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Hula and Mele: Books

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Hawaii-Pacific Collection

Books about hula, mele, lei, and other Hawaiʻi topics are held in the Hawaii-Pacific Collection on the 2nd floor of HCC Library, along the Diamond Head wall. The spine labels for these books will begin with the prefix "HawPac" before the call numbers. HawPac materials may be checked out for 14 days.

The Hawaii-Pacific Reference Collection is located on the 2nd floor of the HCC Library. These books are for library-use only. Photocopiers are available.

At left: Hula kahiko at Halemaʻumaʻu Crater on the Big Island of Hawaiʻi.
Watch the video at Youtube.

Music, Chants, & Mele

Na Mele O Hawai'i Nei: 101 Hawaiian Songs by Samuel H. Elbert, Noelani K. Mahoe, compilers
Call Number: HawPac M1844.H3 E4

Publication Date: 1982

Also available as an Ulukau ebook
He Lei No ʻEmalani = Chants for Queen Emma Kaleleonālani by Puakea Nogelmeier, editor
Call Number: HawPac ML54.6 .L29 2001

Publication Date: 2001
Ho'ahu 'Ana o Nā Mele: A Collection of Songs, Stories & Pictures by Noelani K. Mahoe, compiler
Call Number: HawPac M1844.H3 M356 2015

Publication Date: 2015

With CD-ROM
Puke Mele: A Book of Hawaiian Songs by Kimo Alama Keaulana, compiler, editor and translator
Call Number: HawPac M1629.7.H3 P85 2001

Publication Date: 2001
Na Mele Hula by Nona Beamer
Call Number: HawPac M1629.7.H4 N3 1987

Publication Date: 1987-

2 volumes, each accompanied by a cassette tape
The Queen's Songbook by Queen Liliʻuokalani
Call Number: HawPac M1629.7.H4 Q44 1999

Publication Date: 1999
He Mele Aloha: A Hawaiian Songbook by Carol Wilcox; compiler; orthography and translation by Puakea Nogelmeier
Publication Date: 2008

2003 edition also available in HawPac Reference
The Hawaiian Sheet Music Collection: 51 Favorite Songs of the Islands
Call Number: HawPac M1844.H3 H39 2008

Publication Date: 2008
King's Book of Hawaiian Melodies by Charles E King
Call Number: HawPac M1844.H3 K5 1948

Publication Date: 1948

Also HawPac Reference

Hawaii-Pacific Reference

Hawaiian Music and Musicians by George S. Kanahele and John Berger, editors
Call Number: Haw Pac Ref ML200.7.H4 H45 2012

Publication Date: 2012
Nānā I Na Loea Hula = Look to the Hula Resources by Shuzo Uemoto, photographer
Call Number: Haw Pac Ref GV1796.H8 N36 1984

Publication Date: 1984

Interviews with and full-page portraits of kumu hula. You can also view some of these portraits along the wall of the computer area on the Honolulu CC Library's 1st floor.

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Hula

Hula: Historical Perspectives by Dorothy B. Barrère, Mary Kawena Pukui, and Marion Kelly
Call Number: HawPac GV1796.H8 B37 c.2

Publication Date: 1980

Also HawPac Reference
The Hula: A Revised Edition by Jerry Hopkins; Rebecca Kamiliʻia Erikson; edited by Amy Kuʻuleialoha Stillman
Call Number: HawPac GV1796.H8 H67 2011

Publication Date: 2011

Also HawPac Reference
Images of the Hula by Boone Morrison and Malcolm Naea Chun
Call Number: HawPac GV1796.H8 M67

Publication Date: 1983

Also HawPac Reference
'Iolani Luahine by Photographs by Francis Haar ; narrative by Cobey Black
Call Number: HawPacGV1785.L82 H32 1985

Publication Date: 1985

Also HawPac Reference
Hula Pahu = Hawaiian Drum Dances by Adrienne L. Kaeppler; labonotation by Judy Van Zile
Call Number: HawPac GV1796.H8 H84 1993 v.1

Publication Date: 1993

Volume 1. Haʻa and Hula Pahu: Sacred Movements
Hula Pahu = Hawaiian Drum Dances by Elizabeth Tatar
Call Number: HawPac GV1796.H8 H84 1993 v.2

Publication Date: 1993

Volume 2. The Pahu: Sounds of Power
The Spirit of Hula by Shari 'Iolani Floyd Berinobis (Compiled by)
Call Number: HawPac GV1796.H8 B47 2004

