{{Infobox musical artist | name = Rose Tribe | image = Rose Tribe 1927.jpg | image_size = | caption = Rose Tribe in 1927 | birth_name = Rose Kalamahaaheo Otis | alias = | birth_date = {{Birth date|1890|07|15|mf=y}} | birth_place = Lahaina, Maui, Kingdom of Hawaii | origin = | death_date = {{Death date and age|1934|2|18|1890|07|15|mf=y}} | death_place = Honolulu, Oahu, Territory of Hawaii | genre = | occupation = Hand maiden to Liliʻuokalani <br />Soprano soloist | instrument = Ukulele | years_active = c.1917–1934 | label = Columbia | website = | current_members = | past_members = }} '''Rose Kalamahaaheo Otis Tribe Tyson''' (July 15, 1890 – February 18, 1934) was a soprano soloist in the Territory of Hawaii, and was a protégée of Queen Liliʻuokalani.
==Early life== She was born of Hawaiian ancestry in Lahaina, Maui, Kingdom of Hawaii, and was primarily known as a soprano soloist. A graduate of Kamehameha School for girls, she was hand maiden to Queen Liliʻuokalani and traveled with the queen's retinue.<ref>{{cite news |title=Queen Liliʻuokalani Leaves Tomorrow For Visit to Volcano |url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/21039911/queen_Liliʻuokalani_leaves_tomorrow_for/ |accessdate=June 18, 2018 |work=Honolulu Star-Bulletin at Newspapers.com |date=May 9, 1913}}{{free access}}</ref> She was positioned as the royal musical protégée, groomed by the queen herself to convey Liliʻuokalani's compositions in the manner in which they were originally composed.<ref>{{cite news |title=Mrs. Rose Otis Tribe |url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/21061020/mrs_rose_otis_tribe_march_25_1922/ |accessdate=June 18, 2018 |work=Honolulu Star-Bulletin at Newspapers.com |page=12}}{{free access}}</ref> In 1915, she married Leopold W. Tribe.<ref>{{cite news |title=Married |url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/21035008/rose_k_otis_married_leopold_w_tribe/ |accessdate=June 18, 2018 |work=Honolulu Star-Bulletin at Newspapers.com |date=February 2, 1915 |page=7}}{{free access}}</ref>
==Professional career== After Liliʻuokalani's death, she began performing publicly as a soloist, accompanying herself on the ukulele, eventually becoming known as "the soprano with the million dollar smile".<ref>{{cite news |title=Eight Nurses Get Diploma at Queen's |url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/21035160/rose_tribe_is_soloist_at_nurses/ |accessdate=June 18, 2018 |work=The Honolulu Advertiser at Newspapers.com |date=June 30, 1922 |page=9}}{{free access}}; {{cite news |title=Mackenzie Gives Farewell Concert |url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/21035295/mackenzie_gives_farewell_concert/ |accessdate=June 18, 2018 |work=Honolulu Star-Bulletin at Newspapers.com |date=September 13, 1922 |page=4}}{{free access}}; {{cite news |title=Women's Auxiliary of the Hawaiian congregation of St. Andrew's Priory host benefit concert |url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/20423377/womens_auxiliary_of_the_hawaiian/ |accessdate=June 18, 2018 |work=Honolulu Star-Bulletin at Newspapers.com |date=April 20, 1923 |page=6}}{{free access}}; {{cite news |title=Soloist at July 4th celebration |url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/21035714/july_4th_celebration_1924/ |accessdate=June 18, 2018 |work=The Honolulu Advertiser at Newspapers.com |date=July 5, 1924 |page=3}}{{free access}}</ref> She was a popular featured soloist on radio stations KGMB and KGU.<ref>{{cite news |title=Rose Tribe "Million Dollar Smile |url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/10231212/the_honolulu_advertiser/ |accessdate=June 17, 2018 |work=The Honolulu Advertiser at Newspapers.com |date=October 12, 1925 |page=2}}{{free access}}</ref>
Tribe worked off and on with composer Charles E. King, who had also been a musical protogée of Liliʻuokalani's. She was cast in his Hawaiian-language opera ''The Prince of Hawaii''. At its May 4, 1925 premiere, Tribe appeared as Queen Kamaka, with Joseph Kamakau as King Kalani and Ray Kinney in the lead of Prince Kauikalu.<ref>{{cite news |title=Opera Will Be Given Tonight |url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/21033810/may_4_1925_premiere_performance_of/ |accessdate=June 18, 2018 |work=Honolulu Star-Bulletin at Newspapers.com |date=May 4, 1925 |page=17}}{{free access}}</ref>
