Shingirirai
- Church Choir, Composer not Specified, Dargie, Dave
- Authors: Church Choir , Composer not Specified , Dargie, Dave
- Date: Date not specified
- Subjects: Folk music , Sacred music , Field recordings , Africa, Sub-Saharan , Africa Zimbabwe City not specified rh
- Language: Shona
- Type: sound recordings , field recordings , sound recording-musical
- Identifier: http://hdl.handle.net/10962/374254 , vital:66772 , International Library of African Music, Rhodes University, Makhanda, South Africa , Dave Dargie Field Tapes, Rhodes University, Makhanda, South Africa , DDC064a-22
- Description: Choir sMissa Zimbabwe hymn, accompanied by the drum, rattles and whistling.
- Full Text: false
- Date Issued: Date not specified
- Authors: Church Choir , Composer not Specified , Dargie, Dave
- Date: Date not specified
- Subjects: Folk music , Sacred music , Field recordings , Africa, Sub-Saharan , Africa Zimbabwe City not specified rh
- Language: Shona
- Type: sound recordings , field recordings , sound recording-musical
- Identifier: http://hdl.handle.net/10962/374254 , vital:66772 , International Library of African Music, Rhodes University, Makhanda, South Africa , Dave Dargie Field Tapes, Rhodes University, Makhanda, South Africa , DDC064a-22
- Description: Choir sMissa Zimbabwe hymn, accompanied by the drum, rattles and whistling.
- Full Text: false
- Date Issued: Date not specified
Title Not Specified
- Mpotulo, Lambert, New African Church Choir, Composer Not Specified, Dargie, Dave
- Authors: Mpotulo, Lambert , New African Church Choir , Composer Not Specified , Dargie, Dave
- Date: 1977
- Subjects: Folk music , Church music , Field recordings , Africa, Sub-Saharan , Africa South Africa Ciskei f-sa
- Language: Xhosa
- Type: sound recordings , field recordings , sound recording-musical
- Identifier: http://hdl.handle.net/10962/288491 , vital:56501 , International Library of African Music, Rhodes University, Makhanda, South Africa , Dave Dargie Field Tapes, Rhodes University, Makhanda, South Africa , DDC002a-20
- Description: New African Church Hymn
- Full Text: false
- Date Issued: 1977
- Authors: Mpotulo, Lambert , New African Church Choir , Composer Not Specified , Dargie, Dave
- Date: 1977
- Subjects: Folk music , Church music , Field recordings , Africa, Sub-Saharan , Africa South Africa Ciskei f-sa
- Language: Xhosa
- Type: sound recordings , field recordings , sound recording-musical
- Identifier: http://hdl.handle.net/10962/288491 , vital:56501 , International Library of African Music, Rhodes University, Makhanda, South Africa , Dave Dargie Field Tapes, Rhodes University, Makhanda, South Africa , DDC002a-20
- Description: New African Church Hymn
- Full Text: false
- Date Issued: 1977
Hosannah
- Church Choir, Composer not Specified, Dargie, Dave
- Authors: Church Choir , Composer not Specified , Dargie, Dave
- Date: 1977
- Subjects: Folk music , Sacred music , Field recordings , Africa, Sub-Saharan , Africa South Africa Vosloorus sa
- Language: Language not Specified
- Type: sound recordings , field recordings , sound recording-musical
- Identifier: http://hdl.handle.net/10962/374705 , vital:66820 , International Library of African Music, Rhodes University, Makhanda, South Africa , Dave Dargie Field Tapes, Rhodes University, Makhanda, South Africa , DDC068a-04
- Description: St Alberts' Choir sings Catholic hymn, with the drum and clapping accompaniment.
- Full Text: false
- Date Issued: 1977
- Authors: Church Choir , Composer not Specified , Dargie, Dave
- Date: 1977
- Subjects: Folk music , Sacred music , Field recordings , Africa, Sub-Saharan , Africa South Africa Vosloorus sa
- Language: Language not Specified
- Type: sound recordings , field recordings , sound recording-musical
- Identifier: http://hdl.handle.net/10962/374705 , vital:66820 , International Library of African Music, Rhodes University, Makhanda, South Africa , Dave Dargie Field Tapes, Rhodes University, Makhanda, South Africa , DDC068a-04
- Description: St Alberts' Choir sings Catholic hymn, with the drum and clapping accompaniment.