ISBN: 1573062235

Publication Date: 2004-09-01

In a book that every student and fan of hula will treasure, halau from Hawai'i, the U.S. mainland, Canada, France, Germany, the Netherlands, Japan, and Mexico share photos and stories that celebrate the spirit of hula worldwide.
Sacred Hula: the Historical Hula ́Ala ́apapa by Amy K. Stillman
Call Number: Haw GV1796.H8 S75 1998

Publication Date: 1998
Aloha America: Hula Crcuits Through the U.S. Empire by Adria L. Imada
Call Number: HawPac GV1796.H8 I43 2012

Publication Date: 2012

Kumu Hula and Hālau

Kumu Hula : Roots and Branches by Ishmael W. Stagner; illustrations by Brook Kapūkuniahi Parker and David Parker; edited by Waimea Williams
Call Number: HawPac GV1796.H8 S73 2011

ISBN: 9781597006217

Publication Date: 2011
Men of Hula: Robert Cazimero and Hālau Nā Kamalei by Benton Sen
Call Number: HawPac GV1796.H8 S46 2011

ISBN: 161710079X

Publication Date: 2011
Hula Is Life: the Story of Hālau Hula o Maiki by Rita Ariyoshi
Call Number: HawPac GV1796.H8 A74 1998

ISBN: 0966734300

Publication Date: 1998

With excerpts from the writings of Maiki Aiu
Nā Hulu Kūpuna o Hula = the Cherished Elders of Hula by Dr. Ishmael Worth Stagner II
Call Number: HawPac GV1796.H8 S734 2015

ISBN: 9781939487421

Publication Date: 2015
The Natives Are Restless: a San Francisco Dance Master Takes Hula into the 21st Century : Kumu Hula Patrick Makuakāne and Nā Lei Hulu i ka Wēkiu by Constance Hale
Call Number: HawPac GV1796.H8 H354 2016

ISBN: 9781943006069

Publication Date: 2016

NEW

Uke Can Do It 2! by Philip Tamberino
Call Number:
(1) MT801.U4 T362 2016
(2) E-Book

This groundbreaking work, specially designed for the music classroom, combines traditional and popular literature in a method that both teaches the ukulele and develops music literacy.

Instruments & Implements

Arts and Crafts of Hawaii, Volume IX: Musical Instruments by Te Rangi Hiroa (Peter H. Buck)
Call Number: HawPac DU624.7 .B75 v.9

Publication Date: 1964

Also HawPac Reference
The 'Ukulele: A History by Jim Tranquada and John King
Call Number: HawPac ML1015.U5 T73 2012

Publication Date: 2012

Also available as an e-book
Pahu and Pūniu : An Exhibition of Hawaiian Drums by Adrienne L. Kaeppler
Call Number: HawPac ML1035 .K34

Publication Date: 1980
How to Make Hawaiian Musical Instruments: A Step-by-step Guide by Jim Widess
Call Number: HawPac ML476.7.H36 W35 2002

Publication Date: 2002

Something Special

Hula: Hawaiian Proverbs and Inspirational Quotes Celebrating Hula in Hawaiʻi by Mary Kawena Pukui
Call Number: HawPac

Publication Date: 2003

Proverbs selected from ʻOlelo Noʻeau : Hawaiian Proverbs & Poetical sayings
Mana, a Journal of Hawaiʻi by Christine Hitt, editor and Janelle Kalawe-Ching, designer
Call Number: HawPac DU624.65 .M36 2015

Publication Date: 2015

See the chapter "The Ties That Bind Us" (pages 150-155) to learn about ʻūniki (graduation for hula students)
Ka Honua Ola : ʻEliʻeli Kau Mai = the Living Earth: Descend, Deepen the Revelation by Pualani Kanakaʻole Kanahele
Call Number: HawPac GR110.H38 K363 2011

Publication Date: 2011

Mele, or chants, about the Pele and Hiʻiaka saga
Hawaiian Goddesses by Linda Ching
Call Number: HawPac BL2620.H3 C47 1987

Publication Date: 1987

Photographs present a visual interpretation of the legends of Hawaiian goddesses, including Pele and Hiʻiaka
We Go Jam: Celebrating Our Music, Our Soundscape, Our Hawaiʻi by Susan Yim, editor
Call Number: HawPac ML3560.H3 Y56 2012

Publication Date: 2012

Essays about and memories of local-kine music and musicians. Published by the Hawaiʻi Council for the Humanities.

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