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Folk Music for Recorders - Courtly Music Unlimited (Wood and Plastic Recorders, Recorder Sheet Music, Accessories) FOLKSONGS FROM AUSTRALASIA and THE SOUTH PACIFIC / 24 traditional Aboriginal songs and Maori war chants, and other songs from Polynesia. If you want to play instead of sing - some songs will work well on soprano or tenor and others may work best on alto or alto (up an octave) or bass recorder. AN AMERICAN POTPOURRI arranged by Andrew Charlton Fantasias on 12 well-known melodies: Streets of Laredo, Sourwood Mountain, Turkey in the Straw, Over the River and Through the Woods, Listen to the Mockingbird, Wayfaring Stranger and more. www.courtlymusicunlimited.com /Folk-Music.html

To Tatau Waka: In Search of Maori Music 1958-1979 This music is closely tied to traditional Maori customs and life and particular song genres accompany particular events, rituals, processes or festivals - waiata tangi are laments associated with funerals; hari kai are food-bearing songs; waiata tohutohu are songs of instruction. Obviously, all the music is sung in Maori. As with previous recordings, part of the impetus for this expedition was the fear by many, both Maori and Pakeha, that although song-texts existed in their thousands, the song tunes were in danger of being forever lost as older singers passed away. www.mustrad.org.uk /reviews/mclean.htm   (1701 words)

cdkiwi- Maori Music Maori songs are also used to retell legends and pass deeds of famous ancestors on from one generation to the next. Traditional Maori songs and chants all have their own purpose, whether it be averting evil, grieving over lost loves or calling for the safe return of loved ones. Included on this cd is the classic "Pokarekare Ana" and the famous Haka, known primarily as a war dance it is also used as a wecome dance and to recount history. www.cdkiwi.com /maorimusic.htm   (267 words)

NZ FOLK SONG * Maori Song This song has suffered the same fate as Tomo Mai; they are both grieving war songs that have been jazzed up as tourist entertainment. A Century Of Maori Song (2002) and also Maisey Rika's Song Book (2003) compiled by Keith Southern. You can refer to two online Maori dictionaries, plus two Maori wordlists at the same time here. folksong.org.nz /waiata.html   (395 words)

Into the Heart of Maori Culture The term kapa haka encompasses a wide range of Maori performance arts - from peaceful waiata-a-ringa (action songs) and waiata tawhito (ancient songs that tell of historic events) to poi dances (a poi is a swinging ball used to train for dexterity) and haka (war dances). It offers a range of courses in contemporary Maori art and design, and work by the students is on sale at the school's gallery. "The Maori people in this region are actually living the culture", says Witi. www.travelcentre.com.au /travel/australasia/new_zealand/into_the_heart_of_maori_culture.htm   (539 words)

Maori Culture Maori have been described as natural entertainers, and Maori concerts are very lively Performers wear traditional Maori clothing, and offer a wide variety of Maori songs and dances. Music and dance are a vital part of Maori culture, and wherever you go in New Zealand, if there is a Maori occasion, you will hear chants and songs and see people dancing. Every two years Maori performance groups (kapa haka) compete for top honours at the Aotearoa Traditional Maori Performing Arts Festival.These are stunning occasions where thousands of Maori gather from all over New Zealand to view and cheer the different groups.These festivals showcase Maori music and dance, and offer top class entertainment. www.nztvl.com /maori08.htm   (234 words)

Maori Culture, Music, and Dance Maori songs are sung by groups in unison with a leader who chooses the starting pitch and the tempo for the song. Many of the songs and recitations in Maori culture involve some kind of special movements. A special Maori jew’s harp that allows the player to sing words softly while playing is a favorite of anyone wishing to charm his or her beloved. www.sbgmusic.com /html/teacher/reference/cultures/maori.html   (679 words)

New Zealand Maori (FV - M) (traditional Maori songs in a dramatic style) CD=compact disk CS=cassette MV=male vocals FV=female vocals H=sung in Hawaiian E=sung in English T=sung in Tahitian M=sung in Maori F=sung in French The 6"x6", 18 page booklet contains lyrics, translations and musical notations, dance, short poi, long poi, and/or stick instructions for the songs marked www.myriahs.com /publishmusic/maori.html   (367 words)

Music of New Zealand - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia Maori music consists of waiata, (literally songs), as well as haka, ("war" dances). As the largest nation in Polynesia, New Zealand's music is influenced by the indigenous Maori and immigrants from the Pacific region. As the Maori have an oral history, it was only when Sir Apirana Ngata wrote down and recorded waiata and traditional poetry early in the twentieth century that any of this music was preserved or became widely known. en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Music_of_New_Zealand   (2055 words)

Maori - Crystalinks Maori history was not recorded using the written word; instead, it was kept in long, very specific and highly stylised songs and chants. Maori language is still an endangered language as English is taught in schools to be the primary language (compulsory subject). Maori today are pushing to have the Maori language also taught as a compulsory subject thus ensuring its survival and intergration into New Zealand society. www.crystalinks.com /maori.html   (2538 words)

