![]() The 422-page book will be available for purchase at the Belau National Museum starting in November, 2022, or, for readers in the US, by ordering from I will be selling the book for $30.00 each, to cover printing and shipping costs. Adidil er a Klechibelau is a collection of the lyrics and music for 151 songs composed from 1915 to 1970 in the Palauan language, a history of that musical development, and an analysis of the themes and musical structures of those songs. These songs express in the Palauan language the heartbreak of past love affairs, praise and thanks to neighboring villages and the beauty of the singer’s home village. In about 1915, the people of the island nation of Palau in the Western Pacific Ocean began to create a body of songs set to melodies that they heard from their non-Palauan co-workers and neighbors and the popular music of their Japanese and American occupiers/colonists. This songbook tells the story of the development of a new musical form in 20th-century Palau and provides the lyrics, translation and musical transcription for many of these songs: I am pleased to announce the publication of Adidil er a Klechibelau - Songs of Palau, 1915-1970. ![]()
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