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Tongan music / Richard Moyle ; foreword by the Honourable Ve'ehala.
Penn Museum Library ML3770 .M73 1987
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- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Moyle, Richard M.
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Folk music--Tonga--History and criticism.
- Folk music.
- Musical instruments--Tonga.
- Musical instruments.
- Tonga.
- Physical Description:
- xiv, 256 pages : illustrations, maps, music ; 30 cm
- Place of Publication:
- Auckland : Auckland University Press, [1987]
- Summary:
- The first book in over twenty years on the music of a West Polynesian culture, Tongan Music records a dynamic, creative tradition that blends the carefully preserved songs and dances witnessed by Captain Cook with recent compositions. The volume reflects Tongan thinking in both structure and content, allowing the Tongan voice to speak for itself.
- Notes:
- Includes song texts in Tongan with English translations, and musical transcriptions.
- Includes indexes.
- Bibliography: pages 245-250.
- ISBN:
- 1869400070
- OCLC:
- 15711796
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