Genoa Keawe

'Aunty' Genoa Leilani Adolpho Keawe-Aiko (31 ʻOkakopa 1918 – 25 Pepeluali 2008) he mea hīmeni, mea kani pila, a mea hoʻopaʻa mele Hawaiʻi kaulana. Ua kapa pinepine ʻia ʻo ia ʻo "Aunty Genoa" a i ʻole ka "Lady of the Hawaiian Falsetto" no kona leo kiʻekiʻe kūikawā a me kona hiki ke paʻa i kekahi hā lōʻihi.

 Ka Moʻolelo Mua 
Ua hānau ʻia ʻo Genoa Leilani Keawe ma Kakaʻako, Honolulu, ma ka mokupuni ʻo Oʻahu. He hanauna ʻo ia no Kauaʻi a me Niʻihau. Ua neʻe kona ʻohana i Lāʻie i kona wā ʻōpio, kahi āna i aʻo ai i ka hīmeni ʻana ma ka hale pule. Ma Lāʻie, ua hoʻomaka ʻo ia e hīmeni ma nā pāʻina ʻohana a me nā hālāwai kaiaulu.

 Ke Ala Hana Mele 
Ua hoʻomaka kāna ala hana mele maoli ma nā makahiki 1940 me ka Don McDiarmid Orchestra ma ka Royal Hawaiian Hotel. I ka wā o ka Kaua Honua II, ua hīmeni ʻo ia no nā koa ma nā kahua kaua a me nā hale ma Pearl Harbor. Ua hoʻopaʻa ʻo ia i kāna pā mele mua ma 1946 me ka hui 49th State Records.

Ma 1949, ua hoʻomaka ʻo ia e hana ma ke kīwī ma ka papahana Hawaiian Time, kekahi o nā papahana mua loa e hōʻike ana i ka mele Hawaiʻi ma ke kīwī. Ua hana pū ʻo ia ma nā papahana radio like ʻole, me Hawaii Calls, kahi i lohe ʻia ai kona leo ma ʻAmelika holoʻokoʻa.

Ma hope o ia manawa, ua hoʻokumu ʻo ia i kona hui hoʻopaʻa mele ponoʻī, ʻo Genoa Keawe Records. Ma lalo o kēia hui, ua hoʻopuka ʻo ia i nā pā mele he nui, e lawelawe ana i kāna mele ponoʻī a me nā mele a nā mea haku mele Hawaiʻi ʻē aʻe. ʻO kekahi o kāna mau hana koʻikoʻi ka mālama ʻana i nā mele kahiko Hawaiʻi a me ke aʻo ʻana i nā hanauna hou.

 Nā Wahi Hōʻike Mau 
Mai ka makahiki 1972 a hiki i ka makahiki 2006, ua hōʻike mau ʻo Aunty Genoa ma Waikīkī i kēlā me kēia Pōʻahā. Ua hoʻomaka ma ka Hawaiian Village (ma hope mai ʻo Hilton Hawaiian Village), a laila ma ka Moana Hotel, a ma hope loa ma ka Waikiki Beach Marriott Resort. Ua kaulana kēia mau hōʻike no ka hiki iā ia ke paʻa i ka hā lōʻihi ma "Aliʻi Puʻolani".

 Ke Kaila Hīmeni 
Ua kaulana ʻo ia no kona leo kiʻekiʻe a me kona hiki ke paʻa i ka hā lōʻihi, kekahi manawa a 2-3 minuke ka lōʻihi. Ua hoʻohana ʻo ia i ke kaila leo kiʻekiʻe Hawaiʻi i kapa ʻia he "falsetto", akā ua hui pū ʻo ia i kēia me ke kaila kahiko. Ua ʻōlelo pinepine ʻia ua aʻo ʻo ia i kēia mau mākaukau mai kona kupunahine mai.

