Product Description
This is a meticulous record of Tuhoe songs, as performed by Kino Hughes, with music and translations. The text of each song is given in both English and Maori along with a musical transcription. The introduction to the book includes information on Kino who was a singer, orator and kaumatua who determined to preserve for future generations, all the songs he knew.
About the Author
Dr. Mervyn McLean and Dr. Margaret Orbell are widely known and respected in the fields of music and ethnomusicology and published extensively. McLean is the author of
Maori Music (1996) and an acclaimed study of Polynesian music,
Weavers of Song. Orbell is the author of a number of books on Maori myths and poetry. They both live in Auckland, New Zealand.