South African Choral Music (Amakwaya): Song, Contest and the ...

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PART TWO:
MUSIC: THE CONTEXT OF PERFORMANCE
MUSIC AT THE MISSION STATION AND THE IMPORTANCE OF THE HYMN 123
5.1 Umculo amakholwa - "Christian Music and Music of the Whites" 124
5.2 Early Musical Encounters: Missionaries and their Music 126
5.2.1 Historical Development of the Hymn 128
5.2.2 The American Revival Hymn: Moody and Sankey 130
5.3 To Sing Like a Westerner: the Practice ofSinging Hymns and Psalms 131
5.3.1 Antiphons, Psalmody and African Vocal Tradition 133
5.3.2 The Impact ofLanguage: African Hymnbooks and the Translation ofHymns 138
5.4 Hymn Singing: Medium of Promoting Christianity 141
5.5 Musical Innovations, Structural Influences and the Secularisation of the Hymn 144
5.5.1 Message Transformed: Songs ofProtest and Freedom 147
5.6 Summary 151
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MUSIC EDUCATION AT ADAMS COLLEGE 153
6.1 The Establishment ofAdams College 155
6.1.1 The American Board Mission 155
6.1.2 Amanzimtoti Mission and Adams College 157
6.2 The Content ofMusic Education 159
6.2.1 The Early Years 159
6.2.2 Broadening the Content ofMusic Education: The College ofMusic at Adams College 163
6.2.3 Tonic Sol-fa: Historical Development of a Musical Tool 167
6.2.4 Traditional Music and Fieldwork 172
6.3 Summary 174
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LEISURE-TIME AND THE ROLE OF CHORAL SINGING: WITH SPECIAL REFERENCE
TO ADAMS COLLEGE 177
7.1 Organising and Moralising Leisure-time
7.1.1 The House System
7.1.2 Sunday Schools
7.1.3 Scouting, Pathfinders and Wayfarers
7.2 Choral Music, Performance, Discipline and the Role ofSinging
7.2.1 Singing, Drill Exercises and Discipline
7.2.2 Choirs: Tours and Repertoire
7.2.3 Representing the Alma Mater
7.2.4 The Structure of the Repertoire
7.3 Summary
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