Hi William, It would be great if you can publish the music. Quite often, people accumulate material and then it all gets forgotten over time, when other priorities take place, something that happens to everyone. If you want, I can help putting it into music notes and can also help in musical/voice arrangements, I did composition and arrangements before, whilst organizing cultural projects in London with the now defunct Goan Musical Society. We had interacted with Goan musicians from overseas, and had facilitated performing their work in London. So that you know, both late Oboe Noronha and myself did participate into music symposiums in London at the Commonwealth Institute where we had pitched for Goan music forms. I used to cover the period upto 1800's and then Oboe Noronha used to carry on from that period till the 1960's where it froze in time. (we did not considering Tiatr music on this study). It is a great shame that Oboe claimed he had a collection of over 500 Goan pieces, from Oras to ladainhas and rare manddes / dulpods, but he has never shared anything. And now it appears to be lost after he passed away years ago. The family did not want to share anything then. Hence, it would be great if your collection could be put to music and then possibly to voice/instruments before it gets lost/forgotten, so that Goans can appreciate their rich cultural heritage. I can help if you are up for it. Thanks. JP Cota
________________________________ From: [email protected] <[email protected]> on behalf of William Robert Da Silva <[email protected]> Sent: 23 May 2026 00:22 To: [email protected] <[email protected]> Subject: Re: [GRN] Goa's Past... Beyond Politics and Propaganda (Jason Pinto SDB) I have an interest in doing it. There is also a ghumott song on the same theme. With vhoddlem Goy as the centre of power of the prince: Durut rai. On Fri, May 22, 2026 at 3:02 PM William Robert Da Silva <[email protected]<mailto:[email protected]>> wrote: When you write about velha Goa and Goa velha, you refer to Portuguese language. It could not have been there before Estado da India when they arrived there. The names before the Portuguese needs to be reconstructed with Konkanni, Kannada, Marathi as part of the language group that operated there. Goapuri, Gomant, Gomantak etc. needs to be located in literature, written texts, because we cannot recover spoken words about these issues. There is so much more to be critical about in order to bring about a discourse and an understanding. Thank you, William Robert Da Silva On Thu, May 21, 2026 at 4:12 PM Joao Paulo Cota <[email protected]<mailto:[email protected]>> wrote: Dear William, do you have any plans on publishing / recording these songs? They are priceless. ________________________________ From: [email protected]<mailto:[email protected]> <[email protected]<mailto:[email protected]>> on behalf of William Robert Da Silva <[email protected]<mailto:[email protected]>> Sent: 12 May 2026 09:46 To: [email protected]<mailto:[email protected]> <[email protected]<mailto:[email protected]>> Subject: Re: [GRN] Goa's Past... Beyond Politics and Propaganda (Jason Pinto SDB) My point is Goy, Goa are capital cities of rulers, not the land and state or kingdom. On Sat, May 9, 2026 at 2:27 AM William Robert Da Silva <[email protected]<mailto:[email protected]>> wrote: There is a lot of wishful reading and re-search on Goa, Konkann and Konkanni. Goa, which is a regional state now within the Indian Union (states and union territories), was always a city, capital city of rulers. The Kadamba were 'ruling' Goa is wrong. Portuguese did not rule 'Goa.' They called it Estado da India. What did Adil Shah rule? Not Goa. Goa, Govapuri etc. were capital cities of their rulers. Goy was always a city, capital city. There were three: vhoddlem, adlem and novem (Pannaji). Good investigation alone helps in determining the past. People's oral songs speak of vhoddlem Goy. I have collected at least fifteen such songs from elders in Goa state today and in Canara. There is more. W R da Silva On Thu, May 7, 2026 at 4:30 AM John de Figueiredo <[email protected]<mailto:[email protected]>> wrote: That is all well-known. My point is that Goa Velha (Govapuri) was not the capital of Yusuf Adil Shah as Fr. Jason Pinto states. The capital of Yusuf Adil Shah was Velha Goa. John M. de Figueiredo Sent from my iPhone On May 6, 2026, at 6:37 PM, MD <[email protected]<mailto:[email protected]>> wrote: Goa Kadamba Chakravarti Jayakesi I (ruled A.D.1050-1080) was the younger son of Shastha Deva II. He was one of the prominent kings of the Goa Kadambas. He made Govapuri (modern Goa Velha), his capital in A.D.1052. It is situated on the north bank of River Zuari in Tiswadi taluka of Goa. On Thu, Apr 30, 2026 at 7:52 PM John de Figueiredo <[email protected]<mailto:[email protected]>> wrote: This author states that Goa Velha (Govapuri) was the capital of Yusuf Adil Shah. This is not correct. The capital of Yusuf Adil Shah was Velha Goa, not Goa Velha (Govapuri). 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