W. J. Coelho

Hawaiian musician and composer, later Territorial Senator (born January 1, 1870 at Waikapi, Maui, HI – died November 12, 1924 in Honolulu, Oahu, HI) A graduate of St. Louis College, Coelho was part of a large group of Hawaiian musicians managed by Mayor John H. Wilson that performed for sixteen weeks at the Pan-American Exposition in Buffalo, NY, in 1901. Later, he became Recording Secretary of one of the four royal Hawaiian societies, the Hale O Na Alii O Hawaii (est. 1918), and served in the territorial legislature of Hawaii, twice as representative, once as senator from Maui. He died as the result of a car accident. Composed "Lei Poni Moi" (Wreath Of Carnations), "Kilakila O Haleakala" (Majestic Mt. Haleakala), and "Roselani."