Margaret Orbell: 2 books
by Mervyn McLean, Margaret Orbell
Language: English
Release Date: August 1, 2004
Language: English
Release Date: August 1, 2004
This classic study of indigenous Polynesian music, conducted in the 1960s, includes a survey of traditional songs in different styles that embody the fundamental values of Maori culture in New Zealand. Musical transcriptions, Maori texts, English translations, and extensive notes on more than 50 traditional...
Songs of Kaumatua
Traditional Songs of the Maori as Sung by Kino Hughes
Language: English
Release Date: April 28, 2001
Sixty traditional Maori songs of Tuhoe sung by Kino Hughes are presented in this book and CD collection. The text of each song is given in both English and Maori along with a musical transcription. Kino Hughes was an outstanding singer, orator, and respected Kaumatua who, determined to preserve for...