NATIVE MUSIC
Sir-In the article in a_ recent Listener about Oswald Cheesman it was stated that he suggests that the South Sea islands native singing originally had no set form, but was a series of extempore' chants. From the book Ancient Tahiti, by Teuira Henry, based on material recorded by J. M. Orsmond, it can be seen that this was the case in Tahiti and other Polynesian Islands 100 years and more ago. The Rey. J. M. Orsmond, of the London Missionary Society, who worked among the natives of these islands from 1817 to 1856, was intensely interested in their welfare, both material and spiritual. He found thag (continued on next page)
(continued from previous page) their songs were chants, and he taught them English songs and tunes, and naturally many of these were hymns. I thought this confirmation of Mr. Cheesman’s suggestion might be of in-
terest.
VERA NORTH
(Mosgiel).
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New Zealand Listener, Volume 13, Issue 325, 14 September 1945, Page 18
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151NATIVE MUSIC New Zealand Listener, Volume 13, Issue 325, 14 September 1945, Page 18
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