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Towards an understanding of creative processes in generating theatrical music for plays in Kenya
Thesis (PhD)--Stellenbosch University, 2017.
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| spelling | oai:scholar.sun.ac.za:10019.1/102652 Towards an understanding of creative processes in generating theatrical music for plays in Kenya Bullindah, Jacqueline Zinale Muller, Stephanus Akuno, Emily Achieng Stellenbosch University. Faculty of Arts & Social Sciences. Dept. of Music. Music in the theater -- Kenya Theater music -- Kenya -- History and criticism Theatrical music -- Analysis, appreciation Performing arts -- Kenya UCTD Thesis (PhD)--Stellenbosch University, 2017. ENGLISH ABSTRACT: This study interrogates creative processes in generating theatrical music in plays at the Kenya National Drama Festival (KNDF). Generally, the process of generating music for theatrical works is multifaceted: it is a creative synthesis of musical elements, which are moulded in relation to the visual and verbal components of a these works. Music interacts with these components in theatrical productions to communicate meaning. At work is an interdependence in creative processes that unfold during the preparation and performance of theatrical music elements and the visual and verbal components of a theatrical work. Existing literature in musicology, creativity and dramaturgical studies on theatrical music in Kenya tends to downplay the importance of creative processes of music in theatre production. Using a music-to-other-media approach, this study focusses on these creative processes during preparation and staging of plays, with particular interest in how new and diverse musical ideas are created. Acknowledging the multifaceted nature of theatrical music and the complexity of the topic under scrutiny, the study advocates for a multiperspectival approach to provide an avenue for assessing the prevailing thinking on these musical creative processes. On a macro-level, beginning from a historical perspective, Chapter 3 sheds light on the antecedents and trends in the development of theatrical music in plays, while highlighting how socio-political and cultural dynamics in Kenya have impacted on the music and shaped its creation. Also under the macro-level perspective is the KNDF context in Chapter 1, which highlights the formal organisational negotiations that have shaped theatrical music and its creation in plays. On a micro-level, Chapters 4 and 5 focus on play practitioners’ creative workspace and interrogate creative processes during preparation and staging. In Chapter 4, using an ethnographic approach, I observe and interrogate discourses by practitioners and other key informants on the processes they employ in generating theatrical music for plays at the KNDF. Chapter 5 provides a close reading of creative processes in the structural and contextual content of theatrical music in five plays performed by primary and secondary schools at the KNDF between 2007 and 2015. I consider the development of the plays over a period of time in order to observe the chronological aspect of creative processes. Drawing on preselected metatheories discussed in Chapter 2, data from history (literature and archival information), ethnography (interviews and observations) and close reading of the music, the study suggests a conceptual model for understanding creative processes in generating theatrical music for plays. The conclusion presents the argument that these creative processes are influenced and shaped by contextual factors (history, theory and practice within a community of practice) and can be conceptualised as processual, iterative and continuous macro- and micro-processes. AFRIKAANSE OPSOMMING: Hierdie studie ondersoek kreatiewe prosesse in die skep van teatermusiek in dramaproduksies van die Kenia Nasionale Dramafees (KNDF). Die prosesse is veelkantig en verteenwoordig 'n kreatiewe sintese van musikale elemente in verhouding met die visuele en verbale komponente van dramaproduksies. Musiek staan in interaksie met hierdie komponente in dramaproduksies ten einde betekenis te kommunikeer. Ter sprake is 'n interafhanklikheid van kreatiewe prosesse met visuele en verbale aspekte van dramaproduksies gedurende die voorbereiding en uitvoering van teatermusiekelemente. Bestaande literatuur in musiekwetenskap, kreatiwiteit en dramaturgiese studies oor teatermusiek in Kenia neig daartoe om die belang van musiek in dramaproduksies te onderskat, of om te fokus op teatermusiek in isolasie van die verbale en visuale aspekte van produksies. Deur die toepassing van 'n musiek-tot-ander-media benadering, fokus hierdie studie op kreatiewe prosesse gedurende die voorbereiding en aanbieding van dramaproduksies, met spesiale verwysing na hoe nuwe en diverse idees tot stand kom. In erkenning van die veelfasettigheid van teatermusiek, en die kompleksiteit van enige studie van kreatiewe prosesse, maak hierdie studie gebruik van multi-perspektiewelike benaderings om die stand van diskoers oor hierdie musikale kreatiewe prosesse te ondersoek. Vanuit 'n historiese perspektief verskaf Hoofstuk 3 inligting oor die voorgangers tot die ontwikkeling van teatermusiek in dramaproduksies, terwyl dit ook uitwys hoe sosio-politieke dinamika in Kenia 'n invloed op die musiek uitgeoefen het en formerend ingewerk het op die skep daarvan. Die KNDF-konteks in Hoofstuk 1 onderstreep ook die formele organisatoriese onderhandelings wat teatermusiek help vorm het. Op 'n mikrovlak, in Hoofstukke 4 en 5, fokus die studie op die kreatiewe werksruimte en ondersoek dit kreatiewe prosesse gedurende voorbereiding en uitvoering met spesiale belang daarin om vas te stel hoe nuwe idees geskep word in die komponeer van hierdie musiek. In Hoofstuk 4 word daar deur middel van 'n etnografiese benadering observasies gemaak en diskoerse bekyk van praktisyne en ander sleutelfigure oor die prosesse wat hulle aanwend om teatermusiek te skep vir dramas in die KNDF. Hoofstuk 5 bied 'n stiplees aan van kreatiewe prosesse ten opsigte van die strukturele en kontekstuele inhoud van teatermusiek in vyf dramas wat deur primêre en sekondêre skole uitgevoer is by die KNDF tussen 2007 en 2015. Die studie oorweeg die ontwikkeling van die dramas oor 'n bepaalde tydsverloop ten einde ook die chronologiese aspek van kreatiewe prosesse te karteer. Met die gebruik van meta-teorieë wat in Hoofstuk 2 bespreek word, word historiese data (literatuur en argivale inligting), etnografie (onderhoude en observasies) en stiplees van musiek aangewend om uiteindelik 'n konseptuele model voor te stel vir die verstaan van kreatiewe prosesse in die skep van teatermusiek vir dramaproduksies. Die gevolgtrekking maak dit duidelik dat hierdie kreatiewe prosesse onderhewig is en gevorm word deur kontekstuele faktore (geskiedenis, teorie en gemeenskapspraktyke) en dat dit gekonseptualiseer kan word as prosesmatige, wederkerige en deurlopende makro- en mikroprosesse. Doctoral 2017-11-22T21:12:02Z 2017-12-11T10:37:14Z 2021-02-01T03:00:09Z 2017-12 Thesis http://hdl.handle.net/10019.1/102652 en_ZA Stellenbosch University xv, 319 pages : illustrations application/pdf Stellenbosch : Stellenbosch University |
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