Maori Culture, Music, and Dance Maori songs are sung by groups in unison with a leader who chooses the starting pitch and the tempo for the song. A special Maori jew’s harp that allows the player to sing words softly while playing is a favorite of anyone wishing to charm his or her beloved. The Maori people are sometimes called "Polynesians." This is because they are related to the people of the islands of the South Pacific Ocean: Fiji, Hawaii, Samoa, Tahiti, and Tongo. www.sbgmusic.com /html/teacher/reference/cultures/maori.html   (679 words)

The Maori People The Maori culture is rich with songs, art, dance, and deep spiritual beliefs. The Maori people also believe that the spirits of their ancestors could be called upon to help them in times of need or war. The Maoris believe in gods which represented the sky, earth, forests, and forces of nature. teacher.scholastic.com /zealand/maori   (679 words)

Maori Culture, Music, and Dance Maori songs are sung by groups in unison with a leader who chooses the starting pitch and the tempo for the song. The Maori people are sometimes called "Polynesians." This is because they are related to the people of the islands of the South Pacific Ocean: Fiji, Hawaii, Samoa, Tahiti, and Tongo. A special Maori jew’s harp that allows the player to sing words softly while playing is a favorite of anyone wishing to charm his or her beloved. www.sbgmusic.com /html/teacher/reference/cultures/maori.html   (679 words)

DNZB / BIOGRAPHY As a result he collected a wide range of material from most tribes, including songs, proverbs, genealogies, historical and legendary traditions, and ethnographic notes on every aspect of Maori belief and practice. White also produced scholarly, ethnological pieces, including Maori superstitions (1856); 'Lectures on Maori customs and superstitions' (1861); Plan of the Maori mythology (1878); 'Legendary history of the Maoris' (1880); and 'A chapter from Maori mythology' (1890), which was prepared at the invitation of the Australasian Association for the Advancement of Science. It is certain that he was a competent speaker of Maori: evidence suggests he was by the 1870s the equal of a native speaker. www.dnzb.govt.nz /dnzb/Find_Quick.asp?PersonEssay=1W18   (1590 words)

Maori Music Maori Music 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. an authoritative comprehensive view of the musical arts of the Maori. It describes musical instruments, song and dance styles, techniques of performance, composition, ownership, methods of instruction and music structure. homepages.ihug.co.nz /~mervmcl/mmusic   (193 words)

The Animation Process The soundtrack to "POI E: THE MUSICAL" (Maori songs) was released late in 1996 and has achieved platinum status. "ANEI RA" the ARIA to the MOKOMOKAI and TAONGA MAORI was born. Maori Singer / Songwriter / Producer DALVANIUS was described by England's NEW MUSICAL EXPRESS music paper as the SVENGALI of Kiwi Ethno-Kitsch. www.digitalus.co.nz /mokomokai/resbigd.html   (4373 words)

ArdentBlue Music Picks: South Pacific music The songs are mostly written by Maori composers in the early and middle years of the 20th century. Contemporary Maori music is uniquely beautiful, combining traditional folk rhythms and vocal arrangements with contemporary European-derived melodies. The first time I heard contemporary Maori music was on "Kiri!", Kiri Te Kanawa's 50th Birthday CD, recorded at the Royal Albert Hall, London in 1995. www.onatech.com /ardentblue/music-picks/south-pacific-music.html   (182 words)

Maori Art and Culture Folksongs, traditional New Zealand music, Maori songs, New Zealand anthems. Toi Maori is a network of committees which serves as an umbrella structure for the ten national artform committees and their affiliated organisations. Maori tribal histories, place names, Treaty of Waitangi, language and literature, waiata, pottery, music, pounamu. www.zeroland.co.nz /new_zealand_maori.html   (588 words)

Hokohoko - Shopping @ maori.org.nz Description: This work is a record of ancient Maori musical tradition and knowledge, and an exploration of the impact of European music on this tradition. Description: Fully illustrated with the collection of the British Museum, the landmark publication seeks to introduce Maori art and culture to a general audience and to explore themes which are at the forefront of Maori studies. It is advisable to purchase the "A Century of Maori Song" CD as this has the lyrics of the various waiata from the Book. www.maori.org.nz /hokohoko/dirCat.asp?id=18   (1878 words)

NZETC - 28 (Maori) Battalion [electronic resource] - CHAPTER 19 Aotea Quay Hakas and action songs by the Ngati Poneke Maori Club preceded welcoming speeches by local chiefs and former commanding officers and a fitting reply in Maori and English by Colonel Henare. Eighty-six all ranks from the Maori Training Depot were picked up at Port Tewfik on the last day of the year, and when the Dominion Monarch departed into the Red Sea she carried, according to the ship's paper, the Monarch Mail, 3287 passengers, 20 permanent ship's staff, 312 crew and two cats. Perhaps the Maori infiltration had been more successful than was realised in higher spheres, for a few days after the prohibition of entertainments a party of Yugoslavs put up a proposal that they would invite the Maoris to their functions if they, the Maoris, would reciprocate. www.nzetc.org /etexts/WH2Maor/c19.html   (1878 words)

