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Selection from Homer’s Iliad, 1868.
WRITING. Greetings to you [E weli aku ana ia oe] O Maaa wind of my beloved land moistened by the light showers of Winter, and the fragrance-carrying Puulena wind of Mahamoku: O Honele Ihuanu of...
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Officers and Writers of the Kuokoa, 1867.
Ka Nupepa Kuokoa HONOLULU, JANUARY 5, 1866 [1867]. Editor [Ka Luna Hooponopono] – – L. H. Gulick [L. H. Kulika]. Junior Editors [Na Hope Luna Hooponopono] – – J. Kua, J. Kawainui. Writers for the...
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English announcement of officers and writers of the Kuokoa, 1867.
English Column. To Our Patrons. The Kuokoa wishes all its English speaking Patrons and Friends, a Happy New Year! The Newspaper Kuokoa, entering on its sixth volume, may now certainly be considered one...
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Death of the translator of Twenty-Thousand Leagues Beneath the Sea, Oniula,...
A Solemness, an Expression of Affection for G. W. Kanuha. [Aia aku la paha oe i ka aina hanau, Ia Kona kai opua i ka lai, Opua hinano ua malie Hiolo na wainaoa a ke kehau, Aole—eia ka paha i na hono a...
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Three Lena Machado mele! 1939.
Hawaiian Songs of This Age Composed by Lena Machado NONE NEI Heaha neia hana a’e none nei None ana paha i ke kumu o ka hana, O kau hana maa mau ia, Hoouluhua mau nohoi oe ia’u. Heaha kou makemake e...
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Sheet music at Wall Nichols Co., 1900.
SOME FINE HAWAIIAN SONGS. You can find Hawaiian music like Wehiwehi, Akelekele ka Manao, Mai Poina oe Ia’u, Maui no ka Oi (in English and Hawaiian), Kapilina, Kuu lei Loke, and Laieikawai, at the...
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A mele by Kaikioewa, 1919.
A MELE HOAEAE. Aala mapu ka hanu o ka lauae i ka pale [pali], Mapu no i ka pali o Waialoha; Aloha wale ai ke kapa huki palai, Palai kahuli lole uka o Alakai. Noe wale mai no Kalehuamakanoe, Noe...
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More old mele, 1919.
HAWAIIAN MELE (That are not known to the generation of this time.) Maikai ke kuahiwi nani na mauna, Ka aula wai o Namolokama; E o ana ia Mamalahoa, I hoohoa i hoa Kupakoili. Ka lihau wai anu o...
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50th Anniversary of the Bana Hawaii, 1919
Pictures 1—The Hawaiian Band taken in San Francisco in 1883. 2—The band on the steps of the new Palace and the Executive Building [Hale Mana Hooko] today, taken in 1884. The new uniforms of the boys...
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Hawaiian Band and the parade for the Knights Templar, 1883.
THE SIR KNIGHTS IN CALIFORNIA. A Splendid Reception. San Francisco, 18.—The arrival of the St. Bernard commandery, of Chicago was the event of the day. A delegation from the San Francisco Commandery...
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More mele, because they can easily be found throughout the newspapers! 1929.
HE WAHI LEO MELE HAWAII Ua pau kou mana e ka makua, Ua hiki au i ka hoounauna, I kuu wa liilii iluna kuu alo, I mai oe ia’u hupekole, A nui ae au a wahine ui, Alaila oe la hooheno mai. Ua hiki no au ke...
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Hawaiian music in Aotearoa, 1925.
NEW ZEALAND IS JOYFUL WITH HAWAIIAN MUSIC. A news item published in the newspaper Auckland Star on the 20th of April past described the enthusiasm of the people of New Zealand for Hawaiian songs, given...
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Ernest Kaai’s Hawaiian Troubadours in New Zealand, 1925.
AMUSEMENTS. “NIGHT IN HONOLULU.” The ukulele, the hula-hula, and the steel guitar, as entertaining products of Hawaii, are known all over the civilised world that comes under the influence of...
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Kaili Trio performing at Kauai’s Tip Top Theatre, 1922.
THE 4 HORSEMEN of the APOCALYPSE with a Six Piece Orchestra playing the music which was written especially for this picture. The Four Horsemen is considered to be the most wonderful photo-play ever...
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American sailors are taught Hawaiian history, 1925.
PLAYS ABOUT KING KAUIKEAOULI. In the grounds of the palace on the night of Saturday, the 6th of this coming June, there will be pageants put on in the palace grounds pertaining to the rise of King...
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Chorus at Kamehameha, 1889.
Chorus Singing receives its fair share of attention at Kamehameha School. There are very few solo voices among the pupils, but all sing in the choruses. The influence of good music on a school must be...
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Question on Puea Cemetery, 2016.
One of our readers posted a question: Guy L. Campbell says: I am searching for information on Puea Cemetery’s undertaker services in 1953. My brother is buried there and there is no grave marker to...
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Historian J. D. B. Kuakahela dies at sea, 1899.
DIED AT SEA. O Kuokoa Newspaper. Aloha oe:—Please flash across the four corners of Hawaii to Niihau, so that the wife, children and grandchildren see, being that they are in Honolulu, and also all of...
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Mangrove for Hawaii? 1876.
[Found under: “Ka Moolelo o ka Huakai aku nei a Hoku Ao i Maikonisia.”] Ualana. This high island is similar to Hawaii being that it is a high mountain, but it is different in that there are trees that...
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Unfortunately, some of Chamberlain’s mangrove seems to have survived, 1876.
Salt Water Trees.—Bonabe and Strong’s Island are tree-clad to tide water and below, several varieties, five we are told, grow in the marshes and flats that are flooded at high tide. Some are large and...
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