Music of Goa
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Music of Goa refers to the music from the tiny region of Goa, on the west coast of India, a former Portuguese colony and a centre that has produced a number of prominent musicians and singers for the world of Indian music too (and including for the films of Bollywood). In recent times, Goa has become home of one strand of the Trance music scene.
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[edit] Western, indigenous, Indian
Goa, a part of India since 1961, had been ruled since the 16th century by Portugal, and has thus had historically closer connections with Western classical and popular music than the rest of India.
Over the centuries, indigenous Goan music was blended with European music, particularly that of Portugal.
[edit] Big names
Goa has produced some of the finest performers of Hindustani classical music, such as the eminent vocalist Surashri Kesarbai Kerkar (1892-1977). Lata Mangeshkar, the most famous singer in the history of the Indian film industry, is the daughter of a Goan, Dinanath Ganesh Mangeshkar, as is her sister Asha Bhosle.
[edit] Pop
In the area of Western music there are several pop stars, among them Remo Fernandes (b. 1953). Goan popular music is generally sung in the Konkani language.
[edit] Traditional music
Traditional Goan music includes religious music, theatrical music, art music, dance music and songs used to mark special occasions and events like marriage.
The most widespread kind of folk music in Goa was the mando, (also written as manddo) a kind of dance music that evolved out of wedding music, specifically the Ovi.
View a videoclip of the mando performed by Goa's sensational latino band Obligato here: http://youtube.com/watch?v=_aq6uSElyc4
Mando is meant for dancing, and, in contrast to the Ovi, uses a chorus. It probably evolved after the 1830s, when ballroom dance was introduced to the area.
[edit] Home for electronic music
In modern times, Goa has become a home for electronic music, especially a style called Goa trance. This genre began its evolution in the late 1960s, when hippies from the United States, United Kingdom and elsewhere turned Goa into a tourist destination.
When tourism began to die out, a smaller number of devotees stayed in the area, pursuing a specific style of trance music. Early pioneers included Mark Allen, Goa Gil and Fred Disko.
[edit] Dr Lourdino Barreto
Rev. Dr. Lourdino Barreto -- dubbed "the best musicologist East of Suez” [1] was also the chairman of the board of studies for western music of the Goa University and an adviser to the central government for the musical formation of the army, navy and air force bands across the country.
To him goes the credit of getting the Goa Board for Secondary and Higher Secondary Education to include music as an operational subject from Std VII to XII. Besides his countless musical compositions and arrangements for choir or orchestra, Rev. Barreto published several articles and books. They were mostly studies and anthologies of Goan folk music in its various forms.
As if it were his swansong, a month before his death, he did an audio cassette of his music – the first and only one of its kind -- interpreted under his baton by the Goa Philharmonic Choir.
