Weavers of song : Polynesian music and dance / Mervyn McLean.
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TextPublisher: Honolulu, Hawaiʻi : University of Hawaiʻi Press, [1999]Copyright date: ©1999Description: x, 543 pages : illustrations, maps, music, portraits ; 26 cm + 1 compact disc (4 3/4 in.)Content type: - text
- unmediated
- volume
- 0824822714
- 9780824822712
- 186940212X
- 9781869402129
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TNU, Faculty of Education, Arts and Humanities Pasifika Collection | PAC 785.09 MAC (Browse shelf(Opens below)) | Not for loan | CD included | FEAH25062270 |
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New Zealand author.
Originally published: Auckland, N.Z. : Auckland University Press, 1999.
Compact disc in pocket inside the back cover.
Accompanying CD includes song, dance-song and instrumental music from areas studied in the book.
Includes bibliographical references (pages 507-523) and index.
Book 1 : regional music and dance -- chapter 1. The Polynesian background -- Central Polynesia -- chapter 2. Society Islands -- chapter 3. Cook Islands -- chapter 4. Austral Islands -- chapter 5. Tuamotu Islands -- Western Polynesia -- chapter 6. Tonga -- chapter 7. Samoa -- chapter 8. Tuvalu -- chapter 9. Tokelau -- chapter 10. Niue -- chapter 11. Uvea and Futuna -- chapter 12. Polynesian Outliers -- Marginal Polynesia -- chapter 13. Marquesas Islands -- chapter 14. Easter Island -- chapter 15. Mangareva Islands -- chapter 16. Hawaii -- chapter 17. New Zealand -- Book 2 : comparisons -- Traditional music and dance -- chapter 18. Musical instruments -- chapter 19. Uses of song and dance -- chapter 20. Performance -- chapter 21. Composition -- chapter 22. Ownership -- chapter 23. Learning and instruction -- chapter 24. Music structure -- The impact of European music -- chapter 25. The coming of the Europeans -- chapter 26. Hymnody -- chapter 27. Modern music and dance -- Cultural connections and diffusion of styles -- chapter 28. The spread of music and dance.
Based on thorough research and meticulous scholarship, it covers in its first part regional music and dance, exploring in detail the musical traditions of twenty specific areas, including the Society Islands, Tonga, Samoa, Tuvalu, Tokelau, Niue, Uvea and Futuna, the Marquesas Islands, Easter Island, Hawaii, and New Zealand. In the second part the author describes the musical instruments and the uses, performance, composition, teaching and structure of music across the entire region. He studies the impact of European music on traditional music and includes a chapter on modern music and dance. He finally examines the cultural connections and the diffusion of styles throughout the Polynesian Pacific.