Music in Pacific Island Cultures Experiencing Music, Expressing Culture

by Diettrich, Brian; Freeman Moulin, Jane; Webb, Michael

• ISBN13: 9780199733408
• ISBN10: 0199733406
• Edition: 1st
• Format: Package
• Copyright: 2011-11-17
• Publisher: Oxford University Press

Summary

The Pacific Islands- Melanesia, Micronesia, and Polynesia-are steeped in diverse musical traditions that transcend the expanse of the Pacific Ocean. In Music in Pacific Islands Cultures, authors Brian Diettrich, Jane Freeman Moulin, and Michael Webb bring to life this region of the world that has long been underrepresented in ethnomusicological studies. The authors use three themes-modern nationhood, systems of belief (i.e., Christianity and indigenous faiths), and the effects of globalism and cultural exchange-to explore how the musical experiences of the Pacific Islanders are unique to each island group, but shaped by similar influences. The book concludes with an account of the Festival of Pacific Arts-a transregional celebration held every four years-that shows how these three themes are intricately woven into the fabric of the islands' culture. Designed to be used as one of several short and inexpensive case study volumes in the Global Music Series, this volume is appropriate for introductory undergraduate courses in world music or ethnomusicology and for upper-level courses on Pacific Island/Oceanic music and/or culture. The twenty-second volume in the Series, this text is based on the authors' own extensive fieldwork and features interviews with performers, eyewitness accounts of performances, and vivid illustrations. The book also features listening activities that enable students to engage critically and actively with the text. The included 70-minute CD contains examples of music discussed in the text, and supplementary material for instructors will be available on the companion web site.

Author Biography

Brian Diettrich is Lecturer in Ethnomusicology at the New Zealand School of Music, Victoria University, in Wellington. New Zealand. Jane Freeman Moulin is Professor of Ethnomusicology at the University of Hawai'i at Manoa, Honolulu, USA. Michael Webb is Lecturer in Music Education at the Sydney Conservatorium of Music, the University of Sydney, Australia.

Table of Contents

Foreword	p. xi
Preface	p. xiii
Authors and Acknowledgments	p. xv
Orthography and Pronunciation	p. xxi
CD Track List	p. xxiii
Prologue	p. 1
Diversity in Pacific Island Musics	p. 7
Polynesia	p. 8
Music and Words	p. 10
Communities of Sound	p. 14
Micronesia	p. 17
Music and Dance Practices	p. 19
Music as Expression and Sentiment	p. 21
Music as Cultural Heritage and Identity	p. 24
Melanesia	p. 26
The Multiart Ceremony	p. 29
Materials and Musical Instruments	p. 32
Pidgin Languages and Music	p. 35
Summary	p. 37
Music and Colonial Experiences	p. 39
Micronesia	p. 40
Early Colonial Appropriations	p. 41
Interfaces with Japan	p. 44
Interfaces with the United States	p. 46
Melanesia	p. 48
Ceremonial Culture as Folklore	p. 50
Time, Authority, and Militarism	p. 50
The "Singing Cowboy" and the Individual Self	p. 53
Polynesia	p. 57
Reconfiguring Celebration	p. 58
Himene Tarava	p. 60
Music for the Dance	p. 64
Summary	p. 68
Musical Expressions of the Sacred	p. 69
Polynesia	p. 70
Music in the Église Protestante Ma'ohi	p. 72
Himene Tarava as Polynesian Hymnody	p. 76
Micronesia	p. 77
Music and Christian Worship	p. 78
Religious Music Across Time	p. 82
Music and Indigenous Spiritual Practices	p. 83
Innovations in Contemporary Christian Music	p. 85
Melanesia	p. 87
Sound as "Spirit Voices"	p. 88
Christian Hymnody in Vanuatu	p. 90
Cargo Cults	p. 93
Summary	p. 96
Music and Global Flows	p. 97
Melanesia	p. 98
String Band	p. 99
Ailan Reggae	p. 103
Pop-"Tribal" Fusion Music	p. 106
Polynesia	p. 109
Island Songs	p. 110
Fusing Polynesian Cultures	p. 114
Haka Travels	p. 116
Micronesia	p. 119
Musical Networks Across Pacific Boundaries	p. 120
Exchanging and Appropriating Dances	p. 121
Music and Migrant Communities in Hawai'i	p. 123
The Flow of Popular Music	p. 124
Summary	p. 128
Music, Performance, and Representation	p. 131
Polynesia	p. 133
Tourism and the Hotel Show	p. 134
Representing Tahiti Through Festivals	p. 139
Festivalization and Cultural Tourism	p. 139
Melanesia	p. 141
The Cultural Festival for Community Benefit	p. 143
Melanesian Identity and the "World Music" Festival	p. 145
Melanesian Identity as "Pacific" Identity	p. 148
Micronesia	p. 150
Representations from Beyond the Pacific	p. 151
Performances for Pacific Island Others and Selves	p. 153
Summary	p. 159
Epilogue: Expressing Pacific-ness	p. 161
Glossary	p. 163
References	p. 173
Resources	p. 177
Index	p. 187
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