- Full Text: false
- Date Issued: 1977
Khumbul' amazwi
- Langa church choir, Composer not specified, Dargie, Dave
- Authors: Langa church choir , Composer not specified , Dargie, Dave
- Date: 1979
- Subjects: Folk music , Sacred music , Field recordings , Africa, Sub-Saharan , Africa South Africa Cape Town sa
- Language: isiXhosa
- Type: sound recordings , field recordings , sound recording-musical
- Identifier: http://hdl.handle.net/10962/386657 , vital:68160 , International Library of African Music, Rhodes University, Makhanda, South Africa , Dave Dargie Field Tapes, Rhodes University, Makhanda, South Africa , DDC003a-22
- Description: Church hymn, unaccompanied
- Full Text: false
- Date Issued: 1979
- Authors: Langa church choir , Composer not specified , Dargie, Dave
- Date: 1979
- Subjects: Folk music , Sacred music , Field recordings , Africa, Sub-Saharan , Africa South Africa Cape Town sa
- Language: isiXhosa
- Type: sound recordings , field recordings , sound recording-musical
- Identifier: http://hdl.handle.net/10962/386657 , vital:68160 , International Library of African Music, Rhodes University, Makhanda, South Africa , Dave Dargie Field Tapes, Rhodes University, Makhanda, South Africa , DDC003a-22
- Description: Church hymn, unaccompanied
- Full Text: false
- Date Issued: 1979
Title not specified
- Church choir and congregation, Composer not specified, Dargie, Dave
- Authors: Church choir and congregation , Composer not specified , Dargie, Dave
- Date: 1900
- Subjects: Folk music , Sacred music , Field recordings , Africa, Sub-Saharan , Africa South Africa Langa, Cape Town sa
- Language: Sesotho
- Type: sound recordings , field recordings , sound recording-musical
- Identifier: http://hdl.handle.net/10962/423080 , vital:72022 , International Library of African Music, Rhodes University, Makhanda, South Africa , Dave Dargie Field Tapes, Rhodes University, Makhanda, South Africa , DDC010b-22
- Description: Church hymn, with clapping
- Full Text: false
- Date Issued: 1900
- Authors: Church choir and congregation , Composer not specified , Dargie, Dave
- Date: 1900
- Subjects: Folk music , Sacred music , Field recordings , Africa, Sub-Saharan , Africa South Africa Langa, Cape Town sa
- Language: Sesotho
- Type: sound recordings , field recordings , sound recording-musical
- Identifier: http://hdl.handle.net/10962/423080 , vital:72022 , International Library of African Music, Rhodes University, Makhanda, South Africa , Dave Dargie Field Tapes, Rhodes University, Makhanda, South Africa , DDC010b-22
- Description: Church hymn, with clapping
- Full Text: false
- Date Issued: 1900
Ntsikana's Great Hymn
- Church Choir, Composer Not Specified, Dargie, Dave
- Authors: Church Choir , Composer Not Specified , Dargie, Dave
- Date: 1981
- Subjects: Folk music , Music--Religious aspects , Field recordings , Africa, Sub-Saharan , Africa South Africa Zwelitsha sa
- Language: isiXhosa
- Type: sound recordings , field recordings , sound recording-musical
- Identifier: http://hdl.handle.net/10962/318998 , vital:60133 , International Library of African Music, Rhodes University, Makhanda, South Africa , Dave Dargie Field Tapes, Rhodes University, Makhanda, South Africa , DD146-22
- Description: Unaccompanied Church hymn.
