Te ara puoro : a journey into the world of Māori music /
Journey into the world of Māori music
Richard Nunns ; with Allan Thomas.
- 176 pages : colour illustrations ; 29 cm + 1 sound disc (12 cm)
Early beginnings -- Finding a voice -- Why Māori played instruments -- Taonga Puoro, the instruments -- Developing an improvisational style -- The classical journal. 1. 2. 3. 4. 5. 6.
Te Ara Puoro tells the story of Richard Nunn's remarkable journey; of how fragments of knowledge given by elders were pieced together through countless presentations and performances on marae the length and breadth of the country; of how the instruments were re-created and developed; and of how he subsequently mastered their playing. The book gathers together an enormous amount of the current knowledge about taonga puoro, and will undoubtedly be the most important written resource in existence on the subject. -- Provided by publisher.