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Author:

Gaulier, Armelle, author.

Title:

Cape Town harmonies : memory, humour and resilience / Armelle Gaulier & Denis-Constant Martin.

Publisher:

African Minds,

Copyright Date:

2017

Description:

xxvii, 337 pages ; 24 cm

Subject:

Choral societies--Cape Town.--Cape Town.
Minstrels--Cape Town.--Cape Town.
Music--History and criticism.--Cape Town--Cape Town--History and criticism.
Choral societies.
Minstrels.
Music--Social aspects.
South Africa--Cape Town.
Criticism, interpretation, etc.

Other Authors:

Martin, Denis, author.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references (pages 321-334).

Contents:

Part one. Memory and processes of musical appropriation. -- 1. Music behind the music : appropriation as the engine of creation -- 2. In the footsteps of the future : musical memory and reconciliation in South Africa -- part two. Nederlandsliedjies and notions of blending -- 3. The nederlandsliedjies' "uniqueness" -- 4. The meanings of blending -- part three. Moppies : humour and survival -- 5. Assembling comic songs -- 6. Behind the comic -- Conclusion : memory, resilience, identity and creolisation.

ISBN:

1928331505
9781928331506

OCLC:

(OCoLC)1010311988

Locations:

OVUX522 -- University of Iowa Libraries (Iowa City)