- Full Text: false
- Date Issued: 1981
- Authors: Church Choir , Composer Not Specified , Dargie, Dave
- Date: 1981
- Subjects: Folk music , Music--Religious aspects , Field recordings , Africa, Sub-Saharan , Africa South Africa Zwelitsha sa
- Language: isiXhosa
- Type: sound recordings , field recordings , sound recording-musical
- Identifier: http://hdl.handle.net/10962/318998 , vital:60133 , International Library of African Music, Rhodes University, Makhanda, South Africa , Dave Dargie Field Tapes, Rhodes University, Makhanda, South Africa , DD146-22
- Description: Unaccompanied Church hymn.
- Full Text: false
- Date Issued: 1981
Ke lo naya taola entsha
- Church Choir and Congregation, Composer not specified, Dargie, Dave
- Authors: Church Choir and Congregation , Composer not specified , Dargie, Dave
- Date: 1989
- Subjects: Folk music , Field recordings , Africa, Sub-Saharan , Africa South Africa Ga-Rankuwa f-sa
- Language: Setswana
- Type: sound recordings , field recordings , sound recording-musical
- Identifier: http://hdl.handle.net/10962/313746 , vital:59523 , International Library of African Music, Rhodes University, Makhanda, South Africa , Dave Dargie Field Tapes, Rhodes University, Makhanda, South Africa , DD132-22
- Description: Church hymn.
- Full Text: false
- Date Issued: 1989
- Authors: Church Choir and Congregation , Composer not specified , Dargie, Dave
- Date: 1989
- Subjects: Folk music , Field recordings , Africa, Sub-Saharan , Africa South Africa Ga-Rankuwa f-sa
- Language: Setswana
- Type: sound recordings , field recordings , sound recording-musical
- Identifier: http://hdl.handle.net/10962/313746 , vital:59523 , International Library of African Music, Rhodes University, Makhanda, South Africa , Dave Dargie Field Tapes, Rhodes University, Makhanda, South Africa , DD132-22
- Description: Church hymn.
- Full Text: false
- Date Issued: 1989
Alleluia
- Zulu church choir, Composer not specified, Dargie, Dave
- Authors: Zulu church choir , Composer not specified , Dargie, Dave
- Date: Date not Specified
- Subjects: Folk music , Sacred music , Field recordings , Africa, Sub-Saharan , Africa South Africa City not Specified sa
- Language: IsiZulu
- Type: sound recordings , field recordings , sound recording-musical
- Identifier: http://hdl.handle.net/10962/353089 , vital:64198 , International Library of African Music, Rhodes University, Makhanda, South Africa , Dave Dargie Field Tapes, Rhodes University, Makhanda, South Africa , DDC155A-22
- Description: Unaccompanied church song from new Zulu hymnbook , about the rising of Chirst
- Full Text: false
- Date Issued: Date not Specified
- Authors: Zulu church choir , Composer not specified , Dargie, Dave
- Date: Date not Specified
- Subjects: Folk music , Sacred music , Field recordings , Africa, Sub-Saharan , Africa South Africa City not Specified sa
- Language: IsiZulu
- Type: sound recordings , field recordings , sound recording-musical
- Identifier: http://hdl.handle.net/10962/353089 , vital:64198 , International Library of African Music, Rhodes University, Makhanda, South Africa , Dave Dargie Field Tapes, Rhodes University, Makhanda, South Africa , DDC155A-22
- Description: Unaccompanied church song from new Zulu hymnbook , about the rising of Chirst
- Full Text: false
- Date Issued: Date not Specified
Nashana kuyenda muwira
- Church Choir and Congregation, Likuwa, Edmund, Likuwa, Edmund., Dargie, Dave
- Authors: Church Choir and Congregation , Likuwa, Edmund , Likuwa, Edmund. , Dargie, Dave
- Date: 1988
- Subjects: Folk music , Field recordings , Africa, Sub-Saharan , Africa Namibia Nyangana f-sx
- Language: Rumanyo
- Type: sound recordings , field recordings , sound recording-musical
- Identifier: http://hdl.handle.net/10962/304688 , vital:58479 , International Library of African Music, Rhodes University, Makhanda, South Africa , Dave Dargie Field Tapes, Rhodes University, Makhanda, South Africa , DD110-22
- Description: Church Hymn with clapping and drum accompaniment.
