Ka Hoku o Hawaii, Volume XXXI, Number 19, 9 September 1936 — SOURCE OF HAWAII MUSIC FOUND ON KA A [ARTICLE]

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SOURCE OF HAWAII MUSIC FOUND ON KA A

Ofearles Wakefieid Cadmao» noted comjioser # upon h ; s return to Calif rr>ia from a recent vi#it to Hawaii, declBredhe hndtraced tbe source of HaWaiian ab>riginal music to the lsland of i- auai.

§, I fonnd the original Hawa ian «msic or the !sland ©f Kauei cs aborig'. al as that of the Ameiiean ludian, M said Cadman. *'It is just as primitive and barbaiic batenti»eiy different to !t Ib tfcat it has ne harmonv, b ! *t one single roelody aftd kcks any counter rbythro. M