Bertha Spies
Bertha Spies is a professor extraordinary in the research niche area Masara at the North-West University, South Africa. Previously, she was a professor extraordinary at the University of Pretoria, an associate professor in music theory at NWU and a lecturer in the department of musicology at Unisa. The papers that she has read at national and international conferences have largely focused on contemporary music, following a hermeneutic approach.
In the shadow of Brahms – Robert Fuchs and his First Piano Trio
2019-04-30"This article deals with the relatively little-known composer Robert Fuchs, who used developing variation – a composition technique associated predominantly with Johannes Brahms – in his First Piano Trio."
In Memoriam: Stefans Grové
2014-06-04 Lees hierdie omvattende huldeblyk aan Stefans Grové, saamgestel deur Bertha Spies.
Stefans Grové se Raka as musikale narratief
2013-05-29"Waar die meeste van die interpretasies van Louw se Raka verwys na die verwoestende invloed van eksterne magte op die lotgevalle van ’n groep mense, konsentreer hierdie artikel op ’n interpretasie van Raka as die simboliese voorstelling van interne botsende magte in die psige van die mens."
Tematiese fisionomie skep toegang tot drie uiteenlopende 20ste-eeuse komposisies
2011-07-14"Hoe kan drie uiteenlopende 20ste-eeuse komposisies verstaan en waardeer word wanneer tradisionele strukturele samehang, funksionele tonale harmonie en tradisionele operahelde respektiewelik ontbreek?"