Song of Goa: Crown of Mandos - Hardcover
Of all the world s civilizations only one, the Western, has succeeded in creating the framework for fostering the unity of mankind. Originating in Western Europe, it almost entirely supplanted the cultures and civilizations of America and Australia. Africa and Asia continue to proclaim their loyalty to their traditional ways of life, but they do so through the use of concepts borrowed from the West. They have all adopted the Western institution of the nation state, and their artists, writers and musicians express themselves in forms created by their Western counterparts. Many African nations conduct their business in European languages, English, French and Portuguese. Only Asia and North Africa have resisted total assimilation, but some of their regions, like Japan, have developed a kind of cultural ambivalence where, on the one hand they excel the West in its own skills, like technology, and on the other, self-consciously maintain a measure of traditional culture. Yet it is nothing that they themselves generated which now unites them -- as for instance Buddhism or Islam -- but only their acceptance of Western ideas and institutions. This westernization of the world, an event of transcendental importance, was initiated by a nation of minuscule proportions, Portugal. The westernization of Asia was begun successfully by the Portuguese and by the Indian converts to their way of life in the even more minuscule land of Goa. It was in Goa that the first (abortive) attempt was made to create a political entity independent of European control, but on the European model, in the Conjuração dos Pintos (Conspiracy of the Pintos, 1787). It was in Goa that was first advanced the rationale for an independent India, by Francisco Luis Gomes (1829-1869), when he declared, in his letter to the French Romantic poet Lamartine in 1861, that India was the cradle of poetry, of philosophy and of history, and today their grave ; that the Indian was the race which composed the Mahabharata and invented chess, a nation which recorded her laws in poems and formulated her politics but was now lying exhausted of all her fecundity, in obscurity amid the dazzling brilliance of her own glory. Exclaimed Gomes at the end of his letter: I demand liberty and light for India! It was in Goa that a successful synthesis of European and Asian styles of architecture was first achieved, in the grand structures of Indian Baroque, some of the best of which still survive in the former capital of Portuguese India, Velha Goa. It was in Goa that European literary forms were first embodied in any Asian language, the language of Goa, Konkani. And it was in Goa that the first symbiosis of any Asian tradition of music with the European was realized, in Goan Song, of which the Mando is the consummation. This book gives a detailed overview and exhaustive coverage of this form of Goan music -- the mando.
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About the Author:
About the authors ]osé Pereira (1931) is Professor Emeritus of Theology of Fordham University, New York, where he lectured on History of Religions. He has taught and done research in various academic institutions in Lisbon, London and Varanasi, and has published 24 books and 145 articles on theology, history of art and architecture, and on Goan and Konkani culture, language, literature and music. Micael Martins (1914-1999), Goa s outstanding composer of classical music, first studied music in the parish school of his village, and then in Bombay with renowned music teachers. He performed for various societies in Bombay and Delhi, and led orchestras of films in Bombay. He began collecting traditional Goan songs, art and folk, in 1933, and collaborated with José Pereira in recording Konkani songs from 1954, compiling as many as 11,000 numbers. Martins incorporated several motifs from traditional Goan Song into his classical musical compositions. António da Costa (1943), is a priest, psychotherapist, and musician. He received his musical training in Goa, and Bombay, and in the USA at the prestigious Julliard School of Music and Columbia University. Inspired by his parents love for traditional Goan music, he began his work for its preservation from the age of 16 and, for several years, broadcast over Radio Goa (later All India Radio) with the assistance of choral groups he himself founded.
