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Field Work in Maori Music (a Preliminary Study)

其他書名	Thesis [presented for the Degree Of] M.A. Honours in History and Literature of Music, University of Otago, N.Z.
出版	University of Otago, 1958
URL	http://books.google.com.hk/books?id=CrDatwAACAAJ&hl=&source=gbs_api

註釋Announcements concerning the songs were mostly made by the performers themselves in the Maori language. Performers were asked to give the name and type of song, own name and tribe, name and tribe of composer and anything they could recall of interest about the history and background of the song. If essential information was left out it was an elicited by question and answer dialogue at the end of the song. It was thought best for the announcements to be in Maori (even though this necessitated later translation) since performers were naturally most fluent and most at home in their own language. Had they been required to announce the songs in English less information might have been obtained. In addition, the impromptu speech about the song at the beginning of the performance puts the performers at ease - since it is very much in the usual tradition - and enables the investigator to be as unobtrusive as possible. Too many questions can upset the performers.