Tatei Watu (Our Father): A Tribute to Venâncio Mbande

dc.contributor.advisorHerbst, Theo
dc.contributor.authorZango, Matchume
dc.date.accessioned2023-02-21T13:12:30Z
dc.date.available2023-02-21T13:12:30Z
dc.date.issued2022
dc.date.updated2023-02-21T07:33:39Z
dc.description.abstractTATEI WATU (Our Father): Tribute to Venâncio Mbande is a creative project that culminated in the production of a CD Album in which thirteen musicians participated in the recording of musical arrangements inspired by the music of Mozambican composer Venâncio Mbande, a master of the traditional Chopi timbila xylophone style known as ngodo, who passed away in 2015. The CD album consists of eight musical tracks based on original material usually played in open outdoor spaces in the context of community celebrations and in an environment that is very different from the one in which we generally enjoy music today. The aim of my project was to bring this music to a modern audience that prefers listening to music on audio devices by means of new arrangements that rework the old ngodo pieces of Venâncio Mbande in a format and style that is within the reach of younger generations of listeners. This musical end result of the project is presented along with a short documentary on its creation, a folder of pre-mastering phase audio-samples and a dissertation that provides background, both on the CD's production and on the music's historical context. Through the prism of my own personal experience as a Chopi timbila performer, the creative project argues for a renewed relationship with older musical traditions of Africa and demonstrates by example that it is possible to engage with vanishing musics through the creation of musical works that are rooted in the traditional, yet contemporary in outlook.
dc.identifier.apacitationZango, M. (2022). <i>Tatei Watu (Our Father): A Tribute to Venâncio Mbande</i>. (). ,Faculty of Humanities ,College of Music. Retrieved from http://hdl.handle.net/11427/36932en_ZA
dc.identifier.chicagocitationZango, Matchume. <i>"Tatei Watu (Our Father): A Tribute to Venâncio Mbande."</i> ., ,Faculty of Humanities ,College of Music, 2022. http://hdl.handle.net/11427/36932en_ZA
dc.identifier.citationZango, M. 2022. Tatei Watu (Our Father): A Tribute to Venâncio Mbande. . ,Faculty of Humanities ,College of Music. http://hdl.handle.net/11427/36932en_ZA
dc.identifier.ris TY - Master Thesis AU - Zango, Matchume AB - TATEI WATU (Our Father): Tribute to Venâncio Mbande is a creative project that culminated in the production of a CD Album in which thirteen musicians participated in the recording of musical arrangements inspired by the music of Mozambican composer Venâncio Mbande, a master of the traditional Chopi timbila xylophone style known as ngodo, who passed away in 2015. The CD album consists of eight musical tracks based on original material usually played in open outdoor spaces in the context of community celebrations and in an environment that is very different from the one in which we generally enjoy music today. The aim of my project was to bring this music to a modern audience that prefers listening to music on audio devices by means of new arrangements that rework the old ngodo pieces of Venâncio Mbande in a format and style that is within the reach of younger generations of listeners. This musical end result of the project is presented along with a short documentary on its creation, a folder of pre-mastering phase audio-samples and a dissertation that provides background, both on the CD's production and on the music's historical context. Through the prism of my own personal experience as a Chopi timbila performer, the creative project argues for a renewed relationship with older musical traditions of Africa and demonstrates by example that it is possible to engage with vanishing musics through the creation of musical works that are rooted in the traditional, yet contemporary in outlook. DA - 2022_ DB - OpenUCT DP - University of Cape Town KW - African Music Performance LK - https://open.uct.ac.za PY - 2022 T1 - Tatei Watu (Our Father): A Tribute to Venâncio Mbande TI - Tatei Watu (Our Father): A Tribute to Venâncio Mbande UR - http://hdl.handle.net/11427/36932 ER - en_ZA
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/11427/36932
dc.identifier.vancouvercitationZango M. Tatei Watu (Our Father): A Tribute to Venâncio Mbande. []. ,Faculty of Humanities ,College of Music, 2022 [cited yyyy month dd]. Available from: http://hdl.handle.net/11427/36932en_ZA
dc.language.rfc3066eng
dc.publisher.departmentCollege of Music
dc.publisher.facultyFaculty of Humanities
dc.subjectAfrican Music Performance
dc.titleTatei Watu (Our Father): A Tribute to Venâncio Mbande
dc.typeMaster Thesis
dc.type.qualificationlevelMasters
dc.type.qualificationlevelMMus
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