Hawaiian Chants: An Index of Published Sources and Audio Recordings
Researched and compiled by Amy K. Stillman

The Indexes
- Chants Index
- Songs Index
- Music Index (all)

About the Indexes
- Stillman Chants Index
- Stillman Songs Index

Materials Indexed
> Chants Books Indexed
- Chants Recordings Indexed
- Songbooks Indexed

Availability (Getting Stuff)
- Books
- Sound Recordings

Books Indexed
The following published sources were indexed. The list is arranged alphabetically by author; for authors with more than one volume, the citations are ordered chronologically by date of publication. Each publication is given a sigla consisting of the author's last name and the date of publication.

BEAMER 1987
Beamer, Nona, ed. Nā Mele Hula. Vol. 1, A Collection of Hawaiian Hula Chants. Lāʻie, HI: The Institute for Polynesian Studies, Brigham Young University, Hawaiʻi Campus, 1987.
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BEAMER HAWAIIANA 1982
Brunke, Keʻala, ed. Traditional Chants and Hulas. Honolulu: Beamer Hawaiʻiana, 1982.
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Brunke, Keʻala, ed. Hawaiian Hula Chants. Honolulu: Beamer Hawaiiana, 1985. Reprint of 1982 Traditional Chants and Hulas.
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DOE 1985
Hawaiʻi, Dept. of Education, Office of Instructional Services/General Education Branch. Nā Mele Hoʻonaʻauao Hawaiian Studies Music Resource Book. Hawaiʻi: Dept. of Education, 1985.
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EMERSON 1909
Emerson, Nathaniel B. Unwritten Literature of Hawaii: The Sacred Songs of the Hula. Bureau of American Ethnology Bulletin 38. Washington, D.C.: Government Printing Office, 1909.
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- Reprint, Rutland, VT: Charles E. Tuttle, 1964.
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- Reprint, Rutland, VT: Charles E. Tuttle, 1965.
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- Reprint, St. Clair Shores, MI: Scholarly Press, 1977.
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- Reprint, Honolulu: ʻAi Pōhaku Press, 1997.
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- Reprint, Honolulu: Mutual, 2007.
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EMERSON 1915
Emerson, Nathaniel B. Pele and Hiiaka: A Myth from Hawaii. Honolulu: Honolulu Star-Bulletin, 1915.
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- Reprint, Rutland, VT: Charles E. Tuttle, 1978.
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- Reprint, New York: AMS Press, 1978.
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- Reprint, Honolulu: ʻAi Pōhaku Press, 1993.
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- Reprint, Honolulu: ʻAi Pōhaku Press, 1997.
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- Reprint, Hilo, HI: Edith Kanakaʻole Foundation, 2005.
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FORNANDER 1916-1920
Fornander, Abraham. Fornander Collection of Hawaiian Antiquities and Folk-lore. Memoirs of the Bernice Pauahi Bishop Museum 4, 5, 6. Honolulu: Bishop Museum Press, 1916-1920. Vol. 4 issued in Parts 1-3, Vol. 5 issued in Parts 1-2, Vol. 6 issued in Parts 1-3.
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- Reprint, Millwood, NY: Kraus, 1974.
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- Reprint, Millwood, NY: Kraus, 1985-1986.
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- Reprint, Honolulu: ʻAi Pōhaku Press, 1999.
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HAAR 1985
Haar, Francis. ʻIolani Luahine. Narrative by Cobey Black. Honolulu: Topgallant, 1985.
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KAEPPLER 1976
Kaeppler, Adrienne L. "Dance and the Interpretation of Pacific Traditional Literature." In Directions in Pacific Traditional Literature: Essays in Honor of Katharine Luomala, edited by Adrienne L. Kaeppler and H. Arlo Nimmo. Bernice P. Bishop Museum Special Publication 62. Honolulu: Bishop Museum Press, 1976.
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KAEPPLER 1983
Kaeppler, Adrienne L. Polynesian Dance, with a Selection for Contemporary Performances. Honolulu: privately printed by Alpha Delta Kappa, 1983.
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KAEPPLER 1993
Kaeppler, Adrienne L. Hula Pahu: Hawaiian Drum Dances. Vol. I, Haʻa and Hula Pahu: Sacred Movements. Bishop Museum Bulletin in Anthropology 3. Honolulu: Bishop Museum Press, 1993.
