{"title":"Where Worlds Collide","authors":"Kirsten Nicole Adams","doi":"10.2989/18121004.2019.1686233","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.2989/18121004.2019.1686233","url":null,"abstract":"The UK has a strong tradition of innovative evaluative health care research. There are, however, considerable forces impeding collaboration between clinicians, academics, patients and their advocates and industry. This paper argues that, if the UK is to regain a position at the forefront of clinical research into evaluation of care, some of these forces need to be overcome. Now, with explicit encouragement from funders within the UK's NHS, it is urgent that all parties discover better ways of working together so that more broad and meaningful research can be produced in a timely fashion.","PeriodicalId":41064,"journal":{"name":"Journal of the Musical Arts in Africa","volume":"103 1","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":0.1,"publicationDate":"2019-07-03","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"138534428","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"艺术学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Giving a voice to budding young scholars on the African continent","authors":"Wilhelm Delport","doi":"10.2989/18121004.2019.1700620","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.2989/18121004.2019.1700620","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":41064,"journal":{"name":"Journal of the Musical Arts in Africa","volume":"26 1","pages":"viii - xv"},"PeriodicalIF":0.1,"publicationDate":"2019-07-03","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"74673158","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"艺术学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Author biographies","authors":"","doi":"10.2989/18121004.2019.1705608","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.2989/18121004.2019.1705608","url":null,"abstract":"Seukhoon Paul Choi is a principal at StratWays Group, a geopolitical risk advisory in Seoul. He specialises in political-military affairs, international security and strategy design. Until 2018, he worked as a strategist and international relations specialist at the United Nations Command, ROK–US Combined Forces Command and US Forces Korea, in both the Commander’s Strategic Initiatives Group and the Directorate for Strategy, Policy, Plans and Strategic Communications. Previously, he worked as a research associate at the Council on Foreign Relations, was a visiting scholar at Fudan University, a faculty lecturer at the Korea Military Academy and an officer in the Republic of Korea Army.","PeriodicalId":41064,"journal":{"name":"Journal of the Musical Arts in Africa","volume":"70 1","pages":"v - vii"},"PeriodicalIF":0.1,"publicationDate":"2019-07-03","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"80292430","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"艺术学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"‘Comprovisation’ in Igbo Choral Art Music (ICAM): an introduction","authors":"Chidi Obijiaku","doi":"10.2989/18121004.2019.1700619","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.2989/18121004.2019.1700619","url":null,"abstract":"Abstract Improvisation often seems to have a negative reputation among ‘serious’ composers, since it is considered to be characterised by an artistic looseness in contrast to classical compositions, which are meticulously notated and require disciplined observance from musicians. ‘Comprovisation’ is a portmanteau word coined by the American composer Richard Dudas (2010) to describe notated compositions that include improvisation. The instrumental parts of Nigerian Igbo Choral Art Music (ICAM) are highly structured and interwoven with the notated choral part. While such parts could be considered ‘composition’, they are often left un-notated by composers, thus allowing musicians to make their own creative contributions to the final work. The process whereby ICAM is comprovised allows the musical form (in both its choral and instrumental parts) to retain freshness as well as gravitas in the art music sphere. Many studies have been conducted on ICAM, primarily focusing on its history, development and compositional principles, such as the relationship between melody and rhythm, accents and the intonation of Igbo texts. The existing research does not, however, explore the critical role that un-notated instrumentation plays in the final musical product and the genre’s ontology. This article addresses this gap by arguing that the instrumental part of ICAM is a well-structured process that is integral to the genre, albeit un-notated.","PeriodicalId":41064,"journal":{"name":"Journal of the Musical Arts in Africa","volume":"6 1","pages":"127 - 142"},"PeriodicalIF":0.1,"publicationDate":"2019-07-03","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"77896243","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"艺术学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Shifting ‘stuckness’ in Parkinson’s disease: a music therapy case study","authors":"C. Panebianco, C. Lotter","doi":"10.2989/18121004.2019.1700618","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.2989/18121004.2019.1700618","url":null,"abstract":"Abstract Prior research has demonstrated the positive effect of music therapy for people with Parkinson’s disease, much of which is concerned with functional motor-related goals and their quantitative measurement. However, few studies qualitatively address details of the music therapy process itself. This interpretivist case study sought to understand the therapeutic potential of an eight-week integrated music therapy intervention involving a single client with Parkinson’s disease (PD). The music therapy intervention, focusing on motor and non-motor clinical goals, comprised clinical improvisation, structured musical exercises, music-centred movement, and receptive music therapy techniques. Data collected included audio-visual footage of the intervention and transcripts from semi-structured interviews conducted with the client and the music therapist at the conclusion of the intervention. The article illustrates the ways in which the integrated music therapy intervention addressed the client’s experience of ‘stuckness’ and other challenges associated with the lived experience of PD. Themes from