- Full Text: false
- Date Issued: 1988
- Authors: Church Choir and Congregation , Likuwa, Edmund , Likuwa, Edmund. , Dargie, Dave
- Date: 1988
- Subjects: Folk music , Field recordings , Africa, Sub-Saharan , Africa Namibia Nyangana f-sx
- Language: Rumanyo
- Type: sound recordings , field recordings , sound recording-musical
- Identifier: http://hdl.handle.net/10962/304688 , vital:58479 , International Library of African Music, Rhodes University, Makhanda, South Africa , Dave Dargie Field Tapes, Rhodes University, Makhanda, South Africa , DD110-22
- Description: Church Hymn with clapping and drum accompaniment.
- Full Text: false
- Date Issued: 1988
Ndikhona Bawo
- Zionist Church Choir, Composer not specified, Dargie, Dave
- Authors: Zionist Church Choir , Composer not specified , Dargie, Dave
- Date: 1986
- Subjects: Folk music , Field recordings , Africa, Sub-Saharan , Africa South Africa Kirkwood f-sa
- Language: Xhosa
- Type: sound recordings , field recordings , sound recording-musical
- Identifier: http://hdl.handle.net/10962/298398 , vital:57697 , International Library of African Music, Rhodes University, Makhanda, South Africa , Dave Dargie Field Tapes, Rhodes University, Makhanda, South Africa , DD098-22
- Description: Zionist Church Music with clapping, drum and rattle accompaniment.
- Full Text: false
- Date Issued: 1986
- Authors: Zionist Church Choir , Composer not specified , Dargie, Dave
- Date: 1986
- Subjects: Folk music , Field recordings , Africa, Sub-Saharan , Africa South Africa Kirkwood f-sa
- Language: Xhosa
- Type: sound recordings , field recordings , sound recording-musical
- Identifier: http://hdl.handle.net/10962/298398 , vital:57697 , International Library of African Music, Rhodes University, Makhanda, South Africa , Dave Dargie Field Tapes, Rhodes University, Makhanda, South Africa , DD098-22
- Description: Zionist Church Music with clapping, drum and rattle accompaniment.
- Full Text: false
- Date Issued: 1986
Title not specified
- New African Church Choir, Mpotulo, Lambert, Composer not specified, Dargie, Dave
- Authors: New African Church Choir , Mpotulo, Lambert , Composer not specified , Dargie, Dave
- Date: 1977
- Subjects: Folk music , Sacred music , Field recordings , Africa, Sub-Saharan , Africa South Africa Lumko sa
- Language: IsiXhosa
- Type: sound recordings , field recordings , sound recording-musical
- Identifier: http://hdl.handle.net/10962/354538 , vital:64388 , International Library of African Music, Rhodes University, Makhanda, South Africa , Dave Dargie Field Tapes, Rhodes University, Makhanda, South Africa , DDC002a-20
- Description: New African church hymn
- Full Text: false
- Date Issued: 1977
- Authors: New African Church Choir , Mpotulo, Lambert , Composer not specified , Dargie, Dave
- Date: 1977
- Subjects: Folk music , Sacred music , Field recordings , Africa, Sub-Saharan , Africa South Africa Lumko sa
- Language: IsiXhosa
- Type: sound recordings , field recordings , sound recording-musical
- Identifier: http://hdl.handle.net/10962/354538 , vital:64388 , International Library of African Music, Rhodes University, Makhanda, South Africa , Dave Dargie Field Tapes, Rhodes University, Makhanda, South Africa , DDC002a-20
- Description: New African church hymn
- Full Text: false
- Date Issued: 1977
Kiere
- Langa church choir, Kolisi, George M., Dargie, Dave
- Authors: Langa church choir , Kolisi, George M. , Dargie, Dave
- Date: 1979
- Subjects: Folk music , Sacred music , Field recordings , Africa, Sub-Saharan , Africa South Africa Cape Town sa
- Language: IsiXhosa
- Type: sound recordings , field recordings , sound recording-musical
- Identifier: http://hdl.handle.net/10962/384990 , vital:67964 , International Library of African Music, Rhodes University, Makhanda, South Africa , Dave Dargie Field Tapes, Rhodes University, Makhanda, South Africa , DDC088b-10
- Description: Church music workshop recording, accompanied by the xylophone. Missa Marymount.
