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| | Amazon.ca: Weavers of Song: Polynesian Music and Dance with CD (Audio): Books: Mervyn McLean (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-04) |
 | | Based on thorough research and meticulous scholarship, it covers in its first part regional music and dance, exploring in detail the musical traditions of twenty specific areas, including the Society Islands, Tonga, Samoa, Tuvalu, Tokelau, Niue, Uvea and Futuna, the Marquesas Islands, Easter Island, Hawaii, and New Zealand. |
 | | In the second part McLean describes the musical instruments and the uses, performance, composition, teaching and structure of music across the entire region. |
 | | He studies the impact of European music on traditional music and includes a chapter on modern music and dance. |
| www.amazon.ca /Weavers-Song-Polynesian-Music-Dance/dp/0824822714 (372 words) |
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