UM1407 Musings on a Maori Lullaby

Cover image Musings on a Maori Lullaby
Paul Lewis
   
Contents: Solo Work
Instrumentation: Solo Harp
Level: Intermediate / Advanced
Format: A4 stapled score
ISMN: 9790222288256
Publisher: Goodmusic Publishing
Edition/Year: 2013, Revised 2017
Origin: UK
Our Ref: UM1407
   

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Musings on a Maori Lullaby

The subject of these musings, "Hine e Hine", is a simple but tender lullaby written in New Zealand by Fanny Rose Howie, 1868-1916. Renaming herself Princess Te Rangi Pai after her Maori mother, she enjoyed a successful singing career in England for several years until, with failing health, she returned to New Zealand. Her family life having disintegrated, she spent her last years living in isolation writing songs, the most famous of which is "Hine e Hine". As accompanist to my soprano wife, I have performed "Hine e Hine" many times, and my "Musings" are written both in fond memory of time spent living and working in New Zealand, and as a gift of gratitude to the dedicatee, Margaret Harper, who played the harp so beautifully in my concerts in Rotorua. (Paul Lewis)
Duration 18 minutes

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