9780589006969 - Nga Moteatea: Pt. 1 von Ngata Sir, Apirana (2 Ergebnisse)

Hardcover. Zustand: Very Good. Zustand des Schutzumschlags: No Dust Jacket. Price sticker on front board. No signatures.; This volume only. The first volume is a 1972 facsimile reprint of the revised 1959 edition of Part I. Text bi-lingual in Te Reo Maori and English. Red boards with Maori kowhaiwhai design in red, black and white. Page dimensions: 246 x 146mm. [This title was originally compiled by Apirana Ngata and published in two volumes in 1928-1929. Pei Te Hurunui revised and made English translations for a revised edition of these two volumes, which was published in 1959-1961. A third volume with more translations by Pei te Hurunui Jones was published in 1970.].

Hardcover. Zustand: Very Good. No Jacket. Nga Moteatea (The Songs) Part 1 (one) Scattered Pieces from Many Canoe Areas. A Selection of Annotated Tribal Songs of the Maori with English Translations. by Sir Apirana Ngata. Published for the Polynesian Society by Reed (A.H.& A.W.), 1974. Very good hardback in red decorative cloth. Minor compression & fading to spine; corners are bumped; no inscriptions, binding firm; a little foxing to edges. 327 pages. A collection of annotated waiata made by distinguished Maori leader and scholar Apirana Ngata. Over a period of forty years Sir Apirana Ngata, distinguished leader and scholar, collected and recorded hundreds of songs and chants from the iwi of Aotearoa, which became the four volumes of Maori with translations and annotations by Ngata and Pei Te Hurinui Jones. This is the first volume of this national treasure, the largest and most comprehensive collection of Nga Moteatea waiata and a unique contribution to New Zealand poetry. It is a rich resource for continuing research and scholarship in many fields, offers prime texts in the teaching of Maori language, literature and tribal history and serves as inspiration for contemporary composition and performance. All books are sent free by courier postage within New Zealand. ALL PHOTOS ARE OF THE ACTUAL BOOK.