Maori Adult Total Immersion in New Zealand One of the real signs of progress in language revival for us has been the composition of new songs by a group of students who have now formed themselves into a Maori language pop band. One of the things I think is important is that every student have a slip of paper on them to explain that they are attending an immersion course that week, that they are not to speak English, and that they thank the non-Maori speaking person for their tolerance and cooperation. I initially thought that a total immersion program where only Maori was going to be spoken and English banned was "a bloody stupid idea." I was unsure as to whether it was going to work, and I did not know how I could survive in an all Maori environment. jan.ucc.nau.edu /~jar/NALI8.html   (1878 words)

Hokohoko - Shopping @ maori.org.nz Description: This account of an ethnomusicologist's experience conducting fieldwork offers a glimpse into the life of New Zealand's Maori people through his documentation of traditional songs. Description: Fully illustrated with the collection of the British Museum, the landmark publication seeks to introduce Maori art and culture to a general audience and to explore themes which are at the forefront of Maori studies. It is advisable to purchase the "A Century of Maori Song" CD as this has the lyrics of the various waiata from the Book. www.maori.org.nz /hokohoko/dirCat.asp?id=18   (1878 words)

Polynesian Mythology Throughout Polynesia much of the creative energy of the people flow into words that were woven into songs and stories about gods and heroes who had the strengths and weaknesses of men, and into tales of history about noble ancestors who bore the names and attributes of gods. Many European missionaries however recorded or attempted to record the old religion, perhaps to show the church at home from what they were rescuing the heathen. Indeed, wherever the white missionaries were stationed, a certain amount of information has been saved from the wreck and it is this information that forms much of the basis of our present knowledge of Polynesian mythology. www.janeresture.com /polynesia_myths   (1501 words)

Amazon.com: Maori Songs: Music Many Maori (especially ones' fluent in the language/songs') and myself CRINGE - because her singing sounds like "a broken record" - in comparison to other Maori singers'. Dame Kiri is part Maori, and this music returns her to her roots: Lovely melodies abound, some interesting accompaniments are to be found, and a glimpse into a world we rarely get to see is most welcome. For those who are unfamiliar with this superb soprano, she is the daughter of an Irish mother and a Maori father and has always taken great pride in her Maori heritage. www.amazon.com /exec/obidos/tg/detail/-/B00001SIGC?v=glance   (1252 words)

Amazon.com: Oceania: Music I assisted on the recording of this record at York Street Studio in Auckland, NZ and was privileged to see the Maori instrumentalists record and watch as Jaz Coleman produced the songs and Heniwehi sung; She has one of the most beautiful voices. Cleverly and tastefully mixed with electronic sounds, Oceania carries the crux of Maori music into the mainstream, and allows this beautiful form to perdure, and at its best, to be enjoyed, experienced, and educational to the masses. Her vocals were astounding, and the performace presented the absolute soul and haunting ambience of Maori music. amazon.com /exec/obidos/tg/detail/-/B00001ZU8V?v=glance   (1519 words)

Kiwa - Maori Language Language courses are intended to be taught in a fun non-threatening environment, incorporating games, learning simple songs and other activities. A number of teaching methods will be used, including the Ataarangi method which emphasises learning through participation (speaking phrases, incorporating action without reference back to the native language) and is regarded as one of the most effective ways to learn a second language. All language course fees are £90 (payable in advance) www.maori.org.uk /kiwa/courses_index.htm   (1519 words)

New Zealand Maori - NZPAGES Poumanawa Oranga is a Maori Development Organisation who represents a large number of Iwi & Maori organisations across the top of the South Island. Maori clip art and web art freely available for download and use. Maori in Australia - Community services, organizations, performing arts/kapahaka, education, musicians, artists, sports, businesses to connect and support one another. society-culture.nzpages.co.nz /society_and_culture/Maori   (652 words)

maori.org.nz Main Maori Site on the Net! Information on the different forms of Kapa Haka items, including poi, haka, waiata a ring (action songs) as well as sound, lyrics and videos to popular Maori items. The Maori Land March, led by Whina Cooper arrives.. Information and links on Maori culture, history, traditions, iwi, kapa haka, performing arts, carving, tattooing and more. www.maori.org.nz   (652 words)

Amazon.com: Books: Beginner's Maori (Beginner's (Foreign Language)) However, Harawira's use of Maori texts and songs is rather charming. The nearly complete lack of teach-yourself material on New Zealand's Maori language compels me to give the book 3 stars as I believe it is the only one to be found. A decent but flawed intor to Maori, March 13, 2003 www.amazon.com /exec/obidos/tg/detail/-/0781806054?v=glance   (652 words)

Traditional Maori-music from New-Zealand The Maori themselves claime that their nowadays music is their authentic contemporary music and they don't want to be stuck to a historical classification, we westeners impose upon them. Many new 'old forms' of songs and recitatives are composed and it even seems now, that new, so called traditional, instruments are invented and added to the list of already existing and rediscovered aerophones and idiophones. But in the case of the Maori we would prefer to be more nuanced, because we see next to the commercialisation a strong revival of the traditional Maori music too. www.logosfoundation.org /etnische_muziek/maori_eng.html   (2329 words)

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