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KAMAKAU 1964
Kamakau, Samuel M. Ka Poʻe Kahiko = The People of Old. Translated by Mary K. Pukui. Bernice P. Bishop Museum Special Publication 51. Honolulu: Bishop Museum Press, 1964.
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- Reprint, Honolulu: Bishop Museum Press, 1992.
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KANAHELE 1989
Kanahele, Pualani Kanakaʻole and Kalani Wise. Ka Honua Ola (The Living Earth): An Introduction to Pele and Hiʻiaka with Annotated Bibliography. Honolulu: s.n., 1989.
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KEIKI [date]
Queen Liliʻuokalani Keiki Hula Competition Program. Honolulu.
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MALO 1951
Malo, David. Hawaiian Antiquities, Moolelo Hawaii. Translated by Nathaniel B. Emerson. Bernice P. Bishop Museum Special Publication 2. Honolulu: Bishop Museum Press, 1951.
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- Reprint, Honolulu: Bishop Museum Press, 1971.
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MERRIE MONARCH [date]
Merrie Monarch Festival Hula Competition Program. Hilo, HI.
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NA MELE AIMOKU 1886
Na Mele Aimoku, Na Mele Kupuna, a me Na Mele Ponoi o ka Moi Kalakaua I. Honolulu: s.n., 1886. Reprint, Honolulu: Hawaiian Historical Society, 2001.
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NA MELE WELO 1995
Nā Mele Welo, Songs of Our Heritage, Selections from the Roberts Mele Collection in Bishop Museum, Honolulu. Translated by Mary Kawena Pukui. Arranged and edited by Pat Namaka Bacon and Nathan Napoka. Bishop Museum Special Publication 88. Honolulu: Bishop Museum Press, 1995.
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NAKANAELA 1890
Nakanaela, Thomas K. Ka Buke Moolelo o Hon. Robert William Wilikoki. Honolulu: Lake and Nakanaela, 1890. Reprint, Honolulu: Bishop Museum Press, 1999.
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PUKUI 1936
Pukui, Mary Kawena. "Ancient Hulas of Kauai." In The Hula: Historical Perspectives, by Dorothy B. Barrere, Mary Kawena Pukui and Marion Kelly, 74-89. Pacific Anthropological Records 30. Honolulu: Bernice Pauahi Bishop Museum, Dept. of Anthropology, 1980. Originally published in The Garden Island, Feb.-Mar. 1936.
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PUKUI 1943
Pukui, Mary Kawena. "The Hula." In The Hula: Historical Perspectives, by Dorothy B. Barrere, Mary Kawena Pukui and Marion Kelly, 90-3. Pacific Anthropological Records 30. Honolulu: Bernice Pauahi Bishop Museum, Dept. of Anthropology, 1980. Originally published as "Games of My Hawaiian Childhood" in California Folklore Quarterly 2 (1943).
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PUKUI 1976
Pukui, Mary Kawena. "Aspects of the Word Lei." In Directions in Pacific Traditional Literature: Essays in Honor of Katharine Luomala, edited by Adrienne L. Kaeppler and H. Arlo Nimmo. Bernice P. Bishop Museum Special Publication 62. Honolulu: Bishop Museum Press, 1976.
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PUKUI & KORN 1973
Pukui, Mary K. and Alfons L. Korn, transls. and eds. The Echo of Our Song: Chants and Poems of the Hawaiians. Honolulu: University Press of Hawaii, 1973.
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ROBERTS 1926
Roberts, Helen H. Ancient Hawaiian Music. Bernice P. Bishop Museum Bulletin 29. Honolulu: Bishop Museum Press, 1926. Reprint, Gloucester, MA: Peter Smith, 1977.
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- Reprint, New York: Dover Publications, 1967.
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- Reprint, New York: Kraus, 1971.
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- Reprint, Massachusetts: P. Smith, 1977.
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TATAR 1993
Tatar, Elizabeth. Hula Pahu: Hawaiian Drum Dances. Vol. II, The Pahu: Sounds of Power. Bishop Museum Bulletin in Anthropology 3. Honolulu: Bishop Museum Press, 1993.
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TESTA 1895
Testa, F.J. Buke Mele Lahui. Honolulu: Halepai Makaainana, 1895. Reprint, Honolulu: Hawaiian Historical Society, 2003.
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YARDLEY & ROGERS 1985
Yardley, Maili and Miriam Rogers. Queen Kapiolani. Honolulu: Topgallant Publishing Co., 1985.
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