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# B461
Dr. George S Kanahele & John Berger - 6" X 9" - 926 pages -Black & White Photographs & Illustrations - Softcover
When George S. Kanahele founded the Hawaiian
Music Foundation in 1971 he immediately saw the need for a systematic
presentation of the whole tradition of Hawaiian music, from its origins in
pre-contact chant and hula, to the adaptation of other musical traditions and
instruments, to the extraordinary spread of Hawaiian music as “world music,” and
finally to the Hawaiian Renaissance that saved the tradition from
near-extinction.
Compiled with the assistance of a hundred
contributors and the research of many more, it was immediately recognized as the
most ambitious book ever written about Hawaiian music. Organized like an encyclopedia, with entries in
alphabetical order, the book presents the roots of Hawaiian music, from ancient
chants to the flowering of the musical renaissance. There are biographies of
musicians from every period of Hawaiian musical history—from Henry Berger, David
Kālakaua, Queen Lili‘uokalani, and others of their time, to the great names of
the 20th century. A special section presents many rare photographs of historical
interest, featuring singers, chanters, dancers, and instrumentalists. Melody
lines, chants, and rhythm patterns are illustrated by music notation. This revised and updated edition is the
indispensable go-to guide to the galaxy of Hawaiian music.
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