Weavers of Song
Subtitle: Polynesian Music and Dance
Publisher: University of Hawaii Press
Published: April 2000
Language: eng
Format: Hardcover
Number of pages: 543
ISBN-13: 9780824822712
Subjects: Non-Western music: traditional & "classical"; Ethnological Aspects Of Dance; Music; Music/Songbooks; Ethnic; History & Criticism - General; Dance - General; Ethnomusicology; Dance; History and criticism; Polynesia
Description: "Based on thorough research and meticulous scholarship, it covers in its first part regional music and dance, exploring in detail the musical traditions of twenty specific areas. In the second part McLean describes the musical instruments and the uses, performance, composition, teaching and structure of music across the entire region.

He studies the impact of European music on traditional music and includes a chapter on modern music and dance. he finally examines the cultural connections and the diffusion of styles throughout the Polynesian Pacific." "Weavers of Song is illustrated with 165 photographs and over 80 musical examples. it is accompanied by a CD sampler containing songs, dance-songs and instrumental music from areas studied in the book."--BOOK JACKET.