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Moyle, Richard M.

Traditional Samoan music / Richard Moyle.

Auckland, N.Z. ; Laie, Hawaii : Auckland University Press in association with the Institute for Polynesian Studies, 1988.

xv, 271 pages : illustrations, maps, music, portraits ; 30 cm

Music -- Samoan Islands.

Samoans -- Music.

Music.

Brigham Young University--Hawaii Campus. Institute for Polynesian Studies.

Includes indexes.

Song texts in Samoan and English.

Includes bibliographical references (pages 260-266).

Foreword -- Orthography. (Musical orthography ; Linguistic orthography) -- 1. Introduction -- 2. Musical ethnography. (Terminology for music structure ; Composition and ethnic identity ; Teaching ; Song poetry ; Song variations ; Obsolete songs) -- 3. Musical instruments. (Idiophones ; Membranophones ; Aerophones) -- 4. Solo songs. (The tagi of the fāgogo ; Medicinal incantations ; Lullabies ; Stylistic characteristics of solo songs) -- 5. Unison (and predominantly unison) song types. (Recreational songs ; Songs of ridicule ; Tattooing songs ; Stylistic characteristics of unison songs) -- 6. Responsorial (and predominantly responsorial) song types. (Songs to spirits ; Funeral ('āuala) songs ; Paddling songs ; 'O le solo ; Food homage (ta'alolo) songs ; Marriage songs (tini) ; Songs of praise (vi'i) ; Historical songs ; Work songs ; Stylistic characteristics of responsorial songs) -- 7. Responsorial (and predominantly responsorial) song types with dance. (Obsolete dances ; Extant dances ; Stylistic characteristics of dance songs) -- 8. Polyphonic songs -- 9. Summary analyses and conclusion -- Appendix: Post-European Samoan musical influence.

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