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The
music of
French Polynesia
came to the forefront of the
world music
scene in 1992, with the release of
The Tahitian Choir
's recordings of unaccompanied vocal Christian music called
himene t?rava
, recorded by French musicologist
Pascal Nabet-Meyer
. This form of singing is common in French Polynesia and the
Cook Islands
, and is distinguished by a unique drop in pitch at the end of the phrases, which is a characteristic formed by several different voices; it is also accompanied by steady grunting of staccato, nonsensical syllables.
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References
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- Linkels, Ad. "The Real Music of Paradise". 2000. In Broughton, Simon and Ellingham, Mark with McConnachie, James and Duane, Orla (Ed.),
World Music, Vol. 2: Latin & North America, Caribbean, India, Asia and Pacific
, pp 218?229. Rough Guides Ltd, Penguin Books.
ISBN
1-85828-636-0
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