The Songs of Queen Lili'uokalani

Lili'uokalani, Mint Editions

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Mint Editions
20 February 2024

Songbooks

Series: Mint Editions (Music and Performance Literature)

"""To compose was as natural to me as to breathe; and this gift of nature, never having been suffered to fall into disuse, remains a source of the greatest consolation to this day.[...] Hours of which it is not yet in place to speak, which I might have found long and lonely, passed quickly and cheerfully by, occupied and soothed by the expression of my thoughts in music.""

Queen Lili'uokalani, the last and only queen of the Hawaiian Kingdom, was an incredibly gifted musician and composer. A student from a young age, Lili'uokalani's legacy as a songwriter is felt even today with her most well-known composition, ""Aloha Oe"" becoming the National Anthem of Hawai'i and a cultural call for Hawaiian sovereignty.

Featuring over a dozen unique compositions either written or translated by Queen Lili'uokalani, The Songs of Queen Lili'uokalani is a compliation of Her Majesty Queen Lili'uokalani's handwritten musical compositions including the aforementioned, ""Aloha Oe,"" ""The Queen's Prayer,"" and ""Ka iwi Nani,"" among many otherspulled straight from the Hawai'i State Archives.

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By: Lili'uokalani
Contributions by: Mint Editions
Imprint: Mint Editions
Country of Publication: United States
Dimensions: Height: 203mm, Width: 127mm,
ISBN: 9798888971116
Series: Mint Editions (Music and Performance Literature)
Pages: 198
Publication Date: 20 February 2024
Audience: General/trade , ELT Advanced
Format: Paperback
Publisher's Status: Active

Lili‘uokalani (1838-1917) was the last and only queen of the Hawaiian Kingdom. Born in Honolulu to a prominent chief and chiefess, Lili‘uokalani was adopted and raised by a chief advisor of King Kamehameha III. Lili‘uokalani was baptized as a Christian and educated at the Royal School. Declared eligible to succeed to the throne, Lili‘uokalani married John Owen Dominis, an American who was later appointed Governor of O‘ahu. After her brother’s death in 1891, Lili‘uokalani ascended to the throne, marking the beginning of a brief reign with which she would attempt to create a new constitution restoring power to the monarchy and granting voter rights to the poor and disenfranchised. In retaliation, and with the help of Hawaiian oligarchs, American led forces overthrew the Hawaiian Kingdom in 1893, bringing an abrupt end to Lili‘uokalani’s rule. In 1895, following the failed Wilcox rebellion, Lili‘uokalani was placed under house arrest and forced to abdicate, leading to the annexation of Hawaii by the United States in 1898. During her imprisonment, Lili‘uokalani wrote Hawaii's Story by Hawaii's Queen (1898), an autobiography detailing her life and appealing for her reinstatement as queen. In addition, while she was Princess of the Hawaiian Kingdom, Lili‘uokalani wrote the popular song “Aloha ‘Oe,” (1878) now a symbol of Hawaiian sovereignty and identity.