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Māori music / Mervyn McLean.

By: Publication details: Auckland [N.Z.] : Auckland University Press, 1996.Description: xii, 418 p. : ill., map, music ; 26 cmISBN:
  • 1869401441
  • 9781869401443
Subject(s): Online resources:
Contents:
Song and dance in historical and social context -- Recited song and dance styles -- Sung song and dance styles -- Game songs -- Musical instruments -- Performance -- Composition -- Ownership -- Learning and instruction -- Manner of singing -- Scales -- Melodic intervals -- Rhythm, metre and tempo -- Form -- Song/text relationships -- Summary of styles -- Types of influence and change -- Song loss -- Hymnody -- The modern genres -- Cultural renaissance and neo-waiata style -- App. 1. Pronunciation guide to Maori -- App. 2. Glossary of plant, animal and bird names.
Summary: Maori music records and analyses ancient Maori musical tradition and knowledge, and explores the impact of European music on this tradition. Mervyn McLean draws on diverse written and oral sources gathered over more than 30 years of scholarship and field work that yielded some 1300 recorded songs, hundreds of pages of interviews with singers, and numerous eye-witness accounts. The work is illustrated throughout with photos and music examples.
Holdings
Item type Current library Call number Status Date due Barcode
Panapa Māori Resources John Kinder Theological Library ML3771 MAC (Browse shelf(Opens below)) Available J00511027
Main Collection Manawa o te Wheke 781.62 MAC (Browse shelf(Opens below)) Available A38924252
Main Collection Orongonui 781.62 MAC (Browse shelf(Opens below)) Available A38910772
Main Collection Te Rau College Gisborne 781.62 MAC (Browse shelf(Opens below)) Available A40644373

"Publication is assisted by the Lilburn Trust and by Creative New Zealand"--Title page verso.

Includes bibliographical references (p. 389-409) and index.

Song and dance in historical and social context -- Recited song and dance styles -- Sung song and dance styles -- Game songs -- Musical instruments -- Performance -- Composition -- Ownership -- Learning and instruction -- Manner of singing -- Scales -- Melodic intervals -- Rhythm, metre and tempo -- Form -- Song/text relationships -- Summary of styles -- Types of influence and change -- Song loss -- Hymnody -- The modern genres -- Cultural renaissance and neo-waiata style -- App. 1. Pronunciation guide to Maori -- App. 2. Glossary of plant, animal and bird names.

Maori music records and analyses ancient Maori musical tradition and knowledge, and explores the impact of European music on this tradition. Mervyn McLean draws on diverse written and oral sources gathered over more than 30 years of scholarship and field work that yielded some 1300 recorded songs, hundreds of pages of interviews with singers, and numerous eye-witness accounts. The work is illustrated throughout with photos and music examples.

Includes text in Maori.

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