Books by Marie Jorritsma
Sonic Spaces of the Karoo is a pioneering study of the sacred music of three coloured (the aparth... more Sonic Spaces of the Karoo is a pioneering study of the sacred music of three coloured (the apartheid designation for people "not white or native") people's church congregations in the rural town of Graaff-Reinet, South Africa. Jorritsma's fieldwork involves an investigation of the choruses, choir music, and hymns of the Karoo region to present a history of the people's traditional, religious, and cultural identity in song. This music is examined as part of a living archive preserved by the community in the face of a legacy of slavery and colonial as well as apartheid oppression. Jorritsma's findings counteract a lingering stereotype that coloured music is inferior to European or African music and that coloured people should not or do not have a cultural identity. Sonic Spaces of the Karoo seeks to eradicate that bias and articulate a more legitimate place for these people in the contemporary landscape of South Africa.
Papers by Marie Jorritsma
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... Martina Viljoen and Nicol Viljoen's in-depth theoretical and analytical reading of Huber... more ... Martina Viljoen and Nicol Viljoen's in-depth theoretical and analytical reading of Hubert duPlessis's song, 'De Bruid' (The Bride), applies Derrida's deconstructive ... 20th century, but also of the relationship between music and literature in the work of the Dertiger poets (Brink 1990 ...
Journal of Musical Arts in Africa, 2006
... Martina Viljoen and Nicol Viljoen's in-depth theoretical and analytical reading of Huber... more ... Martina Viljoen and Nicol Viljoen's in-depth theoretical and analytical reading of Hubert duPlessis's song, 'De Bruid' (The Bride), applies Derrida's deconstructive ... 20th century, but also of the relationship between music and literature in the work of the Dertiger poets (Brink 1990 ...
African Music: Journal of the International Library of African Music, 2008
Oxford Handbooks Online, 2015
South African Music Studies, Jan 1, 2009
On 3 July 2005, I attended a communion service at the East Street Congregational Church in the re... more On 3 July 2005, I attended a communion service at the East Street Congregational Church in the residential area for coloured people known as Kroonvale, near Graaff-Reinet.1 The organist played hymns as background music before the service began and, sheltered by the ...
A common stereotype of those classified as "coloured" in apartheid South Africa was tha... more A common stereotype of those classified as "coloured" in apartheid South Africa was that, because of their mixed racial heritage, they had no authentic racial or cultural identity and history. This dissertation counters that lingering stereotype by examining how musical performance ...
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Books by Marie Jorritsma
Papers by Marie Jorritsma