Dear Vivek,
Congratulations on a marvelously thought-out piece. I will
naturally vote for it.
I was particularly intrigued by your reference to Naresh
Fernandes, "who recounts in his marvellously engaging book, by 1916
there was an almost entirely Goan orchestra playing at the Taj Mahal
Hotel in Bombay." That orchestra was started by my father, Oscar Rangel
Ribeiro, at Dorab Tata's request. He tells the full story of how the
group was started in volume 2 of his memoir, which covers the period
1909-1921. The memoir names some of the musicians and tells how they
were recruited, and also talks about Dorab's initial salary offer for
the players and how that amount was changed to a higher figure.
The Bombay Chamber Orchestra was founded by Edward Behr in 1924. A
group photograph in my possession is reproduced in "Goa: Aparanta",
published by Goa Publications in 2008. Dominic Pereira, my teacher for
a while, was one of the violinists, as was Sebastian Vaz, my future
father-in-law. You rightly point out that later, Dominic became the
concertmaster of another orchestra full of Goans, the Bombay
Philharmonic, but obviously are not aware that Sebastian Vaz became the
concertmaster of the far more important Bombay Symphony Orchestra,
conducted by Jules Craen. The BSO was later conducted by Mehli Mehta,
and accompanied such international stars as Yehudi Menuhin in major
concertos. The BPO was founded and led by the conductor Cecil Mendoza.
Yet another orchestra was founded around 1950 by Victor Paranjoti, who
also founded the Bombay Madrigal Singers.
I must now buy a copy of Naresh's book for my own library and
compare his account with my own memories of the Bombay music scene,
covering the period 1939-1956. It should be an interesting exercise.
Warm personal regards,
Victor
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From: vmingoa <vmin...@gmail.com>
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Sent: Fri, Mar 2, 2012 10:52 am
Subject: [goawriters] please vote for me for writing award judged by
Gish Jen
Dear Friends,
My essay on Patricia Rozario, the Monte Music Festival, and the
history of "western" classical music in India has been nominated for
the annual Arts + Literature Prize at 3QuarksDaily.com, to be judged
by the renowned Chinese-American writer Gish Jen. The public voting
round is now open, and I'd greatly appreciate your support...
The essay - Adagio in Blues - is here:
http://www.3quarksdaily.com/3quarksdaily/2012/02/adagio-in-blues.html
And voting is here:
http://www.3quarksdaily.com/3quarksdaily/3-quarks-daily-2012-arts-literature-prize-vote-here-.html
Thanks very much in advance!
VM
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