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| Composer : | Liliuokalani (1838 - 1917) | ||||||
| Instrumentation : | Guitar solo (standard notation)1 other version | ||||||
| Style : | Traditional | ||||||
| Arranger : | Gibson, Gorden (1943 - ) | ||||||
| Publisher : | Gibson, Gorden | ||||||
| Date : | April 16, 2014 | ||||||
| Copyright : | Gibson, Gorden © All rights reserved | ||||||
| Added by gorden-gibson, 19 Apr 2014 "Aloha Oe" (Farewell to Thee) is Liliuokalani's most famous song with a common cultural Leitmotif for Hawaii. The song was inspired by a notable farewell embrace given by Colonel James Harbottle Boyd during a horseback trip taken by Princess Liliuokalani to the Boyd ranch in Maunawili on the windward side of Oahu, and that the members of the party hummed the tune on the way back to Honolulu. According to the most familiar version of the story: This tender farewell set Liliuokalani to thinking, and she began humming to herself on the homeward trip. Overhearing, Charles Wilson observed, "That sounds like The Lone Rock by the Sea," a comment with which Liliuokalani is said to have agreed. When the party paused to rest in an orange grove on the Honolulu side of the Pali, the others joined in the hummings, and the song was completed later at Washington Place. Source / Web : | Aloha 'Oe | Sheet central : | Aloha 'Oe (9 sheet music) | | |||
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