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| Under Graduate Degree |
Semester module |
NQF level: 7 |
Credits: 12 |
| Module presented in English |
Module presented online |
| Pre-requisite: MHS2611 |
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| Recommendation: MHS2612 |
| Purpose: Qualifying students will be able to describe local contemporary operatic and choral conventions in the contexts of composition, performance, and reception. Students will be able to differentiate between various forms of musical theatre, including: Operas, Operettas and Musicals. In addition, they will be able to discuss the relationship between operatic and choral conventions in South Africa with reference to their respective cultural histories, the role of economic and socio-political dynamics affecting their developments, and the roles of leading composers and/or other forms of cultural producers. Students will finally be able to identify and critically discuss the ways in which opera and choral singing respond to
contemporary socio-political and cultural conditions. The module opens the narrative on the history of Western art music to engage notions of decolonization, Africanisation, indigenisation and decoloniality. |