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Institute of Pacific Studies. 2000. Hard cover. Very good. some minor foxing (age spots) to inside covers & outside page edges, CDs in nice condition. 197 p. Includes index. glossary. Text in English with Tuvaluan lyrics. Includes 2 music CDs. . That Radio Tuvalu broadcasts old songs on a daily basis demonstrates the high regard that Tuvaluans have for their old songs. Although ot forgotten, perhaps these old songs needed the extra support that government could share. So it was that leading members of government in the 1960s encouraged Professor Gerd Koch in his study of the songs of Tuvalu. Professor Koch recorded songs on tape and wrote in German. He asked that Mr. Guy Slatter translate the work into English. The present government of Tuvalu continues to support the perpetuation of these old songs by bringing to bear the staying power of print along with new technology in the form of compact discs. This collection includes songs about the sea, life on land, magic, Christianity and church. The words…
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- Title Songs of Tuvalu
- Author Koch, Gerd
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- Publisher Institute of Pacific Studies, Suva
- Date 2000
- ISBN 9789820203143
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Songs of Tuvalu
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SONGS OF TUVALU
by KOCH, Gerd trans. Guy Slatter
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Suva, Fiji: Institute of Pacific Studies, University of the South Pacific, 2000. 1st ed. . Hardcover. Fine/No jacket issued. 15 Cm x 22 Cm. Glossy illustrated hard cover196+(1, author and translator details), maps to ppp. 4 and .12, 30 text ills., musical notation to the 48 songs, 2 CDs in plastic pockets, one at each end, original disc pockets on endpapers present but resume discs transfered to protect surfaces, for each song there is also a translation and comment, songs recorded by Koch over 1960/1961 and 1963. 2 copies available, both as new. Tuvalu formerly the Ellice Islands, Scarce.
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Songs of Tuvalu.
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Suva: University of the South Pacific, 2000. Book. Nearly Very Good,. Hardcover. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. 196 pages, b/w illustrations. 2 music CDs in rear pocket. Translated from German by Guy Slatter. .
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