Author: Samuel H. ElbertPublisher:
ISBN:
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 110
Book Description
Na Mele O Hawai'i Nei
Author: Samuel H. ElbertNā Mele o Hawai‘i Nei
Author: Samuel H. ElbertPublisher: University of Hawaii Press
ISBN: 0824842995
Category : Music
Languages : en
Pages : 121
Book Description
Here for the first time is a large collection of Hawaiian songs in an authoritative text with translation (music not included). The texts have never before been written consistently with the glottal stops (indicating syllabic breaks between vowels) and macrons (indicating long vowels and stresses) that make the words pronounceable by those unfamiliar with the Hawaiian language. Many of the songs have not been translated before or have only been freely adapted rather than translated. These 101 songs are all postmissionary and owe their musical origin to missionary hymns, although only a few are religious. None are technically chants, though some are chants that have been edited and set to music. They date from the mid-1850s (most are from the time of the monarchy) to 1968 (the date of Mary Kawena Pukui's translation of Christmas songs). Nearly all of these songs are sung today and are well known to Hawaiian singers. Included are love songs, and Christmas songs. There is an exhaustive introduction, which includes classification and arrangement of the songs; a note on the composers; and analysis of the structure, symbolism, and meanings of the songs; and a note on the translations and on the poetic vocabulary of the Hawaiian words.
Nā Mele O Hawaií Nei
Author: Nā Mele o Hawai‘i Nei
Author: Samuel H. ElbertPublisher: University of Hawaii Press
ISBN: 9780870222191
Category : Music
Languages : en
Pages : 124
Book Description
Here for the first time is a large collection of Hawaiian songs in an authoritative text with translation (music not included). The texts have never before been written consistently with the glottal stops (indicating syllabic breaks between vowels) and macrons (indicating long vowels and stresses) that make the words pronounceable by those unfamiliar with the Hawaiian language. Many of the songs have not been translated before or have only been freely adapted rather than translated. These 101 songs are all postmissionary and owe their musical origin to missionary hymns, although only a few are religious. None are technically chants, though some are chants that have been edited and set to music. They date from the mid-1850s (most are from the time of the monarchy) to 1968 (the date of Mary Kawena Pukui's translation of Christmas songs). Nearly all of these songs are sung today and are well known to Hawaiian singers. Included are love songs, and Christmas songs. There is an exhaustive introduction, which includes classification and arrangement of the songs; a note on the composers; and analysis of the structure, symbolism, and meanings of the songs; and a note on the translations and on the poetic vocabulary of the Hawaiian words.
Nā Mele O Hawai'i Nei
Author: Na Mele O Hawai'i Nei
Author: Noelani MāhoePublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Songs, Hawaiian
Languages : en
Pages : 110
Book Description
Na Mele O Hawai'i Nei
Author: S. H. ElbertPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Folk songs, Hawaiian
Languages : en
Pages :
Book Description
Na mele o Hawai'i nei
Author: Samuel Hoyt ElbertPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Songs, Hawaiian
Languages : en
Pages : 128
Book Description
Na mele o Hawaii
Author: Waiʻanae Hawaiian Civic ClubPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Hawaii
Languages : en
Pages : 76
Book Description
Place Names of Hawaii
Author: Mary Kawena PukuiPublisher: University of Hawaii Press
ISBN: 9780824805241
Category : Foreign Language Study
Languages : en
Pages : 322
Book Description
How many place names are there in the Hawaiian Islands? Even a rough estimate is impossible. Hawaiians named taro patches, rocks, trees, canoe landings, resting places in the forests, and the tiniest spots where miraculous events are believed to have taken place. And place names are far from static--names are constantly being given to new houses and buildings, streets and towns, and old names are replaced by new ones. It is essential, then, to record the names and the lore associated with them now, while Hawaiians are here to lend us their knowledge. And, whatever the fate of the Hawaiian language, the place names will endure. The first edition of Place Names of Hawaii contained only 1,125 entries. The coverage is expanded in the present edition to include about 4,000 entries, including names in English. Also, approximately 800 more names are included in this volume than appear in the second edition of the Atlas of Hawaii.