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Title:'Musiek kan my teken': klanke, voëlgeluide en musiek in die digkuns van Lina Spies
Author:Van der Mescht, HeinrichISNI
Year:2006
Periodical:Tydskrif vir letterkunde
Volume:43
Issue:1
Pages:122-140
Language:Afrikaans
Geographic term:South Africa
Subjects:poetry
music
sensory perception
About person:Lina Spies (1939-)ISNI
External link:https://doi.org/10.4314/tvl.v43i1.29722
Abstract:The appearance of Lina Spies's eighth volume of poetry, 'Duskant die einders' (This side of the horizons, 2004), prompted a reinvestigation of her oeuvre. The auditive aspects of Spies's poetry have not previously been explored in detail. This investigation presents a further perspective on her poetry, adding to the commonly accepted notion that her work concentrates on themes of loneliness, the craving for a child, spiritual hurt, religion, words, nature, cats, friends, family relations, and famous individuals. An analysis of her eight volumes indicates that the auditive experience plays a major role in her life and poetry. There are numerous examples of references to sounds, bird calls, music, composers and specific compositions. Many of the sounds relate to her youth and her study period in Amsterdam. Spies's background as an Afrikaner child determined her understanding of music. She had piano lessons and was exposed to the Saturday evening radio programme 'U eie keuse' (Your own choice), from which some of the references in her poetry stem. The music pieces which found their way into her poems reflect the poet's personality, and form part of the more accessible melody-driven category of music. Bibliogr., sum. in English, text in Afrikaans. [Journal abstract, edited]
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