Maori music /

McLean, Mervyn

Maori music / Mervyn McLean. - xii, 418 pages : illustrations ; 26 cm

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

Introduction -- 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 -- Pronunciation guide to Maori -- Glossary of plant, animal and bird names -- List of singers and informants -- Illustration credits -- Notes -- References -- Index. Ch. 1. Ch. 2. Ch. 3. Ch. 4. Ch. 5. Ch. 6. Ch. 7. Ch. 8. Ch. 9. Ch. 10. Ch. 11. Ch. 12. Ch. 13. Ch. 14. Ch. 15. Ch. 16. Ch. 17. Ch. 18. Ch. 19. Ch. 20. Ch. 21. App. 1. App. 2. App. 3. App. 4.

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Folk music--History and criticism--New Zealand
Dance--New Zealand
Songs, Māori
Music--European influences--New Zealand
Mōteatea
Kaitito waiata
Mātauranga tikanga tāngata
Haka
Taonga puoro
Kōrero nehe.
Waiata ā-ringa
Poi

ML3770 / .M35 1996

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