individual impulses that served
as inspiration to the compositions ‒ where these compositions’ ideological content concerns
the suffering of the lower socio-economic classes as a result of the socio-political systems at
play, and serve to provide a voice to the people. |
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Unrestricted |
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dc.description.degree |
MMus |
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dc.description.department |
Music |
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dc.description.librarian |
tm2015 |
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dc.identifier.citation |
Joubert, BS 2015, 'n Stilistiese en politieke perspektief op Rzewski se The people united will never be defeated aan die hand van twee voorloper-variasiestelle, MMus Dissertation, University of Pretoria, Pretoria, viewed yymmdd <http://hdl.handle.net/2263/50635> |
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dc.identifier.other |
S2015 |
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dc.identifier.uri |
http://hdl.handle.net/2263/50635 |
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dc.publisher |
University of Pretoria |
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dc.rights |
© 2015 University of Pretoria. All rights reserved. The copyright in this work vests in the University of Pretoria. No part of this work may be reproduced or transmitted in any form or by any means, without the prior written permission of the University of Pretoria. |
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dc.subject |
UCTD |
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dc.subject |
The people united will never be defeated |
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dc.subject |
Cornelius Cardew |
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dc.subject |
No place to go but around |
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dc.subject |
Thälmann variations |
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dc.subject |
Piano variations |
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dc.subject |
Twentieth century American music |
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dc.subject |
Style analysis |
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dc.subject |
Jan LaRue |
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dc.subject |
Compositional techniques |
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dc.subject |
Political milieu |
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dc.subject |
Socio-political systems |
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dc.subject |
Ideological content |
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Lower socio-economic classes |
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Musical intertexts |
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dc.subject |
Modern compositional techniques |
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dc.subject |
Jazz idiom |
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dc.subject |
Optional improvisations |
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Socio-political contex |
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Voice of the people |
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Augusto Pinochet |
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Bandiera rossa |
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“El pueblo unido jamás sera vencido!” |
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dc.subject |
Frederic Rzewski |
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Komposisietegnieke |
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dc.subject |
Musica Electtronica Viva (MEV) |
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dc.subject |
Prostemisiek |
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dc.subject |
Salvador Allende |
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dc.subject |
Sergio Ortega |
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“Solidaritätslied” |
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Stylbespreking |
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dc.subject |
Variasievorm |
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dc.subject.other |
Music theses SDG-04 |
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dc.subject.other |
SDG-04: Quality education |
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dc.subject.other |
Music theses SDG-08 |
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dc.subject.other |
SDG-08: Decent work and economic growth |
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dc.subject.other |
Music theses SDG-10 |
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dc.subject.other |
SDG-10: Reduced inequalities |
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dc.subject.other |
Music theses SDG-16 |
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dc.subject.other |
SDG-16: Peace, justice and strong institutions |
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dc.title |
'n Stilistiese en politieke perspektief op Rzewski se The people united will never be defeated aan die hand van twee voorloper-variasiestelle |
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dc.type |
Dissertation |
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