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Māori music [electronic resource] / Mervyn McLean.

By: Publisher: Auckland [New Zealand] : Auckland University Press, 2012Copyright date: ©1996Edition: Ebook editionDescription: 1 online resource : illustrations, maps, musicISBN:
  • 9781775581185
  • 1775581187
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
Electronic Resources John Kinder Theological Library ML3771 MAC (Browse shelf(Opens below)) Available ER001550

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

Includes bibliographical references (pages 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.

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