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Hawiian Music/Culture History
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Poster: BOB RHODE Email: bobrhode1@juno.com Subject: Hawiian Music/Culture History |
Posted on 11/20/00 at 5:05am |
| I'm a History Major and preparing a paper on Hawiian music and culture. There seems to be very little information without American over tones. Can you help with new information or web sites? THANKS. |
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Poster: Marjorie Scott Email: hmhf@lava.net Subject: Hawaiian Music History & Culture |
Posted on 11/29/00 at 2:44pm |
| Hawaiian music history goes far back to pre-contact times, when chant was the form used to tell legends, the history of a Chief or exalted person, pray to the various Hawaiian gods, predict the future. Most of it was done by Hawaiian priests. This was the only way to remember anything, and pass it down to future generations as there was no written language. The American missionaries arrived in the Hawaiian Islands in 1820. The Hawaiian people learned harmony by listening to the church choirs, and adapted it to the rhythms and narratives of their own songs. Na Lani Eha (the Royal Four) are considered the patrons of Hawai‘i's music culture. (See the rest of our website for biographical material.) In 1823, Lorenzo Lyons, a missionary minister, published the first Hawaiian hymnal in the Hawaiian language. This is considered the beginning of Hawai'i's music culture as we know it today. "Hawaiian Music and Musicians", by the late George Kanahele is a complete enclopedia of the subject. While it is out of print, many large city libraries, and certainly the Library of Congress will have a copy. You can ask your librarian to order it. Have you checked out web sites under "Music/Hawaiian/Chant? |
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