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markwitz
`Olu`olu
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cpatch
Ahonui
USA
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 Posted - 01/05/2009 : 06:40:31 AM
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Craig
My goal is to be able to play as well as people think I can. |
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Auntie Maria
Ha`aha`a
USA
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Posted - 01/05/2009 : 06:41:26 AM
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Drat...link takes me to a "no longer exists" page.
Can you post the info?? |
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cpatch
Ahonui
USA
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Posted - 01/05/2009 : 06:53:30 AM
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Craig
My goal is to be able to play as well as people think I can. |
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markwitz
`Olu`olu
USA
841 Posts |
Posted - 01/05/2009 : 08:13:59 AM
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Here is the info contained in the link ( Maria, it also worked for me directly from the link above. Curious why not for you? )minus the photos and banners etc.
Juliette Montague Cooke
Music Teacher for "Na Lani Eha" at the Chiefs' Children's School
Juliette Montague Cooke
Juliette Montague Cooke (courtesy of Mission House Library)
In 1995, when the Hawaiian Music Hall of Fame selected its first ten treasured composers, musicians and vocalists to be inducted, "Na Lani Eha", (The Royal Four), were honored as the Patrons of Hawaiian music. "Na Lani Eha" comprises four royal siblings who, in their lifetimes, demonstrated extraordinary talent as musicians and composers. They were, of course, our last king, Kalakaua, his sister, our last queen, Lili`uokalani, their brother, the prince, Leleiohoku, and their sister, the princess, Likelike, mother of our beloved princess, Kaiulani.
In May, 1839, King Kamehameha III and the Chiefs presented a letter to the Hawaiian Board of Missions requesting that a separate school be established for the education of the Chiefs' children. He petitioned the General Meeting then in session to assign Mr. Amos Starr Cooke and his wife, Juliette Montague Cooke to do this work.
A new rectangular building with a central atrium was constructed, and in June, 1839, the school was formed with the Cookes and six students, Moses Kekuaiwa, Lot Kamehameha, Alexander Liholiho, Bernice Pauahi, Kaliokalani, and William Charles Lunalilo in residence. Later, the number of boarding students increased to sixteen.
For fourteen years, the Cookes lived with and taught the future kings Kamehameha The Fourth and The Fifth, Lunalilo, Kalakaua, and the future queen Lili`uokalani. Bernice Pauahi was married to Charles Reed Bishop in their home. Many of the children became boarders at very early ages; four of the students were under the age of four.
Lili`uokalani was only three when she went to live with the Cookes. While they boarded at the school, Mrs. Cooke became the "mother" of these royal children and was responsible for all facets of their upbringing and education. She loved to read, and encouraged the children to read also. Although the children had to be encouraged to speak English, she knew the Hawaiian language very well and spoke fluent Hawaiian. Above all, she was an excellent musician, and introduced them to the joy of singing.
Since chanting had been the tradition in Hawaiian culture, a latent natural talent was released when the Hawaiians were introduced to the phenomena of melody and harmony. The children at the Chiefs' Children's School embraced their music lessons with verve and enthusiasm. Singing came to them naturally, and they loved their music lessons.
Juliette Montague Cooke was a self-sacrificing and good woman. She and her husband are buried in the little Mission Cemetery behind the Kawaiahao Church, and her tombstone has simply the word, "Mother", because that was what the children at the school called her. She was truly their mother when they were boarding at the school. They were her children -- her beloved children; "Mother" Cooke had a tremendous influence on all of the students who attended the Chief's Children's School, and she remained a close friend to every one of them throughout their later lives.
In August 2000, "Ka Himeni Ana", the R. M. Towill Corporation's annual contest at Hawai`i Theatre for musicians playing acoustic instruments and singing in the Hawaiian language, was dedicated to Juliette Montague Cooke, the Chiefs' Children's teacher and mother. Said John Montague Derby, Sr., who accepted this honor, for the Cooke family, "(it is) with gratitude for the multitude of beautiful Hawaiian songs that we enjoy today which were composed by her many students."
