Music of French Polynesia

{{short description|none}} 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 tarava|himene tārava]], 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.

==See also== * [[Tahitian Drumming]] * [[Tahitian music]]

==References== *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}}

==External links== * {{in lang|fr}} [http://www.ville-ge.ch/meg/musinfo_ph.php?what=pays=Polyn%E9sie%20fran%E7aise&debut=0&bool=AND Audio clips: Traditional music of French Polynesia.] [[Musée d'ethnographie de Genève]]. Accessed November 25, 2010.

[[Category:Music of France by region|Polynesia]] [[Category:Music of French Polynesia| ]]