Irmgard Farden Aluli
Hawaiian songwriter and performer
"Auntie" Irmgard Keali'iwahinealohanohokahaopuamana Farden Aluli (October 7, 1911 – October 4, 2001) was a Hawaiian composer who wrote over 200 songs. In Hawaii, she was considered a haku mele, or maker of songs. Aluli is considered the most prolific woman composer of Hawaii since Queen Lili'uokalani. She is the fourth person to be honored twice for a Lifetime Achievement Award by the Hawai'i Academy of Recording Arts (HARA). She has also been inducted into the Hawaiian Music Hall of Fame.
Biography
Aluli was born in Pu‘unoa, Lahaina, on the island of Maui, in the then territory of Hawai‘i, on October 7, 1911. She was born into the large Farden family of Lahaina; one of Hawaiʻi’s foremost musical families. Aluli was one of 13 children (Margaret, Annie, Carl, Bernard, Emma, Maude, Aurora, Diana, Irmgard, Rudolph, Lurina, Edna & Llewellyn "Buddy"). Her parents were Annie Kahalepouli (Bastel Shaw) Farden and Charles (née Karl) Kekua Farden. Aluli was of Hawaiian, French-German and Hungarian ancestry.
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