The best known of the songs composed by The Royal Four are: King Kalakaua's Hawaiian Anthem,"Hawai`i Pono`i", "Koni Au I Ka Wai", and "Ninipo"; Queen Lili`uokalani's "Nani Na Pua" (which is thought to be the earliest published Hawaiian song), "Aloha Oe", the "Queen's Jubilee", "Ku`u Pua I Paokalani", and "Ke Aloha O Ka Haku", (the Queen's Prayer); Prince Leleiohoku's "Adios Ke Aloha", "Hole Waimea", "Moani Ke `Ala", and "Nani Waipi`o"; and Princess Likelike's "Ainahau", "Ku`u Ipo I Ka He`e Pue One", and "Maika`i Waipi`o" which was Princess Kaiulani's favorite song.
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Hawaiian Music Hall of Fame
P.O. Box 4717, Honolulu, HI 96812-4717
Phone: (808) 372-8921
Fax: (484) 307-7041
Email: HMHoF
©2007 Hawaiian Music Hall of Fame
Homepage URL: hawaiianmusichalloffame.org or hmhof.org
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"The music of the Hawaiians, the most fascinating in the world, is still in my ears and
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markwitz
`Olu`olu
USA
841 Posts |
Posted - 01/05/2009 : 08:27:15 AM
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| I always wondered what made the Royal Family such good song writers and also what made them seemingly so passionate about writing them. This helps to explain why. We all should be glad there was a Mrs. Cooke their to help teach and inspire Mahalo to all the Teachers. |
"The music of the Hawaiians, the most fascinating in the world, is still in my ears and
haunts me sleeping and waking."
Mark Twain |
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hapakid
Luna Ho`omalu
USA
1533 Posts |
Posted - 01/05/2009 : 11:34:49 AM
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Cpatch: Were people that miserable back then or was it not considered socially acceptable to appear happy in photographs?!
I'm guessing that the exposure time for that photograph was between one and two minutes, so smiling was out of the question.
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cpatch
Ahonui
USA
2187 Posts |
Posted - 01/05/2009 : 1:52:25 PM
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Originally posted by hapakid
Cpatch: Were people that miserable back then or was it not considered socially acceptable to appear happy in photographs?!
I'm guessing that the exposure time for that photograph was between one and two minutes, so smiling was out of the question.
I thought about that, but the odds of getting a kid that age to stay still for that long aren't very good! |
Craig
My goal is to be able to play as well as people think I can. |
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wcerto
Ahonui
USA
5052 Posts |
Posted - 01/05/2009 : 2:30:25 PM
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I agree about the lack of smiling. Here is a pic of Paul's grand parents and his mother, age 1 1/2 - taken in 1918. Paul's mom is the baby at the farthest right side, standing on a pedestal, probably because the babies would get too heavy and be too fussy if they had to be held that long. She is now 91 years old. None of the grownups smiled, either. I have one of a wedding picture of Granpa and Grandma and all the paisans, and not one of them was smiling, either, even at a wedding.
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bubba
Akahai
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Posted - 01/05/2009 : 3:16:55 PM
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| Could someone fill in one of my large gaps in the history of Hawaiian music? My limited readings seem to indicate that Ms. Cooke was a stern teacher who had as one of her goals to take the Hawaiian out of her students. The book entitled the BROKEN TRUST says that Mrs. Cooke allowed her students to memorize verses of the Bible in Hawaiian every morning and "that was all the Hawaiian that was tolerated, with the exception of Sunday church service." I think that I read somewhere else that she considered Hawaiian ways to be full of "sin and evil." Also. when "future King David Kalalaua made a noise in church, Cooke hit him across the face in front of everyone." In addition, she was there at the start of Castle and Cooke. Its not unusual but my knowledge is lacking. What's the rest of the story? |
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