Price (Book & DVD): US $35 (airmail
postage anywhere in the world: $25)
- FIRST time ever - all original best-selling music of the last fifty years, not just Konkani, but even Portuguese and Swahili! Unavailable music of Chris Perry, Frank Fernand, Wilfy Rebimbus, M. Boyer, Alfred Rose, H. Britton, Fadhili Williams, Henry D'Souza, B. Magno, Los Payos, Paulo Borges, Manuel Alphonso, Silviano Barbosa, Romeo Mendes, Reginald Fernandes, etc!
- SHEET-MUSIC - available for the very first time - transcribed perfectly note-for-note. Songs include: "Cathrina", "Adeus Korchea Vellar", "Claudia", "Mog Tuzo Kithlo Axelom", "Lisboa", "Kampala", "Sacrament Zoddlo", "Bandra Festak", "Mollbailo Dou", "Malaika" "Maria Isabel", "Encosta Tua Cabecinha", "Cecilia", "Mogacho Divo", "Proud To Be A Goan", "Marialina", "Maria Pitache", "Calangute", "Bebdo", "Sweater Kori", Tambdde Roza", "Hanv Saiba", "Don Kallzam", etc.
- CHORDS - not only have the chords been annotated to the music, but intricate chord-diagrams supplied throughout each song! The songs can now even be accompanied by harmonic instruments without sheet- music like the piano, accordion, keyboard, guitar, etc.
- GUITAR TAB: For bands/groups worldwide, separate music in tablature for the guitar are a stunning addition!
- LYRICS - original and authentic, cross-referenced from myriad sources, conveying both the composer's intentions and the background behind each song!
- TRANSLATIONS - a fantastic innovation, worth many times the cost of the book! Each song has not only been beautifully and accurately translated, but the translations have been set to verse/rhymed - now not only can the songs be poetically re-sung in English, but bring our music to the doorsteps of the world!
- PROGRAM NOTES - another superb plus, original and detailed historical liner-notes, anecdotes, painstakingly cross-checked and researched from numerous sources, to not only authenticate the background, but illuminate the legend behind each song!
- FREE DVD: a priceless bonus!! ALL the songs have been filmed performed by Canadian master pianist Victor Martins, so you can observe close-up in intricate detail how to perform this superb music. The invaluable DVD cost alone is worth its weight in gold!
- RELEASE: This volume was released worldwide for World Goa Day on 20 August, 2009. Launch copies were available in Goa from 8 August at Furtados, and Pedro Fernandes music shops in Panjim and Margao. International orders are filled online, so please register free here to be informed of availability. Or drop us a line to register, at info@konkanisongbook.com.
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