A Canadian man amasses a huge collection of Hawaiian music

A Canadian man amasses¹ a huge collection of Hawaiian music

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A nearly 10,000-piece Hawaiian music collection was donated to the state's archives by the family of Michael Scott. His will stipulated³ that it go someplace where it can be accessible to the public.

STEVE INSKEEP, HOST:

A man in Canada amassed⁴ almost 10,000 recordings⁶ of one particular type of music.

(SOUNDBITE OF SONG, "ALOHA ?OE")

INSKEEP: His album collection was almost entirely⁷ Hawaiian music.

A MARTINEZ, HOST:

And the whole thing recently made the 4,600-mile journey from Canada to the Hawaii State Archives. Hawaii Public Radio's program The Conversation talked to their head archivist Adam Jansen.

ADAM JANSEN: The Michael Scott Hawaiian music collection became available with his unfortunate passing. And his son had tracked us down and said, my father has spent, you know, his entire lifetime collecting Hawaiian music. And in his will, he said it has to go someplace where it can be made accessible to the public.

(SOUNDBITE OF SONG, "ALOHA ?OE")

UNIDENTIFIED SINGER: (Singing in Hawaiian).

INSKEEP: Moving boxes and boxes of albums was a challenge. They arrived in December. No albums were harmed in transit⁸, we're told. And Adam Jansen has been poring over the collection ever since, making new discoveries all the time.

JANSEN: The oldest record I've been able to locate thus far is 1903.

INSKEEP: Which was only a few decades into the era of the phonograph - here's music historian Kilin Reece.

KILIN REECE: Hawaiians were at the leading edge of the recording⁵ industry. Thomas Edison and King Kalakaua were friends. They met up in 1881 on the king's circumnavigation of the globe. As early as 1899, Royal Hawaiian string bands were recording a style of music that really would herald⁹ the birth of jazz, blues¹⁰, country, Western swing, rock 'n' roll a half century before any of those styles had started to take shape.

MARTINEZ: Here's one piece from the collection from 1913.

(SOUNDBITE OF SONG, "KAWILIWILIWAI")

WBJ AEKO: (Singing in Hawaiian).

MARTINEZ: Adam Jansen expects the archives to spend a year or two just organizing before they can begin digitizing the 10,000-piece collection.

(SOUNDBITE OF SONG, "KAWILIWILIWAI")

AEKO: (Singing in Hawaiian).

1 amasses   

v.积累，积聚( amass的第三人称单数 )

参考例句：

• In the end, victory Le Havre goes to the player who amasses the largest fortune. 拥有最多财富的玩家将赢得游戏的胜利。 来自互联网

2 transcript   

n.抄本，誊本，副本，肄业证书

参考例句：

• A transcript of the tapes was presented as evidence in court.一份录音带的文字本作为证据被呈交法庭。
• They wouldn't let me have a transcript of the interview.他们拒绝给我一份采访的文字整理稿。

3 stipulated   

vt.& vi.规定；约定adj.[法]合同规定的

参考例句：

• A delivery date is stipulated in the contract. 合同中规定了交货日期。
• Yes, I think that's what we stipulated. 对呀，我想那是我们所订定的。 来自辞典例句

4 amassed   

v.积累，积聚( amass的过去式和过去分词 )

参考例句：

• He amassed a fortune from silver mining. 他靠开采银矿积累了一笔财富。
• They have amassed a fortune in just a few years. 他们在几年的时间里就聚集了一笔财富。 来自《简明英汉词典》

5 recording   

n.录音，记录

参考例句：

• How long will the recording of the song take?录下这首歌得花多少时间？
• I want to play you a recording of the rehearsal.我想给你放一下彩排的录像。

6 recordings   

n.记录( recording的名词复数 )；录音；录像；唱片

参考例句：

• a boxed set of original recordings 一套盒装原声录音带
• old jazz recordings reissued on CD 以激光唱片重新发行的老爵士乐

7 entirely   

ad.全部地，完整地；完全地，彻底地

参考例句：

• The fire was entirely caused by their neglect of duty. 那场火灾完全是由于他们失职而引起的。
• His life was entirely given up to the educational work. 他的一生统统献给了教育工作。

8 transit   

n.经过，运输；vt.穿越，旋转；vi.越过

参考例句：

• His luggage was lost in transit.他的行李在运送中丢失。
• The canal can transit a total of 50 ships daily.这条运河每天能通过50条船。

9 herald   

vt.预示...的来临，预告，宣布，欢迎

参考例句：

• In England, the cuckoo is the herald of spring.在英国杜鹃鸟是报春的使者。
• Dawn is the herald of day.曙光是白昼的先驱。

10 blues   

n.抑郁，沮丧；布鲁斯音乐

参考例句：

• She was in the back of a smoky bar singing the blues.她在烟雾弥漫的酒吧深处唱着布鲁斯歌曲。
• He was in the blues on account of his failure in business.他因事业失败而意志消沉。