 Nā Mele Kaulana 
 "Alika" - Kekahi o kāna mau mele kaulana loa
 "Pua Carnation" - He mele aloha kaulana
 "Meleana E" - He mele i haku ʻia no kāna moʻopuna
 "Kanoeopiʻo" - He mele kahiko i hoʻōla hou ʻia e ia
 "ʻUlili E" - Kekahi o kāna mau mele hope loa i hoʻopaʻa ʻia

 Ka Nohona Pilikino 
Ua mare ʻo ia iā Edward Keawe-Aiko ma 1935 i kona makahiki he 17. Ua hānau lāua i he ʻumikūmālua keiki - ʻehā kāne a me ʻewalu wāhine. Ma waena o kāna mau keiki, ua lilo kekahi i mau mea hīmeni kaulana, e like me Gary Aiko, kekahi o nā kāne. Ua hoʻomau kāna mau moʻopuna i kona hoʻoilina mele, me Eric Keawe a me Momi Keawe.

ʻOiai he mea hīmeni kaulana ʻo ia, ua hoʻokō mau ʻo Aunty Genoa i kona kuleana ma ke ʻano he makuahine a kupuna. Ua noho ʻo ia ma Papakolea, kahi i mālama ai ʻo ia i kāna mau keiki a moʻopuna. Ua kapa pinepine ʻia kona home ʻo ka "hale pule liʻiliʻi" no ka mea ua mālama pinepine ʻia nā pāʻina mele a hālāwai pule ma laila.

 Ka Hoʻonaʻauao 
He mea koʻikoʻi ka hoʻonaʻauao iā Aunty Genoa. Ua kipa pinepine ʻo ia i nā kula e aʻo ai i nā haumāna i ka mele Hawaiʻi, ka ʻōlelo Hawaiʻi, a me ka moʻolelo Hawaiʻi. Ua kākoʻo nui ʻo ia i ka hoʻōla hou ʻana o ka ʻōlelo Hawaiʻi a me nā loina Hawaiʻi.

 Nā Hana Kaiaulu 
Ma waho o kāna hana mele, he lālā ikaika ʻo ia o ke kaiaulu Hawaiʻi. Ua kōkua ʻo ia i nā hana like ʻole no ka pōmaikaʻi o ka lāhui Hawaiʻi:
 Ka hōʻoia ʻana i ka mālama pono ʻia o nā mele kahiko
 Ke kākoʻo ʻana i nā hana hoʻonaʻauao Hawaiʻi
 Ka mālama ʻana i nā hana aʻo mele Hawaiʻi
 Ka kākoʻo ʻana i nā hālau hula
 Ka hāʻawi ʻana i nā haʻawina kālā no nā haumāna

 Ka Hoʻoilina 
Ua kaulana ʻo Aunty Genoa no:
 Kona leo kiʻekiʻe kūikawā
 Ka hiki ke paʻa i ka hā lōʻihi
 Ka mālama ʻana i nā mele Hawaiʻi kahiko
 Ke aʻo ʻana i nā hanauna hou i ka mele Hawaiʻi

 Nā Makana a me ka Hoʻohanohano 
 National Heritage Fellowship (2000) mai ka National Endowment for the Arts
 Nā Hōkū Hanohano Lifetime Achievement Award (1991)
 Living Treasure of Hawaiʻi (1988)
 Hawaiian Music Hall of Fame (1995)

 Ka Hopena o ke Ola 
Ua hala ʻo Aunty Genoa ma ka lā 25 o Pepeluali, 2008, ma kona home ma Papakolea, Honolulu. Ua hāʻawi ʻia kekahi hōʻike hoʻomanaʻo nui ma ka Neal S. Blaisdell Center kahi i hōʻike ʻia ai kona koʻikoʻi i ka moʻolelo mele Hawaiʻi.

 Nā Pāhoehoe 
 Nā Album 
 Party Hulas (1962)
 By Request (1969)
 Genoa Keawe Sings Luau Hulas (1972)
 Vintage Hawaiian Treasures Vol. 3 (1994)

 Nā Kūmole 

 Nā Loulou Waho 
 Hawaiian Music Hall of Fame: Genoa Keawe
 Nā Mele | Genoa Keawe & Family

Māhele:Poʻe hīmeni Hawaiʻi
Māhele:Poʻe hānau 1918
Māhele:Poʻe make 2008
Māhele:National Heritage Fellows