Nā mele welo : Songs of our heritage : selections from the Roberts Mele Collection in Bishop Museum, Honolulu

Author(s)

• Pukui, Mary Kawena
• Bacon, Pat Namaka
• Napoka, Nathan
• Roberts, Helen H. (Helen Heffron)

Bibliographic Information

Nā mele welo : Songs of our heritage : selections from the Roberts Mele Collection in Bishop Museum, Honolulu

translated from the Hawaiian by Mary Kawena Pukui ; arranged and edited by Pat Namaka Bacon and Nathan Napoka

（Bernice P. Bishop Museum special publication, 88）

Bishop Museum Press, c1995

Other Title

Songs of our heritage

Note

Hawaiian and English translations on facing pages

"Published on the one hundredth anniversary of Mary Kawena Pukui's birth, April 20, 1995"

82 chants in Hawaiian from Helen Roberts's fieldwork includes translations, notes, and brief biographical notes on contributors

Contents of Works

• Oli = Nondance chants
• Hula = Dance chants

Details

• NCID: BA88594253
• ISBN:
  • 0930897870
• LCCN: 94074333
• Country Code: us
• Title Language Code: haw
• Text Language Code: haweng
• Original Language Code: haw
• Place of Publication: Honolulu
• Pages/Volumes: xviii, 237 p.
• Size: 23 cm
• Classification:
  • DC20 : 782.29209969
• Subject Headings:
  • LCSH : Chants, Hawaiian
  • LCSH : Hula (Dance)
  • LCSH : Folk songs, Hawaiian -- Texts
  • LCSH : Hawaiian poetry -- Translations into English
  • LCSH : Hawaiian language -- Texts
• Parent Bibliography ID:
  • BA01392883