Verbal-Text as a Process of Compositional and Improvisational Elaboration in Litungu Music
VERBAL-TEXT AS A PROCESS OF COMPOSITIONAL AND IMPROVISATIONAL ELABORATION IN BUKUSU LITUNGU MUSIC
by
ABIGAEL NANCY MASASABI
Submitted in accordance with the requirements for the degree of
DOCTOR OF MUSICOLOGY
at the
UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH AFRICA
SUPERVISOR: DR MARIE R. JORRITSMA
CO- SUPERVISOR: DR FLORENCE NGALE MIYA
MAY 2011
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DECLARATION
Student number: 3658-166-6
I declare that VERBAL-TEXT AS A PROCESS OF COMPOSITIONAL AND IMPROVISATIONAL ELABORATION IN BUKUSU LITUNGU MUSIC is my own work and that all sources that I have used or quoted have been indicated and acknowledged by means of complete references.
________________________ SIGNATURE (Miss A N Masasabi)
______________ DATE
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DEDICATION To the late Japheth Muia Mutangili and my daughter Grace Buyanzi.
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ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS This work would not have been accomplished without the moral and professional support of a number of individuals. I am particularly grateful to my supervisors for their patience, support and guidance. I thank Dr Marie Jorritsma for her perceptiveness in matters of theoretical content, language and organization. Her careful reading and criticisms led to substantial improvement in the quality of this thesis. I am also indebted to my second supervisor Dr Florence Ngale Miya whose comments and suggestions were a source of inspiration. Dr Miya‘s encouragement and her confidence in my ability kept me going throughout my work. I thank Dr Kidula for taking time to critique my thesis, directing me to books relevant to my study and for sending me a number of articles that enhanced my thesis. I thank Dr and Prof Tamusuza for insightful criticisms to the theory, method and terminologies used in my thesis. I also thank Dr Kilonzo for her encouragement and for proofreading my thesis. In addition I would like to appreciate Dr Omondi Okech for editing my thesis.
I would also like to acknowledge the assistance of Fred Wekesa Kusienya and Isaac
by
ABIGAEL NANCY MASASABI
Submitted in accordance with the requirements for the degree of
DOCTOR OF MUSICOLOGY
at the
UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH AFRICA
SUPERVISOR: DR MARIE R. JORRITSMA
CO- SUPERVISOR: DR FLORENCE NGALE MIYA
MAY 2011
i
DECLARATION
Student number: 3658-166-6
I declare that VERBAL-TEXT AS A PROCESS OF COMPOSITIONAL AND IMPROVISATIONAL ELABORATION IN BUKUSU LITUNGU MUSIC is my own work and that all sources that I have used or quoted have been indicated and acknowledged by means of complete references.
________________________ SIGNATURE (Miss A N Masasabi)
______________ DATE
ii
DEDICATION To the late Japheth Muia Mutangili and my daughter Grace Buyanzi.
iii
ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS This work would not have been accomplished without the moral and professional support of a number of individuals. I am particularly grateful to my supervisors for their patience, support and guidance. I thank Dr Marie Jorritsma for her perceptiveness in matters of theoretical content, language and organization. Her careful reading and criticisms led to substantial improvement in the quality of this thesis. I am also indebted to my second supervisor Dr Florence Ngale Miya whose comments and suggestions were a source of inspiration. Dr Miya‘s encouragement and her confidence in my ability kept me going throughout my work. I thank Dr Kidula for taking time to critique my thesis, directing me to books relevant to my study and for sending me a number of articles that enhanced my thesis. I thank Dr and Prof Tamusuza for insightful criticisms to the theory, method and terminologies used in my thesis. I also thank Dr Kilonzo for her encouragement and for proofreading my thesis. In addition I would like to appreciate Dr Omondi Okech for editing my thesis.
I would also like to acknowledge the assistance of Fred Wekesa Kusienya and Isaac