Project
Recordings of previously unheard 100 year-old Hawaiian Kingdom court music.
Queen Liliʻuokalani was the last Queen of the Hawaiian kingdom. She succeeded to the throne as the Queen of Hawai‘i following the death of the former king and her elder brother, David Kalākaua on January 29, 1891. However, Queen Liliʻuokalani and the kingdom of Hawai‘i were overthrown by the provisional government which was assisted by the U.S. military on January 17, 1893. As a result, she abdicated her throne and Hawaiʻi was annexed to the United States. Queen Liliʻuokalani composed a total of 165 pieces in her 79 years of life. We arranged and recorded Queen Liliʻuokalani’s music as contemporary, easy listening music and done sensitively in order to hand down to future generations. By sharing Queen Liliʻuokalani’s music, we hope you will become more familiar with the history and legends of Hawai‘i.Hiliu arranged and recorded Queen Liliʻuokalani’s music as contemporary music or easy listening music, and done sociably in order to hand down to future generations.
Albums created to celebrate songs that were composed by Queen Liliʻuokalani, the last queen of the Hawaiian Kingdom, keeping 100 year-old court music alive
Queen Liliʻuokalani composed many beloved songs in her time. This project aims to pay homage to her 100 year-old songs, so as to perpetuate her musical talents as assets in the education field for our future generations. Some of her original songs are not available as analog recordings, only as musical scores.