Hula and Mele Resources: Mele

To search for oli and mele, limit to the "Mele Index (Chants & Songs)" collection.

Indexes and lists compiled and provided by Amy Kuʻuleialoha Stillman

Hosted by the University of Hawai'i at Manoa. The collection features digitized recordings of over 2,000 LP, EP, 45 and 78 rpm records. The information about the songs and artists is gleaned mainly from the record labels. The Hawaiian Music Collection is not responsible for any mis-attributions or inaccuracies.

The Hawaiʻi Sheet Music Index contains approximately 1,300 bibliographic records of songs and sheet music about Hawaii. These records identify material located in the Bishop Museum Library, the Hawaiʻi State Library and the University of Hawaiʻi at Mānoa Library's Hawaiian Collection. The Hawaii Sheet Music Index is now fully integrated into the University of Hawaiʻi Libraries' online catalog Hawaii Voyager. It can be searched separately or as part of the libraries' full catalog.

Large collection of lyrics for Hawaiian songs. Compiled by Kaiulani Kanoa-Martin, copyright 1997-2015 Kaiulani Kanoa-Martin.

MELE.COM opened its doors to the world in 1995. As the first independent online retailer of Hawaiian music, the mission of MELE.COM has always been clear: to send the music of Hawai`i out beyond the islands. MELE.COM is now widely acknowledged as being the Hawaiian music store for one-stop shopping -- with the world's largest in-stock inventory of the music of Hawai`i -- with over 1,300 different CD titles available for immediate purchase -- plus hula and music DVDs and videos.

Collection of essays for specific mele, their translation, description, and use. Essays written by Kihei de Silva and members of Halau Mohala Ilima.