- Full Text: false
- Date Issued: 1979
- Authors: Langa church choir , Kolisi, George M. , Dargie, Dave
- Date: 1979
- Subjects: Folk music , Sacred music , Field recordings , Africa, Sub-Saharan , Africa South Africa Cape Town sa
- Language: IsiXhosa
- Type: sound recordings , field recordings , sound recording-musical
- Identifier: http://hdl.handle.net/10962/384990 , vital:67964 , International Library of African Music, Rhodes University, Makhanda, South Africa , Dave Dargie Field Tapes, Rhodes University, Makhanda, South Africa , DDC088b-10
- Description: Church music workshop recording, accompanied by the xylophone. Missa Marymount.
- Full Text: false
- Date Issued: 1979
Title not specified
- Church choir and congregation, Composer not specified, Dargie, Dave
- Authors: Church choir and congregation , Composer not specified , Dargie, Dave
- Date: 1900
- Subjects: Folk music , Sacred music , Field recordings , Africa, Sub-Saharan , Africa South Africa Langa, Cape Town sa
- Language: isiXhosa
- Type: sound recordings , field recordings , sound recording-musical
- Identifier: http://hdl.handle.net/10962/423043 , vital:72017 , International Library of African Music, Rhodes University, Makhanda, South Africa , Dave Dargie Field Tapes, Rhodes University, Makhanda, South Africa , DDC010b-18
- Description: Church choral hymn with singing, clapping and drumming
- Full Text: false
- Date Issued: 1900
- Authors: Church choir and congregation , Composer not specified , Dargie, Dave
- Date: 1900
- Subjects: Folk music , Sacred music , Field recordings , Africa, Sub-Saharan , Africa South Africa Langa, Cape Town sa
- Language: isiXhosa
- Type: sound recordings , field recordings , sound recording-musical
- Identifier: http://hdl.handle.net/10962/423043 , vital:72017 , International Library of African Music, Rhodes University, Makhanda, South Africa , Dave Dargie Field Tapes, Rhodes University, Makhanda, South Africa , DDC010b-18
- Description: Church choral hymn with singing, clapping and drumming
- Full Text: false
- Date Issued: 1900
Silungise, Bawo, thina bantu bakho
- Zionist Church Choir, Composer not specified, Dargie, Dave
- Authors: Zionist Church Choir , Composer not specified , Dargie, Dave
- Date: 1986
- Subjects: Folk music , Field recordings , Africa, Sub-Saharan , Africa South Africa Kirkwood f-sa
- Language: Xhosa
- Type: sound recordings , field recordings , sound recording-musical
- Identifier: http://hdl.handle.net/10962/298339 , vital:57690 , International Library of African Music, Rhodes University, Makhanda, South Africa , Dave Dargie Field Tapes, Rhodes University, Makhanda, South Africa , DD098-18
- Description: Zionist Church Music with clapping, drum and rattle accompaniment.
- Full Text: false
- Date Issued: 1986
- Authors: Zionist Church Choir , Composer not specified , Dargie, Dave
- Date: 1986
- Subjects: Folk music , Field recordings , Africa, Sub-Saharan , Africa South Africa Kirkwood f-sa
- Language: Xhosa
- Type: sound recordings , field recordings , sound recording-musical
- Identifier: http://hdl.handle.net/10962/298339 , vital:57690 , International Library of African Music, Rhodes University, Makhanda, South Africa , Dave Dargie Field Tapes, Rhodes University, Makhanda, South Africa , DD098-18
- Description: Zionist Church Music with clapping, drum and rattle accompaniment.
