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    Singing a new song for a transforming church: Experiments in musical localisation at Grahamstown cathedral, South Africa

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    Bethke, Andrew-John
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    ABSTRACT This article discusses the process of musical localisation at the Anglican Cathedral in Grahamstown. It begins by giving a rationale for the cathedral’s programme of transformation with particular reference to language and music. The author continues by analysing five separate examples of intentional musical localisation. They are an adaptation of a Xhosa igwijo, a local hip-hop Psalm, an arrangement for marimbas of a South African setting of the congregational Eucharistic texts, and two examples from a specially composed call-and-response multilingual Eucharistic setting. The author concludes that the process of transformation through language and music is a continuous one which has only begun. OPSOMMING In hierdie artikel word die proses bespreek waardeur musiek in die Anglikaanse katedraal te Grahamstad gelokaliseer word. Ten aanvang word die bedoeling met die katedraal se transformasieprogram verduidelik, met spesifieke verwysing na taal en musiek. Die skrywer gaan dan voort deur vyf afsonderlike voorbeelde van doelbewuste musikale lokalisering te ontleed. Dit sluit in ’n verwerking van ’n Xhosa igwijo, ’n plaaslike hip-hop Psalm, ’n marimba-verwerking van ’n doelmatig gekomponeerde Suid-Afrikaanse toonsetting van die gemeentelike Nagmaaltekste, en twee voorbeelde van ’n getoonsette Nagmaaldiens met veeltalige roep-en-antwoord. Die skrywer kom tot die slotsom dat die transformeringsproses deur middel van taal en musiek aaneenlopend van aard is en nou eers begin het.
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