In below article Valmiki says that Alfred Rose penned hundreds of songs he sang a few hundred with his family....but he says MOST songs were sung by others. I tend to disagree with Valmiki on this, as per my view and the collection that I have very few of Alfis songs (maybe 50)were sung by others, and he also sang not more than 50 songs composed by others. If Valmiki is still on goanet, I would like to ask him, who were the other artistes who sang Alfis songs.
Edward Verdes https://goanet-news.goanet.narkive.com/VKd1CO0O/goanet-reader-goan-music-a-long-twisted-and-often-colourful-road-across-time-valmiki-faleiro-herald Goanet Reader -- Goan music: a long, twisted, and often colourful road across time (Valmiki Faleiro, Herald) Alfred Rose must be the most prolific of Konknni 'cantarists' (singers). He wrote and sang so many songs that he lost count of them. No chronicler can fix the number of 'cantaram' he penned. He set most of them to music himself, sang a few hundred, solo or in duet with wife Rita, or others. Most, however, were sung by other artistes. Alfred did a wide variety of songs, from serious to satirical, melodic to mournful. Like Alexinho de Candolim before him, many of his songs carried a strong social message, even if at times he sounded like a Sunday 'sermao.' Some despised the nasal in his otherwise versatile soprano voice. And, even though original most of the time, Alfred sometimes borrowed popular Western tunes. But, as one of his greatest fans and my friend Filipe Dias of Madel-Margao says, "Alfred's music was customer-oriented. When fans requested him to set songs to particular Western tunes, Alfred obliged."
