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Informationen zum Autor Mervyn McLean is a former associate professor of ethnomusicology and the director of the archive of Maori and Pacific music at University of Auckland. He is the author of Maori Music and Weavers of Song and the coauthor of Songs of a Kaumatua and Traditional Songs of the Maori . Klappentext This account of an ethnomusicologist's experience conducting fieldwork offers a glimpse into the life of New Zealand's Maori people through his documentation of traditional songs. The audio recordings included span 1958 through 1979, a time when many of the culture's traditions were fading. Sensitive writing and attention to the challenges of anthropological fieldwork shed light on postcolonialism in New Zealand and its effects on Maori and Polynesian cultures and the continuance of traditional music. Zusammenfassung Leading ethnomusicologist! Mervyn McLean! tells the story of his fieldwork recording waiata and other traditional Maori songs over a span of more than 20 years from 1958 to 1979. These recordings have been of great importance in revitalising Maori music in many tribal areas.
