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Die gebruik van jazz-stylelemente in die orrelkomposisies van Surendran Reddy (1962-2010)
Thesis (PhD)--Stellenbosch University, 2025.
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| spelling | oai:scholar.sun.ac.za:10019.1/134755 Die gebruik van jazz-stylelemente in die orrelkomposisies van Surendran Reddy (1962-2010) Oosthuizen, John Ernst Nell, Mario Stellenbosch University. Faculty of Arts and Social Sciences. Dept. of Music. Reddy, Surendran, 1962-2010 Organ music (Jazz) Music -- South Africa -- History and criticism Composers -- South Africa Jazz -- Composition -- Analysis, appreciation UCTD Thesis (PhD)--Stellenbosch University, 2025. Oosthuizen, J. E. 2025. Die gebruik van jazz-stylelemente in die orrelkomposisies van Surendran Reddy (1962-2010). Unpublished doctoral dissertation. Stellenbosch: Stellenbosch University [online]. Available: https://scholar.sun.ac.za/items/8a9d9fce-05e2-4510-b332-2b4e882f4b0a ENGLISH ABSTRACT: This study explores the transformation of organ music in the 20th and 21st centuries, with a particular focus on the influence of contemporary musical idioms such as jazz on Western organ composition styles. The traditional boundaries between art music and popular genres have increasingly blurred, opening new stylistic possibilities for composition and influencing both the design and use of the organ. Although historically associated with the church and classical tradition, the organ is now frequently used in non-liturgical contexts, demonstrating its versatility and ongoing relevance in contemporary musical practice. The dissertation focuses on two works by South African composer Surendran Reddy (1962–2010), namely the Toccata for Madiba (1997) and Mayibuye Suite (2001), in which classical and jazz elements are uniquely integrated. Traditional analytical frameworks for classical music prove inadequate in fully capturing this stylistic synthesis; therefore, a tailored analytical framework has been developed to categorise both international and South African jazz styles and to identify their manifestation in Reddy’s compositions. This framework facilitates a critical examination of Reddy’s aesthetic vision and the role of jazz-style elements in performance practice. The study contributes to a broader understanding of the organ as a dynamic medium within both global and South African musical contexts. In the absence of complete performance instructions in his organ works, Reddy thus creates space for the performer to also act as a co-creative agent in realising the music’s aesthetic and political dimensions. The performer’s mandate is not merely limited to reproducing the notated score, but they are granted some freedom to internalise and articulate the stylistic register, cultural contexts, and historical resonances in their interpretation. AFRIKAANSE OPSOMMING: Hierdie studie ondersoek die transformasie van orrelmusiek in die 20ste- en 21ste eeu, met spesifieke fokus op die invloed van kontemporêre musikale idiome soos jazz op Westerse orrelkomposisiestyle. Die tradisionele grense tussen kunsmusiek en populêre genres het begin vervaag, wat nie net nuwe stilistiese moontlikhede vir komposisie geskep het nie, maar ook die ontwerp en gebruik van die orrel self beïnvloed het. Ondanks die historiese assosiasie van die orrel met die kerk en die klassieke tradisie, toon toenemende gebruik daarvan in nie-liturgiese ruimtes die instrument se veelsydigheid en relevansie in hedendaagse musiekpraktyke. Die proefskrif fokus op twee werke van die Suid-Afrikaanse komponis Surendran Reddy (1962–2010), naamlik Toccata for Madiba (1997) en Mayibuye Suite (2001), waarin musiek op unieke wyse geïntegreer word. Tradisionele musiek-analitiese raamwerke blyk ontoereikend om hierdie stilistiese versmelting volledig te verklaar, en daarom is ’n aangepaste analitiese raamwerk ontwikkel om jazz-style, beide internasionaal en Suid-Afrikaans, te kategoriseer en hul manifestasie in Reddy se komposisies te identifiseer. Deur hierdie raamwerk word Reddy se estetiese visie en die rol van jazz-stylelemente in uitvoeringspraktyk krities ontleed. Die studie dra by tot ’n breër begrip van die orrel as ’n dinamiese medium binne die globale en Suid-Afrikaanse musiekkonteks. In die afwesigheid van volledige uitvoeringsaanwysings in sy orrelwerke, skep Reddy sodoende die ruimte vir die uitvoerder om ook op te tree as ’n medeskeppende kunstenaar vir die realisering van die musiek se estetiese en politieke dimensies. Die uitvoerder se mandaat is nie bloot beperk om die noteteks weer te gee nie, maar word die vryheid gegee om ook die stilistiese register, kulturele kontekste, en historiese resonansies te internaliseer en in die interpretasie te artikuleer. Doctoral 2026-01-07T06:23:39Z 2026-01-07T06:23:39Z 2025-12 Thesis https://scholar.sun.ac.za/handle/10019.1/134755 Stellenbosch University xii, 325 pages : music application/pdf Stellenbosch : Stellenbosch University |
| spellingShingle | Reddy, Surendran, 1962-2010 Organ music (Jazz) Music -- South Africa -- History and criticism Composers -- South Africa Jazz -- Composition -- Analysis, appreciation UCTD Oosthuizen, John Ernst Die gebruik van jazz-stylelemente in die orrelkomposisies van Surendran Reddy (1962-2010) |
| title | Die gebruik van jazz-stylelemente in die orrelkomposisies van Surendran Reddy (1962-2010) |
| title_full | Die gebruik van jazz-stylelemente in die orrelkomposisies van Surendran Reddy (1962-2010) |
| title_fullStr | Die gebruik van jazz-stylelemente in die orrelkomposisies van Surendran Reddy (1962-2010) |
| title_full_unstemmed | Die gebruik van jazz-stylelemente in die orrelkomposisies van Surendran Reddy (1962-2010) |
| title_short | Die gebruik van jazz-stylelemente in die orrelkomposisies van Surendran Reddy (1962-2010) |
| title_sort | die gebruik van jazz stylelemente in die orrelkomposisies van surendran reddy 1962 2010 |
| topic | Reddy, Surendran, 1962-2010 Organ music (Jazz) Music -- South Africa -- History and criticism Composers -- South Africa Jazz -- Composition -- Analysis, appreciation UCTD |
| url | https://scholar.sun.ac.za/handle/10019.1/134755 |
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