the thematic analysis revealed that the client experienced increased motivation, self-confidence, improved motor and gait control, mood regulation, better focus, the opportunity for emotional expression, and support within the therapeutic relationship.","PeriodicalId":41064,"journal":{"name":"Journal of the Musical Arts in Africa","volume":"16 1","pages":"77 - 97"},"PeriodicalIF":0.1,"publicationDate":"2019-07-03","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"79145997","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"艺术学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Examining the musical ‘Sprachvermögen’ in Hendrik Hofmeyr’s operatic monodrama Saartjie","authors":"Andy Olsen, D. Kruger","doi":"10.2989/18121004.2019.1686230","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.2989/18121004.2019.1686230","url":null,"abstract":"Abstract This interpretivist article investigates how the concept of musical Sprachvermögen (literally meaning ‘speaking ability’, or more accurate in this context the ability to communicate via music), as conceptualised by Wagner, is portrayed in Hendrik Hofmeyr’s operatic monodrama Saartjie, Opus 121 (2009). It further explores how musical, non-verbal communicational elements such as Sprachvermögen create context and assist in a deeper understanding of a musical text. Adopting a post-structuralist point of view, a text is assumed here not only to include what is printed or written down, but also context and the multitude of aspects experienced by an observer. Following a close reading of Saartjie, it is concluded that the work’s music and libretto are not only fundamentally inseparable, but bound together through the Sprachvermögen of the musical text. The music’s Sprachvermögen emphasises Saartjie’s emotional state and the spatial context in the opera, which lends further credence to the character’s portrayal on stage.","PeriodicalId":41064,"journal":{"name":"Journal of the Musical Arts in Africa","volume":"3 1","pages":"45 - 75"},"PeriodicalIF":0.1,"publicationDate":"2019-07-03","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"82194492","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"艺术学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Parading Respectability: The Cultural and Moral Aesthetics of the Christmas Bands Movement in the Western Cape, South Africa","authors":"P. Fourie","doi":"10.2989/18121004.2019.1686234","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.2989/18121004.2019.1686234","url":null,"abstract":"Book Title: Parading Respectability: The Cultural and Moral Aesthetics of the Christmas Bands Movement in the Western Cape, South AfricaBook Author: Bruinders, Sylvia(2017) Grahamstown: African Humanities Program. ISBN 978-1-920033-19-4. xvii, 205 pp. Index, figures, photographs, maps. ZAR 325.00.","PeriodicalId":41064,"journal":{"name":"Journal of the Musical Arts in Africa","volume":"81 1","pages":"149 - 154"},"PeriodicalIF":0.1,"publicationDate":"2019-07-03","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"81669034","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"艺术学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"African hip hop as a rhizomic art form articulating urban youth identity and resistance with reference to Kenyan genge and Ghanaian hiplife","authors":"J. Park, J. N. Michira, S. Yun","doi":"10.2989/18121004.2019.1686225","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.2989/18121004.2019.1686225","url":null,"abstract":"Abstract This study argues that hip hop, as a global phenomenon, is a complex assemblage of narratives and metanarratives, many of which are not necessarily direct, structured or causative. Applying Deleuze and Guattari’s concept of the rhizome, this study attempts a ‘mapping’ of hip hop in Africa through case study analyses of genge from Kenya and hiplife from Ghana. This representation helps in demonstrating and appreciating the complexity, multiplicity, fluidity and hybridity of African hip hop.","PeriodicalId":41064,"journal":{"name":"Journal of the Musical Arts in Africa","volume":"33 1","pages":"118 - 99"},"PeriodicalIF":0.1,"publicationDate":"2019-07-03","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"82971429","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"艺术学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"On Record: Popular Afrikaans Music & Society","authors":"Kirsten Adams","doi":"10.2989/18121004.2018.1534340","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.2989/18121004.2018.1534340","url":null,"abstract":"Book Title: On Record: Popular Afrikaans Music & SocietyBook Author: Van der Merwe, Schalk(2017). Stellenbosch: SUN Media. ISBN (print): 978-1-928357-11-7, ISBN (e-book): 978-1-928357-12-4. i, 192 pp. ZAR 365.00.","PeriodicalId":41064,"journal":{"name":"Journal of the Musical Arts in Africa","volume":"20 1","pages":"149 - 151"},"PeriodicalIF":0.1,"publicationDate":"2018-07-03","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"85673320","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"艺术学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Performing ethnicity in Nollywood film music: the power of texted music1","authors":"E. Sylvanus","doi":"10.2989/18121004.2018.1534338","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.2989/18121004.2018.1534338","url":null,"abstract":"Abstract The general assumption of this article is that ethnicity is constituted in both process and performance. The article discusses ethnicity in Nollywood film music by specifically examining the local film composers’ representative practice through which musical value and meaning are generated. The focus is on the interconnected and narrativised relationship of texted music (music with words) and the moving image. The article is based on an analysis of experiential data from the film Ekaette Goes to School, as well as on interviews and recordings to theorise ethnicity as both a discursive and performative phenomenon in one of Africa’s cinema traditions.","PeriodicalId":41064,"journal":{"name":"Journal of the Musical Arts in Africa","volume":"342 1","pages":"109 - 93"},"PeriodicalIF":0.1,"publicationDate":"2018-07-03","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"83454315","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"艺术学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}