By Terry Barrow
(B034) ISBN 9780854670345
BOOK TYPE: Hardback
DIMENSIONS: 230mm X 230mm
PAGES: 44
Māori music has its own special characteristics. Its development from pre-European to modern times is traced in this book by a noted ethnologist. From an historical perspective, one has to recall the connection of the Māori to the sea. They lived with the sea: they felt the rhythmical surge of the wave, they watched the undulating flight of sea birds. They felt a nostalgic longing for distant lands, perhaps never to be visited again. All within a hierarchical society controlled by hereditary chiefs. Such is the setting, then the book traverses the various stages of musical development after those ancient times. Many historical images.