Entry Personal Name

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001 - CONTROL NUMBER

• control field: 902694

003 - CONTROL NUMBER IDENTIFIER

• control field: OCoLC

005 - DATE AND TIME OF LATEST TRANSACTION

• control field: 20221028203817.0

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• fixed length control field: 161213n| azannaabn |a aaa c

010 ## - LIBRARY OF CONGRESS CONTROL NUMBER

• LC control number: no2016166688

035 ## - SYSTEM CONTROL NUMBER

• System control number: (OCoLC)oca10657159

040 ## - CATALOGING SOURCE

• Original cataloging agency: IlMpPL
• Language of cataloging: eng
• Description conventions: rda
• Transcribing agency: IlMpPL
• Subject heading/thesaurus conventions: lcna

100 1# - HEADING--PERSONAL NAME

• Personal name: Foa'i, Opetaia

370 ## - ASSOCIATED PLACE

• Place of birth: Western Samoa
• Source of term: naf

374 ## - OCCUPATION

• Occupation: Composers
• Occupation: Lyricists
• Source of term: lcsh

375 ## - GENDER

• Gender: male

377 ## - ASSOCIATED LANGUAGE

• Language code: smo

400 1# - SEE FROM TRACING--PERSONAL NAME

• Personal name: Foa'i, Opetaia Tavita

670 ## - SOURCE DATA FOUND

• Source citation: Mancina, Mark. Moana, 2016:
• Information found: label (original songs by Opetaia Foa'i)

670 ## - SOURCE DATA FOUND

• Source citation: IMDb WWW site, December 13, 2016:
• Information found: (Opetaia Foa'i, composer and lyricist for movie Moana; official personal website, http://www.tevaka.com)

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• Source citation: http://www.tevaka.com, accessed December 13, 2016:
• Information found: biography (Opetaia Tavita Foa'i was born in Alamagoto, a small village in Apia, Western Samoa. His father is from Tokelau his mother from Tuvalu. His early upbringing was in a small Tokelauan settlement in Alamagoto. Opetaia's songwriting to date is really the product of his great interest in Polynesia and love of traditional music and it's marriage with other influences. Opetaia has now written, recorded and co-produced eight Te Vaka albums and the work to date has been documented with 2 live DVDs. He has toured the world with Te Vaka taking the message of the Pacific Islands - the people, the culture, the music and the dance. Amongst numerous awards and nominations he has won the Senior Pacific Artist award for his contribution to Pacific Music and has been instrumental in getting the music and culture of the South Pacific to a much wider international audience.