"Maori Music"
N a programme from 4YA we had an interesting arrangement of itemsfirst, a European orchestra playing Maori tunes; second, a native school choir singing! European music in Maori and English. Gil Dech’s arrangement of the more
popular airs sung by the Maori is well known by now to listeners, but it is far from being that elu,Sive quantity known ,as "Maori music," since it is obvious that it has been arranged by the skilled hand of a musician who wants to appeal | to the more sophisticated pakeha listener, and knows how to do it. On the other hand, the Te Horo Choir, even
when singing "O Who Will O’er the Downs So Free," sounded more Maori than the most typical Maori melody in the orchestral arrangement, This remarkable primary school choir possesses some lovely voices, and has the added asset of a genuine bass line. But by the very quality and production of the voices, its appeal is so strikingly and pleasantly ‘Maori, that it seems a pity that such talent must rely for its material on English part-songs which are not altogether suited to this style of singing. One wishes for the miraculous appearance of a native composer who could write a few genuine folk tunes for these young singers; then we should have something really indigenous and just as delightful.
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New Zealand Listener, Volume 16, Issue 408, 18 April 1947, Page 9
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224"Maori Music" New Zealand Listener, Volume 16, Issue 408, 18 April 1947, Page 9
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