Author

Publication

1996 - Auckland University Press, Auckland

Language

English

Word Count

104,500 words, Guess

Page Count

418 pages

Identifiers

and 2 more
  • LibraryThing9055454
  • Goodreads3549522

Classifications

  • DDC781.62/99442
  • LCCML3770 .M35 1996

Description

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.

Subjects

Topics

MusicFolk musicMusic, polynesianHistory and criticismMaori (New Zealand people)Folk music -- New Zealand -- History and criticism.Maori (New Zealand people) -- Music -- History and criticism.

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Other Editions

  • Maori musicAuckland University Press1996-01-01

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