- Full Text: false
- Date Issued: 1986
Litany of the Saints
- Vallem, Umlambi, Mixed Church Choir and Queenstown Cathedral Congregation, Composer Not Specified, Dargie, Dave, Huwiler, Kurt
- Authors: Vallem, Umlambi , Mixed Church Choir and Queenstown Cathedral Congregation , Composer Not Specified , Dargie, Dave , Huwiler, Kurt
- Date: 1984
- Subjects: Folk music , Church music , Field recordings , Africa, Sub-Saharan , Africa South Africa Queenstown f-sa
- Language: Xhosa
- Type: sound recordings , field recordings , sound recording-musical
- Identifier: http://hdl.handle.net/10962/287246 , vital:56367 , International Library of African Music, Rhodes University, Makhanda, South Africa , Dave Dargie Field Tapes, Rhodes University, Makhanda, South Africa , DD075-04
- Description: Ordination of Bishop Herbert Lenhof with organ accompaniment.
- Full Text: false
- Date Issued: 1984
- Authors: Vallem, Umlambi , Mixed Church Choir and Queenstown Cathedral Congregation , Composer Not Specified , Dargie, Dave , Huwiler, Kurt
- Date: 1984
- Subjects: Folk music , Church music , Field recordings , Africa, Sub-Saharan , Africa South Africa Queenstown f-sa
- Language: Xhosa
- Type: sound recordings , field recordings , sound recording-musical
- Identifier: http://hdl.handle.net/10962/287246 , vital:56367 , International Library of African Music, Rhodes University, Makhanda, South Africa , Dave Dargie Field Tapes, Rhodes University, Makhanda, South Africa , DD075-04
- Description: Ordination of Bishop Herbert Lenhof with organ accompaniment.
- Full Text: false
- Date Issued: 1984
Nkosi
- St George's Church Choir, Composer Not Specified, Dargie, Dave
- Authors: St George's Church Choir , Composer Not Specified , Dargie, Dave
- Date: 1981
- Subjects: Folk music , Field recordings , Africa, Sub-Saharan , Africa South Africa Cape Town sa
- Language: isiXhosa
- Type: sound recordings , field recordings , sound recording-musical
- Identifier: http://hdl.handle.net/10962/321590 , vital:60465 , International Library of African Music, Rhodes University, Makhanda, South Africa , Dave Dargie Field Tapes, Rhodes University, Makhanda, South Africa , DD156-01
- Description: "Missa Africana" Church Hymn with Marimba accompaniment
- Full Text: false
- Date Issued: 1981
- Authors: St George's Church Choir , Composer Not Specified , Dargie, Dave
- Date: 1981
- Subjects: Folk music , Field recordings , Africa, Sub-Saharan , Africa South Africa Cape Town sa
- Language: isiXhosa
- Type: sound recordings , field recordings , sound recording-musical
- Identifier: http://hdl.handle.net/10962/321590 , vital:60465 , International Library of African Music, Rhodes University, Makhanda, South Africa , Dave Dargie Field Tapes, Rhodes University, Makhanda, South Africa , DD156-01
- Description: "Missa Africana" Church Hymn with Marimba accompaniment
- Full Text: false
- Date Issued: 1981
An exploratory study of South African choral identity with specific reference to three regional children's choirs
- Authors: Swart, Jan-Erik
- Date: 2012
- Subjects: Children's choirs , Cultural pluralism
- Language: English
- Type: Thesis , Masters , MMus
- Identifier: vital:8519 , http://hdl.handle.net/10948/d1013205
- Description: This qualitative mini-treatise explores how South African choral identity is perceived by three regional children’s choirs, facing challenges of representing cultural diversity against the background of an ongoing process of social transformation. The study proposes that choirs from South Africa project a distinctly South African “choral” identity which they themselves have constructed by fabricating a mental representation of themselves, and which they project outwardly by means of a range of musical and extra-musical elements observable in the cultural product and artifacts generated over time. The researcher has analyzed a selection of cultural products and artifacts of the Eastern Cape Children’s Choir, the Cantare Children’s Choir and the Tygerberg Children’s Choir, in order to identify common practices among three subject choirs which sustain their continuity, in terms of Richard’s definition of identity (in Torres 2008: 3): “to name a set of practices which subjects may adopt in sustaining both the individual and, to varying degrees, collective continuity”. Research findings indicate that subject choirs are perceived, and project their choral identities, according to their musical ability to communicate and interact with other world-class choirs. Recurring practices undertaken by each subject choir, in order to maintain their international perspective, are identified as key to sustaining their continuity. Choral identity is furthermore strongly influenced by the choral tradition of the choir and the role of the conductor in developing their choral tone. This study is significant to regional children’s choirs seeking to overcome challenges of renegotiating cultural identity, as well as sustaining and expanding choral singing as an art form in South Africa.
