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 (3) A more theatrical concept, referring to an evening's entertainment made up of poetry, drama and musical items - particularly in evenings of [[amateur]] entertainment and educational contexts (e.g. a "school concert", or an [[Eisteddfod]][https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Eisteddfod]).
-(4) Finally the term is also used derogatively on occasion to refer to a bad or inferior musical or theatrical presentation (see under [[Konsert]] below).
+(4) In a similar vein, a popular [[vaudeville]] style form of evening's entertainment made up of musical numbers songs, dances, acrobatic acts, comic acts, etc. '''See [[Concert parties]]'''
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 The English term '''concert''' has a number of uses in South Africa. The equivalent [[Afrikaans]] term, '''[[konsert]]''' it used pretty much in the same fashion (''see below'').
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 (1) The general musical use, to refer to any live musical performance in front of an audience (see https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Concert).

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 (3) A more theatrical concept, referring to an evening's entertainment made up of poetry, drama and musical items - particularly in evenings of [[amateur]] entertainment and educational contexts (e.g. a "school concert", or an [[Eisteddfod]][https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Eisteddfod]).
-(4) Finally the term is also used derogatively on occasion to refer to a bad or inferior musical or theatrical presentation.
+(4) Finally the term is also used derogatively on occasion to refer to a bad or inferior musical or theatrical presentation (see under [[Konsert]] below).
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 (2) An  expanded  musical use, where musical performers mount elaborate events on stage, and then include theatrical elements such as lighting, dance, and stage sets. This was often found in formal court presentations, such as tableaus and  pageants , but today is most often found in rock and pop concerts.
-(3) A more theatrical concept, referring to an evening's entertainment made up of poetry, drama and musical items - particularly in amateur and educational contexts (e.g. a "school concert", or an [[Eisteddfod]][https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Eisteddfod]).
+(3) A more theatrical concept, referring to an evening's entertainment made up of poetry, drama and musical items - particularly in evenings of [[amateur]] entertainment and educational contexts (e.g. a "school concert", or an [[Eisteddfod]][https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Eisteddfod]).
 (4) Finally the term is also used derogatively on occasion to refer to a bad or inferior musical or theatrical presentation.

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−	Literally [[Afrikaans]] for a concert, in the sense of a musical presentation, and used in that way. However, the term also gained another and explicit meaning in [[Afrikaans]] towards the end of the 19th century, when it was used to refer to a mixed evening of entertainment (see also [[Entertainments]]). That sense of it is still very active in the language (though a little ironically so) and has since transferred to South African English as well - e.g the school concert refers not to a musical evening only, but often includes a play. *** [[Robert Mohr]]'s amusing farces ''[[Ons Hou Konsert]]'' (196) and ''[[Ons Hou Konsert 2]]'' (198) (based on short plays by [[Melt Brink]]) actually offer a wonderful (even if a little satirical) example of such an entertainment.	+	Literally [[Afrikaans]] for a [[concert]], in the sense of a musical presentation, and used in that way.

−	~~is formally used to refer to a musical concert~~ (as in ~~English)~~, ~~but is~~ more widely used in an ~~informal and~~ extended sense, to refer to any type of performance held in a town - ~~perhaps as an~~ equivalent of a [[Music Hall\|variety]] show. ~~In this~~ sense it ~~may even refer to a performance of a play, although mostly of an amateur nature. The latter use of~~ the ~~term may be done seriously, or often applied cynically or satirically to typify a bad production~~ (~~"the production was nothing more than~~ a ~~concert"~~)~~. This~~ [[~~Afrikaans~~]] ~~use of the term has become part of~~ [[South African English]] as well.	+	However, under the influence of the [[Dutch]] oratorical societies ([[Rederykerskamers]]) and the later Debating Societies, the term also gained another and explicit meaning in [[Afrikaans]] during and particularly towards the end of the 19th century, when it became more widely used in an extended sense, to refer to any type of performance held in a town - often a mixed evening of entertainment, the equivalent of a [[Music Hall\|variety]] show perhaps. That sense of it is still very active in the language (though a little ironically so) and has since transferred back to the term [[concert]] in [[South African English]] as well - as mentioned in point (3) above (see also [[Entertainments]]).

		+	[[Robert Mohr]]'s amusing farces ''[[Ons Hou Konsert]]'' (196) and ''[[Ons Hou Konsert 2]]'' (198) (based on short plays by [[Melt Brink]]) actually offer wonderful (even if a little satirical) examples of such an entertainments from the 19th and early 20th centuries.

		+	In this sense [[konsert]] may even refer to a performance of a play, although mostly of an amateur nature. The latter use of the term may be done seriously, or is today more often applied cynically or satirically to typify a bad or sub-standard production ("the production was nothing more than a concert"). This [[Afrikaans]] use of the term has become part of [[South African English]] as well.

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		+	= Sources =
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		+	https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Concert
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		+	[[F.C.L. Bosman]]. 1928. ''Drama en Toneel in Suid-Afrika'', Deel I: 1652-1855. Pretoria: [[J.H. de Bussy]]. [http://www.dbnl.org/tekst/bosm012dram01_01/]
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		+	[[F.C.L. Bosman]]. 1980. ''Drama en Toneel in Suid-Afrika, Deel II, 1856-1916''. Pretoria: [[J.L. van Schaik]]