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Ahe Lau Makani, translated as The Soft Gentle Breeze [5] or There is a Zephyr, [2] is a famous waltz composed by Queen Liliʻuokalani around 1868. Probably written at Hamohamo, the Waikīkī home of the Queen, this song appeared in "He Buke Mele O Hawaii" under the title He ʻAla Nei E Māpu Mai Nei.
Parts of "Aloha 'Oe" resemble the song "The Lone Rock by the Sea" and the chorus of George Frederick Root's 1854 song "There's Music in the Air". [9] " The Lone Rock by the Sea" mentioned by Charles Wilson, was "The Rock Beside the Sea" published by Charles Crozat Converse in 1857, [10] and itself derives from a Croatian/Serbian folk song, "Sedi Mara na kamen studencu" (Mary is Sitting on a ...
Liliʻuokalani wrote: "The king was present for the purpose of Criticising my new composition of both words and music, and was liberal in his commendations to me on my success. He admired not only the beauty of the music but spoke enthusiastically of the appropriate words, so well adapted to the air and to the purpose for which they were written.
Eleanor Kekoaohiwaikalani Wright Prendergast wrote Kaulana Nā Pua in 1893 for members of the Royal Hawaiian Band. "Kaulana Nā Pua" ("Famous Are the Flowers") is a Hawaiian patriotic song written by Eleanor Kekoaohiwaikalani Wright Prendergast in 1893 for members of the Royal Hawaiian Band who protested the overthrow of Queen Liliʻuokalani and the Hawaiian Kingdom.
Elizabeth Keawepoʻoʻole Sumner, lady-in-waiting to Likelike, co-composed with Lili'uokalani the love song "Sanoe" about a secret love affair in the Hawaiian royal court. [ 51 ] [ 52 ] "Liko Pua Lehua" (Tender Leaves of the Lehua Flower) and other songs were co-composed by Kapoli Kamakau , Likelike and Lili'uokalani when Kamakau was a member ...
The Queen's Songbook: 2018: Published 1999 Editors: Dorothy Kahananui Gillett, Barbara Smith and Hui Hanai [12] Hawaiʻi Ponoʻī: 2012: State song of Hawaiʻi, written by King David Kalakaua and Henri Berger [13] ʻĀlika: 2002: Words & music by Charles Ka'apa [14] Kalama'ula: 2002: Words & music by Emma Kala Dudoit [15] Wehiwehi 'Oe: 2002
Lili'uokalani. Queen Liliʻuokalani was the last Queen of Hawaii before the Hawaiian monarchy was overthrown. She was also a musician and prolific composer who wrote many musical works. She was best known for Aloha 'Oe. A compilation of her works, titled "The Queen's Songbook", was published in 1999 by The Queen Lili'uokalani Trust.
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