Maori Music
Auckland: Auckland University Press, 1996. First Edition. Hardcover : pp. [xi] xii. 418 : map of tribal distribution : illustrated : black cloth boards : bold gilt lettering to spine : jacket design by Christine Haansen.
Block edges lightly foxed; jacket verso foxed; head and tail of spine gently pushed, repeated on jacket. Near fine / near fine. Item #14434
Mervyn McLean is the acknowledged world authority on M ori music, author of the classic Traditional Songs of the Maori (AUP), as well as many other titles. This book is the best introduction available to M ori music – the instruments played, the songs and dance styles and what they were used for, performance, composition, teaching, etc. Based on 30 years of fieldwork that yielded 1300 recorded songs and hundred of pages of interviews and eyewitness accounts, this is a classic book. - Publisher.
Price: $50.00