Henry Berger
Subtitle: from Prussian Army musician to "Father of Hawaiian Music", the life and legacy of Hawai'i's bandmaster
By: Patrick D. Hennessey ; herausgegeben von Bernhard Habla
Contributors: Habla, Bernhard
Series: Alta Musica -- Bd. 30; Alta musica -- Bd. 30
Publisher: Verlegt bei Hans Schneider
Published: 2013
Place of publication: Tutzing
Language: eng
Number of pages: 431
ISBN-13: 9783862960569
Subjects: Band directors; Biography
Notes: Originally presented as the author's thesis (doctoral)--University of Hawaii, 2007.

Includes bibliographical references.
Table of contents: title: Introduction; title: Survey of the literature --; title: Need for the study --; title: Research methodology --; title: Definitions and conventions --; title: Evolution of the band's titles --; title: Results --; title: The Prussian years --; title: Revolution --; title: The Berger family --; title: Coswig (anhalt) --; title: Early musical training --; title: Military service --; title: Military music education --; title: Early compositions --; title: Franco-Prussian war 1870-71 --; title: The call for a bandmaster --; title: Western influence and hawaiian musical culture : the Pre-Berger years -- -- Introduction; title: Pre-contact social structure and cultural practices --; title: Pre-contact musical traditions --; title: Indigenous Hawaiian instruments --; title: Reactions of the earliest visitors --; title: Early scholars reflect on Hawaiian chant --; title: Western contact and change --; title: Arrival of the missionaries --; title: Hīmeni, hymnals, and education --; title: Other western musical influences --; title: Amateur musical society --; title: Shipboard bands --; title: The beginnings of the Royal Hawaiian band --; title: Serving the monarchy : Kamehameha V and Lunalilo -- -- Introduction; title: International diplomacy --; title: The german connection --; title: Prussian military band influence --; title: Request for a bandmaster --; title: Berger's arrival --; title: Berger's first public concert --; title: Establishes firm foundation during reign of King Kamehameha V --; title: King William Lunalilo --; title: The troops revolt --; title: An abbreviated reign --; title: Berger and King Kalākaua --; title: Election of a king --; title: Royal education --; title: Musical talent --; title: Military fascination --; title: Arts patron --; title: Melding of traditions --; title: Berger's possible dismissal --; title: Berger returns to Germany --; title: Interim bandmaster --; title: Berger returns as bandmaster --; title: Steamer day --; title: Recognition and citizenship --; title: Berger's personal journals --; title: Educator --; title: Expansion and innovation --; title: Mele Hawaii --; title: Trips with the band --; title: Politics --; title: Personal financial crisis --; title: More politics --; title: San Francisco --; title: Death of a king --; title: Berger and Queen Lili'uokalani --; title: Accession of a queen --; title: Lili'u's birth and education --; title: Lili'u and John O. Dominis --; title: Princess regent --; title: Musical talent --; title: Lili'uokalani's early compositions --; title: Berger and Aili'uokalani --; title: Personal Turmoil --; title: Queen's jubilee --; title: Bayonet constitution --; title: Duty and betrayal --; title: Expanding the band's repertoire --; title: Increasing notoriety --; title: Twenty years --; title: Recognition for the "band boys" --; title: Political upheaval --; title: Effects of the overthrow on the band --; title: Berger : 1893-1898 : the changing political landscape --; title: A new band --; title: The Hawaiian national band --; title: Uluhaimalama --; title: Expansion of duties --; title: The Kamehameha schools --; title: Berger the educator --; title: Berger's politics and the new republic --; title: Composing fever --; title: Half a century of life --; title: Restoration attempt --; title: The Queen's imprisonment --; title: Ku 'u pua i Paoakalani --; title: The Queen's prayer --; title: A tattered friendship --; title: Hawaiian opera house --; title: 1895 journal revelations --; title: Germany revisited --; title: Back home in Honolulu --; title: Kalaupapa --; title: Hawaiian songs programmed once again --; title: Captain Henry Berger --; title: The advent of female solo singers --; title: Spanish-American war --; title: Annexation --; title: New beginnings : from territorial service to county service --; title: Demand for new music --; title: A second marriage : rose and grace --; title: Plague outbreak and aftermath --; title: Operatic vocals --; title: Politics, the band and budget concerns --; title: Berger on music --; title: Music repertoire 1900-1905 --; title: Beginnings of the Honolulu symphony --; title: Governmental changes : impact of the county act --; title: Expositions and the growing popularity of Hawaiian music --; title: Royal Hawaiian band tour of 1905 --; title: Home in Honolulu --; title: A second tour proposed --; title: San Francisco earthquake of 1906 --; title: Royal Hawaiian band tour of 1906 --; title: Salt Lake city --; title: Early signs of trouble --; title: Louisville --; title: St. Louis and growing discontent --; title: Community support for the band --; title: Tour aftermath --; title: Impact of the band's tours --; title: Hawaiian music at home --; title: The tour and wider recognition --; title: The final transitions : government, retirement and beyond --; title: The city and county of Honolulu --; title: Berger's bi-annual report : 1907-1908 --; title: Waiale'e boys' industrial school --; title: Refining the political process / personal attacks --; title: Military bands --; title: Sousa in hawai'i --; title: Forty years as bandmaster --; title: Honored by Emperor William II --; title: Naone and nape --; title: The death of Berger's Last Son --; title: Popularity of the royal Hawaiian band --; title: Final musical additions as bandmaster --; title: Critics of berger --; title: Seventieth birthday celebration --; title: The father of Hawaiian music --; title: Health issues --; title: Pension --; title: Search for a successor --; title: Berger's resignation --; title: Post-retirement --; title: Return to Waiale'e --; title: Reactions to succeeding bandmasters --; title: The passing of a Queen --; title: Musically active --; title: Hawai'i county band --; title: Oakland and San Francisco : 1920-1921 --; title: San Jose and San Francisco : 1924-1926 --; title: Honolulu : the final years --; title: Failing eyesight --; title: One final composition --; title: Berger's death and funeral --; title: Legacy and conclusions --; title: Musical ambassador --; title: Theater music and freelancing --; title: Teacher and mentor --; title: The music --; title: Royal Hawaiian band --; title: Conclusions ---- Appendix a : arrangements and compositions of Henry Berger-- Appendix b : Royal Hawaiian Band Library Henry Berger's compositions-- Appendix c : Frank Vierra Collection Bishop Museum : MS Group 43, Box 1 list of arrangements by Henry Berger (manuscripts in Berger's calligraphy)-- Appendix d : Henry Berger's immediate family-- Bibliography.