Hawaiian Music Hall of Fame

The Hawaiian Music Hall of Fame is an organization dedicated to recognizing the cultural importance of the music of Hawaii and hula. Established in 1994, the Hawaiian Music Hall of Fame promotes the appreciation and preservation of Hawaiian culture through educational programs and annual inductions honoring significant individuals, groups, institutions, chanters and songs.

The Royal Patrons

King David Kalakaua, Queen Liliuokalani, Princess Miriam Likelike and Prince William Pitt Leleiohoku II were siblings known as Na Lani ʻEhā, or The Royal Four, for their patronage and enrichment of Hawaii's musical culture and history. All four were composers. Their aggregate body of musical compositions in the Hawaiian language numbers in the hundreds. After the hula had long been banned by missionaries, Kalakaua restored it as a symbol of the Hawaiian culture. Kalakaua and Liliuokalani were the last monarchs of the Kingdom of Hawaii, but The Royal Four's legacy of music to Hawaii lives on through individual artists. The Hawaiian Music Hall of Fame acknowledges the royal siblings as their patrons.

Name	Image	Birth–Death	Notes
Kalākaua		1836–1891	Lyricist for the state song "Hawaii Ponoi", honoring Kamehameha I. The last reigning king of the Hawaiian Kingdom. Helped restore the hula. The Merrie Monarch Festival is named in his honor.
Liliʻuokalani		1838–1917	Last reigning monarch of Hawaiian Kingdom. Composed "Aloha 'Oe" and hundreds of other songs and chants List of compositions and works by Liliʻuokalani
Likelike		1851–1887	Princess of the Hawaiian Kingdom, mother of Princess Ka'iulani. Composer and sponsor of musical events.
Leleiohoku II		1854–1877	Prince and Heir Apparent of the Hawaiian Kingdom List of compositions and works by Leleiohoku

Chanters

Relevant historical events coinciding with the time frame of the chanter prophesies:

1778–1779, Captain James Cook and crew become the first Europeans to visit Hawaii.
1809 Henry Opukahaia of Hawaii arrives in New Haven, Connecticut and begins Christian studies.
1810 Kamehameha I succeeds in unification of the Kingdom of Hawaii.
1819 Kamehameha II assumes the throne upon the death of his father, breaks the kapu by eating at the table with the women, orders destruction of the heiau worship sites of the old religion.
1820 Hiram Bingham I arrives in Hawaii with the first wave of Christian missionaries.
1824–1849 Epidemics of measles, mumps and whooping cough kill tens of thousands of Hawaiians.

Name	Image	Birth–Death	Year	Notes
		1837–1937	2011	Chanter in the court of Kalākaua, chanted for Queen Emma. After Kalakaua's death he retired to his home and married three times to professional hula women
		1858–?	2011	Kauai chanter recorded by ethnomusicologist Helen Heffron Roberts in the 1920s
		1929–2022	2008	Chanter, dancer, teacher, composer and recording artist. NEA National Heritage Fellowship in his honor. Protege of Mary Kawena Pukui.
Ka'opulupulu		c. 1773	2000	Chanter and prophet who advised Kahahana against giving away Kualoa land on Oahu to Kahekili II of Maui. Kahekili II declared the priest a traitor and had both the priest and the priest's son killed. Prophesied the conquest of Hawaii by the white man, the end of the monarchy, and the extinction of the Hawaiian race.
Kapoukahi			2000	Prophesied that Kamehameha I would be ruler over a united kingdom.
Kapihe			2000	Offered prayers over newborn Kamehameha III, believed to be stillborn. Prophesied the end of the kapus. Other prophesies are believed to have foretold of the coming of the missionaries and subsequent downfall of the Hawaiian monarchy.
Hewahewa		–1837	2000	High priest under Kamehameha I and Kamehameha II, later converted to Christianity. Helped Ka'ahumanu and Keōpūolani end the kapus.
Keaulumoku		1716–1784	1995 singularly 2000 with group	Chanter and prophet. His prophesies included Kamehameha I's unification of the islands, conquest by the white man, destruction of the temples, the downfall of the monarchy and extinction of the Hawaiian race.