She was sent to Portland, Oregon as part of the Honolulu Ad Club representatives to draw delegates to a 1928 convention in Honolulu. Singing the Charles Alphin composition "What Aloha Means",<ref>{{cite web |last1=Alphin |first1=Charles |title=What Aloha Means |url=http://www.huapala.org/We/What_Aloha_Means.html |website=www.huapala.org |accessdate=June 18, 2018}}</ref> she received a standing ovation from the estimated 800 delegates in the audience.<ref>{{cite news |title=Hawaii's Song and Dances Win Hearts of Portland Delegates |url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/21036216/hawaiis_song_and_dances_win_hearts_of/ |accessdate=June 18, 2018 |work=Honolulu Star-Bulletin at Newspapers.com |page=June 21, 1927}}{{free access}}</ref>
==Later life and death== On April 15, 1932, Tribe married KGU announcer Homer N. Tyson. Afterward, she was professionally referred to as both Rose Tribe and Rose Tribe Tyson. She died on February 18, 1934, from complications of a stroke.<ref>{{cite news |title=Homer Tyson & Rose Tribe marriage |url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/10319813/homer_tyson_rose_tribe_marriage/ |accessdate=June 18, 2018 |work=Honolulu Star-Bulletin at Newspapers.com |date=May 6, 1932 |page=16}}{{free access}}; {{cite news |title=Services For Local Singer Today At 7:30 |url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/21032340/death_of_rose_tribe_tyson_feb_1934/ |accessdate=June 18, 2018 |work=Honolulu Star-Bulletin at Newspapers.com |date=February 19, 1934 |page=1}}{{free access}}; {{cite news |title=Honolulu Pays Final Respects To Noted Singer |url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/10316465/rose_otis_tribe_tyson_obit_part_1/ |accessdate=June 18, 2018 |work=The Honolulu Advertiser at Newspapers.com |date=February 20, 1934 |page=1}}{{free access}}; :{{cite news |title=Honolulu Pays Respects (cont. from p. 1) |url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/10316494/rose_otis_tribe_tyson_obit_part_2/ |accessdate=June 18, 2018 |work=The Honolulu Advertiser at Newspapers.com |date=February 20, 1934 |page=4}}{{free access}}</ref>
In later decades, Hawaiian opera tenor Charles K.L. Davis attributed much of his repertoire to a songbook once owned by Tribe.<ref>{{cite news |last1=Cooke |first1=Mary |title=Charles Davis Comes Home To Sing Again |url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/20996400/charles_davis_comes_home_to_sing_again/ |accessdate=June 18, 2018 |work=The Honolulu Advertiser at Newspapers.com |date=April 16, 1962 |page=17}}{{free access}}</ref>
==Discography== Tribe recorded four songs for Columbia Records<ref>{{cite web |title=Rose Tribe |url=http://adp.library.ucsb.edu/index.php/talent/detail/89181/Tribe_Rose_vocalist|website=DAHR |publisher=US-Santa Barbara |accessdate=June 18, 2018}}; {{cite web |title=Rose Tribe |url=https://digicoll.manoa.hawaii.edu/music/Pages/browseby.php?s=browse&by=author&author=Rose+Tribe |website=Hawaiian Music Collection |publisher=UH-Manoa |accessdate=June 18, 2018}}; {{cite news |title=Columbia Records new release advertisement |url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/21034424/columbia_records_new_release/ |accessdate=June 18, 2018 |work=Honolulu Star-Bulletin at Newspapers.com |date=September 5, 1928 |page=5}}{{free access}}</ref>
;Singles *"Old Plantation: *"What Aloha Means" *"Ku'u Home" *"Pauoa Liko Lehua"
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==External links== *[https://www.territorialairwaves.com/index.php?page=3&start=3 Rose Tribe on Territorial Airwaves]
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{{DEFAULTSORT:Tribe, Rose}} Category:1890 births Category:1934 deaths Category:People from Maui Category:Musicians from the Kingdom of Hawaii Category:People from the Territory of Hawaii Category:20th-century American musicians Category:American radio personalities Category:Music of Hawaii Category:Musicians from Honolulu Category:Native Hawaiian musicians