AN INTERPRETATIVE DESCRIPTION OF QINISELA SIBISI'S SECULAR CANTATA AMANDLA AWETHU!
Within the music fraternity in South Africa, Qinisela Sibisi is respected as one of the more prolific composers in the country. However, a review of available literature showed that there is a lamentable lack of scholarly research about Sibisi's life and his body of work. Framed within an interpreti...
| Publicado en: | South African Journal of Cultural History / Suid-Afrikaanse Vereniging vir Kultuurgeskiedenis Vol. 37; no. 1; pp. 150 - 175 |
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South African Society for Cultural History
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| Sumario: | Within the music fraternity in South Africa, Qinisela Sibisi is respected as one of the more prolific composers in the country. However, a review of available literature showed that there is a lamentable lack of scholarly research about Sibisi's life and his body of work. Framed within an interpretive philosophical perspective, this article explores how Sibisi's beliefs, perceptions and experiences shape his secular cantata Amandla Awethu! The cantata was commissioned by the Southern African Music Rights Organisation (SAMRO) to commemorate the uprising that occurred in 1976 in Soweto, South Africa. The article contributes to filling the gap in the scholarly literature about the life and work of the composer; more specifically, the commissioned work. Data was collected through an interview and written and verbal communication with the composer. Themes that emerged during the data analysis pointed towards how various levels of Sibisi's beliefs, perceptions and experiences informed a work that is rich in its inclusion of characteristics from different music genres, speaks to the history of a society, contributes to the social consciousness of that society and points towards how the events of 16 June 1976 should inform future generations of young people. In Suid-Afrika se musiekwêreld word Qinisela Sibisi as een van die meer produktiewe komponiste beskou. 'n Oorsig van beskikbare literatuur openbaar egter 'n betreurenswaardige gebrek aan akademiese navorsing oor Sibisi se lewe en oeuvre. Binne die raamwerk van 'n interpretatiewe filosofiese perspektief, word ondersoek ingestel na die wyse waarop Sibisi se persoonlike oortuigings, persepsies en ervaringe sy sekulêre kantate, Amandla Awethu (Mag! Dit behoort aan ons!/Mag! Dit is ons s'n!) beïnvloed het. Die kantate is in opdrag van die Suider-Afrikaanse Musiekregte Organisasie (SAMRO) gekomponeer ter herdenking aan die onluste wat in 1976 in Soweto, Suid-Afrika voorgekom het. Die artikel dra daartoe by om die gebrek aan akademiese literatuur oor die komponis se lewe en werke, en veral hierdie opdragwerk, aan te vul. Dataversameling het tydens 'n onderhoud plaasgevind, asook deur middel van geskrewe en mondelingse kommunikasie met die komponis. Temas wat tydens die data-analise uitgekristalliseer het, toon dat Sibisi se oortuigings opvattinge en ervarings op vele vlakke 'n werk gerig het wat ryk is aan inklusiwiteit van verskeie musiekstyle, wat dui op die geskiedenis van 'n gemeenskap, bydra tot die sosiale bewussyn van daardie gemeenskap, en 'n rigtingwyser is vir hoe die gebeure van 16 Junie 1976 die toekomstig jeug kan beïnvloed. |
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