Review:
Song of Goa Crown of Mandos For the first time, a useful and comprehensive book on Goa s dance-song form, titled, Song of Goa Crown of Mandos was released in a city hotel on Friday, July 30. Polymath Dr Jose Pereira co-authored this book with outstanding Goan composer the late Micael Martins (1914-1999) and Antonio da Costa, a priest-psychotherapist and musician based in Arizona, US. It was formally released by the writer, Ms Maria Aurora Couto amidst the presence of co-author, Dr Jose Pereira, Cardiologist, Dr Francisco Colaco and publisher, Khalil Ahmed. The hardbound book of some 500 pages is priced at Rs 450, and available at Broadway Book Centre, Panaji. It includes an introduction to Konkani song (of varied types); essays on the Mando and its romantic, political and social world; lyrics, scores, translations of and commentaries on many prominent mandos; details of the lives of some Mando composers; and rules of Saxtti elision. According to the book, Goa was the first place where Indian musicians began to compose in Western musical forms. Goans not only initiated the Westernisation of Indian music, but, from the late 19th century, also pioneered an Indian ethno-musicology, providing a model for preserving and interpreting India s rich folk music, says the book. --The Navhind Times, August 2, 2010
'Mando, the last aristocratic dance' Alexandre Moniz Barbosa, TNN, Jul 31, 2010, 05.30am IST --The Times of India, Goa edition
'SONG OF GOA' RELEASED By Janice Rodrigues, Herald Features A JOURNEY unforgettable, a memory cherished, the evening took a trip down the memory lane of Dr Jose Pereira's life and works. The event was the release of his book titled 'Song of Goa' a book all about Goa's songs of love, the 'Mandos'. The release saw the coming together of Goa's foremost propagators of the preservation of tradition and culture in the state. The book 'Song of Goa' goes deep into the love songs of the Mando. "I am filled with honour and pride at the attempt by such an eminent scholar, historian, painter Dr Jose Pereira," said Dr Francisco Colaco, who reviewed the book. He further went on to say that the Mando is a "concrete symbol of the synthesis of two cultures, Latin and Indian." The book was released by Padmashree Maria Couto, who reminisced about the life and career of the great author, saying that she was emotional about speaking of the multitalented person and a really good friend. She even went on to say that speaking of the career and the achievements of the author was close to impossible. "It is difficult to speak about his career except with awe," she said. Further, giving a snippet about his works, she said they were influenced by the Latin Christian traditions and the Indian Hindu culture. The multitalented professor, scholar, painter, and writer, spoke with a sense of humour which left the gathering chuckling even while being enlightened about the Mando. "The Mandos were an attempt to create a practically invisible arena on the banks of the Zuari, said Dr Pereira. He also pointed out the main ideas of joy, love and courtesy that were present in the Mandos. The event was further made entertaining by the Curtorichem Salkam led by Victor Da Costa, who sang the mandos l ike Zaitey Dukham, Surya Noketranchim and Adeus Korcha Vel Ailo. The event was then concluded by an impromptu performances of the various Dulpods by the troupe. -- Photos by Chiquitita. --Herald, Goa
'Mando, the last aristocratic dance' Alexandre Moniz Barbosa, TNN, Jul 31, 2010, 05.30am IST --The Times of India, Goa edition
'SONG OF GOA' RELEASED By Janice Rodrigues, Herald Features A JOURNEY unforgettable, a memory cherished, the evening took a trip down the memory lane of Dr Jose Pereira's life and works. The event was the release of his book titled 'Song of Goa' a book all about Goa's songs of love, the 'Mandos'. The release saw the coming together of Goa's foremost propagators of the preservation of tradition and culture in the state. The book 'Song of Goa' goes deep into the love songs of the Mando. "I am filled with honour and pride at the attempt by such an eminent scholar, historian, painter Dr Jose Pereira," said Dr Francisco Colaco, who reviewed the book. He further went on to say that the Mando is a "concrete symbol of the synthesis of two cultures, Latin and Indian." The book was released by Padmashree Maria Couto, who reminisced about the life and career of the great author, saying that she was emotional about speaking of the multitalented person and a really good friend. She even went on to say that speaking of the career and the achievements of the author was close to impossible. "It is difficult to speak about his career except with awe," she said. Further, giving a snippet about his works, she said they were influenced by the Latin Christian traditions and the Indian Hindu culture. The multitalented professor, scholar, painter, and writer, spoke with a sense of humour which left the gathering chuckling even while being enlightened about the Mando. "The Mandos were an attempt to create a practically invisible arena on the banks of the Zuari, said Dr Pereira. He also pointed out the main ideas of joy, love and courtesy that were present in the Mandos. The event was further made entertaining by the Curtorichem Salkam led by Victor Da Costa, who sang the mandos l ike Zaitey Dukham, Surya Noketranchim and Adeus Korcha Vel Ailo. The event was then concluded by an impromptu performances of the various Dulpods by the troupe. -- Photos by Chiquitita. --Herald, Goa
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- PublisherGoa,1556 and Broadway Publishing House
- Publication date2010
- ISBN 10 9380739036
- ISBN 13 9789380739038
- BindingHardcover
- Edition number1
- Number of pages495
- EditorProject Coordinated By Frederick Noronha, Cover Design By Bina Nayak, Copy Editing By Pamela D'Mello
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