Pitch organisation in Hendrik Hofmeyr's Alleenstryd
| dc.contributor.author | May, James | |
| dc.date.accessioned | 2016-08-24T14:28:27Z | |
| dc.date.available | 2016-08-24T14:28:27Z | |
| dc.date.issued | 2003 | |
| dc.date.updated | 2016-01-04T10:35:02Z | |
| dc.description.abstract | Hendrik Pienaar Hofmeyr is one of South Africa’s most frequently commissioned and performed composers. Very little research dealing with his work has been published. In an attempt to address this, the current article will look at the song cycle Alleenstryd, a work of seminal importance in the evolution of Hofmeyr’s musical language. The various types of pitch organisation which had been emerging in earlier works by the composer are here for the first time organised into a fully integrated and coherent system. The opening melodic and harmonic material of the work undergoes constant change throughout the cycle in a highly organised process which is groundbreaking in its originality. The principles applied here have later become the mainstay of Hofmeyr’s mature style, which has evolved from such diverse influences as African music and the works of Schoenberg, Stravinsky, Szymanowski and Arnold van Wyk. His work is characterised by an adherence to expanded tonality, directness of expression, contrapuntal fabrics and an exceptional sense of orchestral colour. | |
| dc.identifier.apacitation | May, J. (2003). Pitch organisation in Hendrik Hofmeyr's Alleenstryd. <i>South African Journal of Musicology</i>, http://hdl.handle.net/11427/21523 | en_ZA |
| dc.identifier.chicagocitation | May, James "Pitch organisation in Hendrik Hofmeyr's Alleenstryd." <i>South African Journal of Musicology</i> (2003) http://hdl.handle.net/11427/21523 | en_ZA |
| dc.identifier.citation | May, J. (2003). Pitch organisation in hendrik hofmeyr's alleenstryd. SAMUS : South African Journal of Musicology, 23, 43-53. | |
| dc.identifier.ris | TY - Journal Article AU - May, James AB - Hendrik Pienaar Hofmeyr is one of South Africa’s most frequently commissioned and performed composers. Very little research dealing with his work has been published. In an attempt to address this, the current article will look at the song cycle Alleenstryd, a work of seminal importance in the evolution of Hofmeyr’s musical language. The various types of pitch organisation which had been emerging in earlier works by the composer are here for the first time organised into a fully integrated and coherent system. The opening melodic and harmonic material of the work undergoes constant change throughout the cycle in a highly organised process which is groundbreaking in its originality. The principles applied here have later become the mainstay of Hofmeyr’s mature style, which has evolved from such diverse influences as African music and the works of Schoenberg, Stravinsky, Szymanowski and Arnold van Wyk. His work is characterised by an adherence to expanded tonality, directness of expression, contrapuntal fabrics and an exceptional sense of orchestral colour. DA - 2003 DB - OpenUCT DP - University of Cape Town J1 - South African Journal of Musicology LK - https://open.uct.ac.za PB - University of Cape Town PY - 2003 T1 - Pitch organisation in Hendrik Hofmeyr's Alleenstryd TI - Pitch organisation in Hendrik Hofmeyr's Alleenstryd UR - http://hdl.handle.net/11427/21523 ER - | en_ZA |
| dc.identifier.uri | http://hdl.handle.net/11427/21523 | |
| dc.identifier.vancouvercitation | May J. Pitch organisation in Hendrik Hofmeyr's Alleenstryd. South African Journal of Musicology. 2003; http://hdl.handle.net/11427/21523. | en_ZA |
| dc.language.iso | eng | |
| dc.publisher.department | College of Music | en_ZA |
| dc.publisher.faculty | Faculty of Humanities | en_ZA |
| dc.publisher.institution | University of Cape Town | |
| dc.source | South African Journal of Musicology | |
| dc.source.uri | http://reference.sabinet.co.za/sa_epublication/samus | |
| dc.title | Pitch organisation in Hendrik Hofmeyr's Alleenstryd | |
| dc.type | Journal Article | en_ZA |
| uct.type.filetype | Text | |
| uct.type.filetype | Image | |
| uct.type.publication | Research | en_ZA |
| uct.type.resource | Article | en_ZA |