Johnson, Alexander F.2013-09-062010-03-302013-09-062009-04-292008-12-302010-03-30Van der Hoven, W 2008, Invictus : Orchestral Prelude in 3 movements by Noel Stockton : analytical discussion of the synthesis of the basic elements of music in a third stream composition , MMus dissertation, University of Pretoria, Pretoria, viewed yymmdd < http://hdl.handle.net/2263/23621 >F10/155/gmhttp://hdl.handle.net/2263/23621Dissertation (MMus)--University of Pretoria, 2008.This study aims to describe how the basic elements of music are synthesised and manipulated to create a composition in the musical style called Third stream music. This is done through a comprehensive description of the background of this musical style and a detailed analysis of a case study Third stream work, Invictus: Orchestral Prelude in 3 Movements, by the South African composer Noel Stockton and commissioned by the South African Music Rights rganisation. Copyright© 2008, 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.TimbrePitchSynthesisMusic typeIdiomJazzLatin american musicAfrican musicWestern art musicBasic elements of musicThird stream musicTextureStructureDurationDynamicsAtmosphereUCTDDissertationhttp://upetd.up.ac.za/thesis/available/etd-03302010-125821/