Kalakaua, the Renaissance Man

Kalakaua was a skilled writer and composer, who had descended from ______, a famous chanter & musician.

Ululani watched Kamehameha I lift the ______ stone that prophesied he would rule all the islands.

David Kalakaua, William Pitt Leleiohoku, Lydia Lili’u Kamaka’eha, and Miriam Likelike led their own musical group with William being the better of the four. Kalakaua’s musical group was called ______.

Kalakaua played the ukulele that was adapted from the Portuguese instrument ______. Augusto Dias taught Kalakaua to play the ukulele & allowed him to use the royal crown on the ukulele.

Kalakaua’s most famous song is ______, which is the state song.

Kalakaua composed & performed music, wrote a book, and drafted plans for several ______.

Kalakaua wanted to preserve as much Hawaiian lore and invited many ______ to the palace so he could listen and record their stories.

Kalakaua wrote the “Legends and Myths of Hawaii” that was published in ______.

Kalakaua collected books written in many different ______.

In 1872, Kalakaua tried inventing things himself and unsuccessfully to get in investors to finance the building of a (a)   torpedo that he designed.