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In a message dated 9/10/2009 4:41:44 P.M. Eastern Standard Time,
goanetrea...@gmail.com writes:
The 1940s and 1950s were the golden period of Goan
contribution to classical, jazz and blues music in Pakistan.
The musicals and operettas produced by these geniuses were of
a very high standard. These included the Gilbert and
O'Sullivan Musicals; the Mikado (music by J. Vincent Lobo and
directed by Teresa/Trixie D'Abreo); Gondoliers (music by
Charlie Lobo), and Trial by Jury, Pirates of Penzance (music
by Prof. Terrence D'Souza), Iolanthe and the HMS Pinafore.
All of these famed Savoy operas were held at the KGA Hall,
which also boasted of having one of Karachi's largest
all-wooden floors for ball-room dancing.
Mr. Menin Rodrigues' article contains a wealth of information about Goans
in
Karachi, and is obviously the result of painstaking research. I would just like
to
see a couple of points clarified. The music for the Gilbert and Sullivan (not
O'Sullivan!) operettas he mentions---The Mikado, Gondoliers, Trial by Jury,
Pirates
of Penzance---was all written by Sir Arthur Sullivan. Yet Mr. Rodrigues
attributes
the music to J. Vincent and Charlie Lobo, and Prof. Terence D'Souza. Did they
really
compose new music for these famously sparkling operettas? If they really wrote
new
music, do the scores exist? If they do, and they are good, perhaps the
operettas can
be staged again, this time in Goa and even in Mumbai. But it seems more likely
that
Messrs. Lobo and D'Souza rearranged what Sir Arthur had written, to fit the
musicians they had on hand in Karachi. Of course, even if they merely
rearranged the
music, they deserve credit for having the skill and the diligence to have done
so.
Regards to all,
Victor Rangel-Ribeiro