- Full Text:
- Date Issued: 2012
- Authors: Swart, Jan-Erik
- Date: 2012
- Subjects: Children's choirs , Cultural pluralism
- Language: English
- Type: Thesis , Masters , MMus
- Identifier: vital:8519 , http://hdl.handle.net/10948/d1013205
- Description: This qualitative mini-treatise explores how South African choral identity is perceived by three regional children’s choirs, facing challenges of representing cultural diversity against the background of an ongoing process of social transformation. The study proposes that choirs from South Africa project a distinctly South African “choral” identity which they themselves have constructed by fabricating a mental representation of themselves, and which they project outwardly by means of a range of musical and extra-musical elements observable in the cultural product and artifacts generated over time. The researcher has analyzed a selection of cultural products and artifacts of the Eastern Cape Children’s Choir, the Cantare Children’s Choir and the Tygerberg Children’s Choir, in order to identify common practices among three subject choirs which sustain their continuity, in terms of Richard’s definition of identity (in Torres 2008: 3): “to name a set of practices which subjects may adopt in sustaining both the individual and, to varying degrees, collective continuity”. Research findings indicate that subject choirs are perceived, and project their choral identities, according to their musical ability to communicate and interact with other world-class choirs. Recurring practices undertaken by each subject choir, in order to maintain their international perspective, are identified as key to sustaining their continuity. Choral identity is furthermore strongly influenced by the choral tradition of the choir and the role of the conductor in developing their choral tone. This study is significant to regional children’s choirs seeking to overcome challenges of renegotiating cultural identity, as well as sustaining and expanding choral singing as an art form in South Africa.
- Full Text:
- Date Issued: 2012
Great Amen
- Composer not specified, St Gabriel's Choir from Gugulethu, Dargie, Dave
- Authors: Composer not specified , St Gabriel's Choir from Gugulethu , Dargie, Dave
- Date: 1982-04-24
- Subjects: Choral music , Field recordings , Africa, Sub-Saharan , Africa South Africa Rondebosch f-sa
- Language: English
- Type: sound recordings , field recordings , sound recording-musical
- Identifier: http://hdl.handle.net/10962/270227 , vital:54417 , International Library of African Music, Rhodes University, Makhanda, South Africa , Dave Dargie Field Tapes, Rhodes University, Makhanda, South Africa , DD040-22
- Description: Church songs, "Missa Africana" at St Michaels, Rondebosch .
- Full Text: false
- Date Issued: 1982-04-24
- Authors: Composer not specified , St Gabriel's Choir from Gugulethu , Dargie, Dave
- Date: 1982-04-24
- Subjects: Choral music , Field recordings , Africa, Sub-Saharan , Africa South Africa Rondebosch f-sa
- Language: English
- Type: sound recordings , field recordings , sound recording-musical
- Identifier: http://hdl.handle.net/10962/270227 , vital:54417 , International Library of African Music, Rhodes University, Makhanda, South Africa , Dave Dargie Field Tapes, Rhodes University, Makhanda, South Africa , DD040-22
- Description: Church songs, "Missa Africana" at St Michaels, Rondebosch .
