Allan Thomas
Biographic Data
| ID | 3618249 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Allan Thomas |
| GIVEN NAMES | Allan |
| FAMILY NAME | Thomas |
| SIGNATURE | THOMAS A |
| AFFILIATIONS | Victoria University of Wellington |
| ORCID | 0000-0002-6402-2909 |
| VERIFIED | Yes |
| TOTAL WORKS | 7 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 0 |
| WORKS AS AUTHOR | 7 |
| WORKS AS EDITOR | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 1972 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2008 |
| H-INDEX | 0 |
The words stink and the music is just pathetic’
New Zealand's national anthem God Defend New Zealand is the subject of two studies that approach, in different ways, its history and popularity. Originating in the nineteenth century, the anthem has a hymn-like idiom and the grandiose concepts which are shared by many of the world's national anthems of the era. God Defend New Zealand has an intriguing history: although it was intended as a national anthem it was a full century from its compositio…
Pokarekare”
Pokarekare" is one of a group of New Zealand songs that became popular in the first decades of the twentieth century. The songs combined Maori and Pakeha [European] features in what can be understood as an aspect of nation building and they contributed to New Zealand identity at the time. Several of the songs originated as folksongs (though they have not previously been recognised as such) but early on were caught up in publications and performan…
The Search for the Sound of the Putorino
The noted New Zealand Maori authority Te Rangi Hiroa declared that the rich heritage of traditional instruments was now silent, they were no longer played, they would be 'forever mute'(Buck 1949:270). Among the predominant flutes and trumpets of this instrumentarium were voice modifiers (jews harp, mouth bow), whizzers and whirlers, and percussion (rattlers, castanets, gong, and other 'found' instruments). Most enigmatic of all was the pūtωrino, …
Songs as history
Social/Cultural Anthropology
Cultural/Ethnology
The Javanese gamelan of raffles
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The Javanese gamelan of raffles
Cultural/Ethnology
Songs as history
Social/Cultural Anthropology
The Search for the Sound of the Putorino
The noted New Zealand Maori authority Te Rangi Hiroa declared that the rich heritage of traditional instruments was now silent, they were no longer played, they would be 'forever mute'(Buck 1949:270). Among the predominant flutes and trumpets of this instrumentarium were voice modifiers (jews harp, mouth bow), whizzers and whirlers, and percussion (rattlers, castanets, gong, and other 'found' instruments). Most enigmatic of all was the pūtωrino, …
Pokarekare”
Pokarekare" is one of a group of New Zealand songs that became popular in the first decades of the twentieth century. The songs combined Maori and Pakeha [European] features in what can be understood as an aspect of nation building and they contributed to New Zealand identity at the time. Several of the songs originated as folksongs (though they have not previously been recognised as such) but early on were caught up in publications and performan…
The words stink and the music is just pathetic’
New Zealand's national anthem God Defend New Zealand is the subject of two studies that approach, in different ways, its history and popularity. Originating in the nineteenth century, the anthem has a hymn-like idiom and the grandiose concepts which are shared by many of the world's national anthems of the era. God Defend New Zealand has an intriguing history: although it was intended as a national anthem it was a full century from its compositio…
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