MAORI MUSIC
AMERICANS BUY MANY RECORDS ANA HATO POPULAR “Within a few hours of the presentation cf a Maori concert at Roto-ua the other evening records of Maori music to over the value of £6O were sold to enthusiastic members of the Malolo party. At one stage £l3 was handed over the counter of the music shop . within the space of ten minutes,” writes THE SUN'S correspondent. The musical voices of the Maoris made an instantaneous appeal to the Americans, particularly the voice of Ana Hato with its peculiarly sweet timbre. Enterprise prompted the playing of Ana Hato’s records during the interval and after the concert, and enteprise was rewarded by enthusiastic Americans who hit upon the happy idea of taking a “copy” of the voice back home. In solos and in duets with Dean War et ini, Ana Hato records very clearly and her records are always in keen demand, particularly by visitors to Rotorua. “We are crazy over this music,” said one of the organisers of the party, and he ventured the opinion that if the records were brought before the public in the States they would create a strong demand. The recording of Maori, music may yet be one of the industries of Rotorua.
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Sun (Auckland), Volume III, Issue 838, 5 December 1929, Page 16
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207MAORI MUSIC Sun (Auckland), Volume III, Issue 838, 5 December 1929, Page 16
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