Cape Town Harmonies (eBook)

Memory, Humour and Resilience

Armelle Gaulier, Denis-Constant Martin (Autoren)

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2017
368 Seiten
African Minds (Verlag)
978-1-928331-51-3 (ISBN)

Infos

"Cape Town�s public cultures can only be fully appreciated through recognition of its deep and diverse soundscape. We have to listen to what has made and makes a city. The ear is an integral part of the �research tools� one needs to get a sense of any city. We have to listen to the sounds that made and make the expansive �mother city�. Various of its constituent parts sound different from each other � [T]here is the sound of the singing men and their choirs (�teams� they are called) in preparation for the longstanding annual Malay choral competitions. The lyrics from the various repertoires they perform are hardly ever written down. [�] There are texts of the hallowed �Dutch songs� but these do not circulate easily and widely. Researchers dream of finding lyrics from decades ago, not to mention a few generations ago � back to the early 19th century. This work by Denis Constant Martin and Armelle Gaulier provides us with a very useful selection of these songs. More than that, it is a critical sociological reflection of the place of these songs and their performers in the context that have given rise to them and sustains their relevance. It is a necessary work and is a very important scholarly intervention about a rather neglected aspect of the history and present production of music in the city."

Produkt-Details

• Erscheint lt. Verlag: 19.7.2017
• Sprache: englisch
• Themenwelt: Kunst / Musik / Theater ► Musik ► Musikgeschichte
• Themenwelt: Geschichte ► Teilgebiete der Geschichte ► Kulturgeschichte
• Themenwelt: Sozialwissenschaften ► Soziologie
• ISBN-10: 1-928331-51-3 / 1928331513
• ISBN-13: 978-1-928331-51-3 / 9781928331513