- Full Text: false
- Date Issued: 1982-04-24
Title Not Specified
- Choir from St Mary's and St Raphaels', Composer Not Specified, Matsepu, Daniel, Dargie, Dave
- Authors: Choir from St Mary's and St Raphaels' , Composer Not Specified , Matsepu, Daniel , Dargie, Dave
- Date: 1988
- Subjects: Folk music , Field recordings , Africa, Sub-Saharan , Africa South Africa Cape Town f-sa
- Language: isiXhosa
- Type: sound recordings , field recordings , sound recording-musical
- Identifier: http://hdl.handle.net/10962/303027 , vital:58281 , International Library of African Music, Rhodes University, Makhanda, South Africa , Dave Dargie Field Tapes, Rhodes University, Makhanda, South Africa , DD107-22
- Description: Unaccompanied Church hymn.
- Full Text: false
- Date Issued: 1988
- Authors: Choir from St Mary's and St Raphaels' , Composer Not Specified , Matsepu, Daniel , Dargie, Dave
- Date: 1988
- Subjects: Folk music , Field recordings , Africa, Sub-Saharan , Africa South Africa Cape Town f-sa
- Language: isiXhosa
- Type: sound recordings , field recordings , sound recording-musical
- Identifier: http://hdl.handle.net/10962/303027 , vital:58281 , International Library of African Music, Rhodes University, Makhanda, South Africa , Dave Dargie Field Tapes, Rhodes University, Makhanda, South Africa , DD107-22
- Description: Unaccompanied Church hymn.
- Full Text: false
- Date Issued: 1988
Constructing a web of culture: the case of akKOORd, an Overberg community choir
- Authors: Jacobs, Sunell Human
- Date: 2010
- Subjects: Choral music -- South Africa -- Overberg , Choirs (Music) , Overberg (South Africa) -- History , City and town life -- Social aspects
- Language: English
- Type: Thesis , Masters , MMus
- Identifier: vital:8506 , http://hdl.handle.net/10948/1254 , Choral music -- South Africa -- Overberg , Choirs (Music) , Overberg (South Africa) -- History , City and town life -- Social aspects
- Description: akKOORd, a community choir in the relatively small southern region of the Overberg, was formed in 2006, and although the choir has only a brief history, its spirit, activities, and concerts have inspired and touched many people. This qualitative study pays attention to aspects of the choir’s history, its performance practice and of the “web” of community members connected to and involved in its activities. Through interviews and personal notes this in-depth study provides a “micronarrative” of this choir within the “web” of the Overberg community itself. It aims to not only interpret this narrative with regard to the meaning behind actions and their symbolic importance in society, but also to explore its relevance in the broader context of current South African cultural discourse. During this research it became evident that policy makers and potential funders regard this predominantly white choir with its Western repertoire as a form of undesirable exclusivity and elitism. This study opposes such a point of view, contending instead that elitism in the form of excellence has the power to defy barriers of social standing and ethnicity, and to unite people through a collective sense of ownership.
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- Date Issued: 2010
- Authors: Jacobs, Sunell Human
- Date: 2010
- Subjects: Choral music -- South Africa -- Overberg , Choirs (Music) , Overberg (South Africa) -- History , City and town life -- Social aspects
- Language: English
- Type: Thesis , Masters , MMus
- Identifier: vital:8506 , http://hdl.handle.net/10948/1254 , Choral music -- South Africa -- Overberg , Choirs (Music) , Overberg (South Africa) -- History , City and town life -- Social aspects
- Description: akKOORd, a community choir in the relatively small southern region of the Overberg, was formed in 2006, and although the choir has only a brief history, its spirit, activities, and concerts have inspired and touched many people. This qualitative study pays attention to aspects of the choir’s history, its performance practice and of the “web” of community members connected to and involved in its activities. Through interviews and personal notes this in-depth study provides a “micronarrative” of this choir within the “web” of the Overberg community itself. It aims to not only interpret this narrative with regard to the meaning behind actions and their symbolic importance in society, but also to explore its relevance in the broader context of current South African cultural discourse. During this research it became evident that policy makers and potential funders regard this predominantly white choir with its Western repertoire as a form of undesirable exclusivity and elitism. This study opposes such a point of view, contending instead that elitism in the form of excellence has the power to defy barriers of social standing and ethnicity, and to unite people through a collective sense of ownership.
- Full Text:
- Date Issued: 2010