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Te ara puoro : a journey into the world of Māori music / Richard Nunns with Allan Thomas.

By: Contributor(s): Material type: TextTextPublisher number: RAT-D061 | Rattle-VUPDescription: 176 pages : colour illustrations ; 29 cm + 1 CDISBN:
  • 9781877517785
  • 187751778X
Contained works:
  • Nunns, Richard, Mahi
Subject(s): DDC classification:
  • 784.1908999442 23
Awards:
  • Ockham New Zealand Book Awards 2016. THE JUDITH BINNEY BEST FIRST BOOK AWARD FOR ILLUSTRATED NON-FICTION
Summary: "Te Ara Puoro tells the story of Richard Nunn's remarkable journey; of how fragments of knowledge given by elders were pieced together through countless presentations and performances on marae the length and breadth of the country; of how the instruments were re-created and developed; and of how he subsequently mastered their playing. The book gathers together an enormous amount of the current knowledge about taonga puoro, and will undoubtedly be the most important written resource in existence on the subject. It also charts the many other paths that Richard has taken with the music, including the huge variety of recordings he has done, his sound-track work, and his playing in other genres, such as free jazz and classical"--Publisher website.
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Item type Current library Collection Call number Status Notes Date due Barcode Item holds
Māoritanga Hāwera LibraryPlus Nonfiction Māoritanga 784.19 NUNN (Browse shelf(Opens below)) Available Check for return of CD i2136913
Māoritanga Pātea LibraryPlus Nonfiction Māoritanga 784.19 (Browse shelf(Opens below)) Available I2162733
Māoritanga Stratford Nonfiction Nonfiction 784.19 NUN (Browse shelf(Opens below)) Available A00810470
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Accompanied by CD: Mahi / Richard Nunns.

Includes bibliographical references, discography and index.

"Te Ara Puoro tells the story of Richard Nunn's remarkable journey; of how fragments of knowledge given by elders were pieced together through countless presentations and performances on marae the length and breadth of the country; of how the instruments were re-created and developed; and of how he subsequently mastered their playing. The book gathers together an enormous amount of the current knowledge about taonga puoro, and will undoubtedly be the most important written resource in existence on the subject. It also charts the many other paths that Richard has taken with the music, including the huge variety of recordings he has done, his sound-track work, and his playing in other genres, such as free jazz and classical"--Publisher website.

Ockham New Zealand Book Awards 2016. THE JUDITH BINNEY BEST FIRST BOOK AWARD FOR ILLUSTRATED NON-FICTION

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