TY  - BOOK
AU  - Flintoff,Brian
AU  - Nunns,Richard
AU  - Melbourne,Hirini
TI  - Taonga pūoro: Singing treasures : the musical instruments of the Māori 
SN  - 187733314X 
U1  - 784.1908999442 22
PY  - 2004///
CY  - Nelson, N.Z.
PB  - Craig Potton Publishing
KW  - Musical instruments
KW  - New Zealand
KW  - Māori (New Zealand people)
KW  - Music
KW  - Taonga puoro
KW  - reo
KW  - Mahi ā-Rēhia
KW  - Mōteatea
KW  - Kaitito waiata
KW  - Pūrākau
KW  - Atua
KW  - Pūoro reo
KW  - Puoro
N1  - Includes texts of songs by Hirini Melbourne; The CD contains a sampler of Māori music, selected from previous recordings, many featuring Richard Nunns and Hirini Melbourne; Includes bibliographical references (p. 130-132); Introduction -- Part One. The families of sound -- Chapter 1. Rangi, the tunes -- Chapter 2. Hine Pū Te Hue, the gourds -- Chapter 3. Tāne, father of many song makers -- Chapter 4. Tangaroa, father of shell instruments -- Chapter 5. Tāwhirimātea, the wind voices -- Chapter 6. Raukatauri, goddess of flutes -- Chapter 7. Papa, the rhythms -- Part Two. Making and playing singing treasures -- Chapter 8. Instructions on making and playing -- Chapter 9. Ki te ao mārama, towards an understanding of the art forms used -- Afterword
N2  - Comprehensively covers the world of Māori musical instruments, including a background to the tunes played on the instruments, and the families of natural sounds with which they are associated. Covers various types of instruments (flutes, gourds, wood and shell trumpets, and bullroarers, for example) giving technical information along with that of the mythological and cultural context to which they belong
ER  -