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20th January 2007, 01:40 AM
While searching for a link to post in the "rearrangement" thread in Current topics forum, I stumbled on this link:
http://cseries.typepad.com/celebrityseries/orchestras/index.html
This informs that Paul Mauriat, who is fondly remembered by many who admire IR's music, died on 3rd Nov 2006 at 81.
I recall reading in Kumudam an article / series by IR on his trip to Europe in early 80's (I think it was called 'sangeethakkanavugaL'). In that he mentioned about his meeting with PM whom IR admired for exceptional arrangements. Raja played his `Edho mOgham' of kozhi koovuthu and PM was in love with that piece. IMHO, that song is PMish:-)
Though it aroused curiosity about this french composer then, I never had a chance to listen to any of his music / albums till 1987.
(Well, not exactly. I had been in love with this piece even earlier which was in the "demonstration" cassette of the Panasonic stereo player, though I never knew it was by PM:
http://ludmila1954.mylivepage.ru/file/170/972/01-Symphony%20%2040%20%28Mozart%29%20-%20Paul%20Mauriat%20-%20Romantic%20Collection%20-%20Classic%20For%20Love.mp3#gohere
This is PM's arrangement of Mozart's symphony # 40, 1st movement)
Then when I spotted this cassette "Love is blue" -anniversary collection in a music shop (I think in one of those "official tours" from Palakkad to Bangalore, in a store in commercial street - or was it Brigade road, can't recall now), I was so thrilled and grabbed it. And what a great world of music it opened to me!
From then on I kept grabbing any PM album I could find -more than 10 of them - and was talking about them to all associates / coworkers / relatives etc., with the same passion I had for IR's music during school / college days. Interestingly, some of those cassettes made into the BPL's audio production factory through my friend and some of the tracks were used in the testing lines - creating even more admirers for that kind of music within that community.
I still have a few cassettes somewhere in India and a couple of CD's here in my car. I never get tired of some numbers even after listening to them for 1000's of times. Though I could never learn WCM or an instrument due to lack of time / opportunity so far -may be do it after retirement- these were instrumental in creating a lot of interest and passion for this kind of music. I now listen to "smooth jazz" radio station during my drive to work and back home, which would've been unimaginable otherwise.
It's sad that he is no more. It made me sadder that I could come to know of this only after a few months...creating a sense of guilt as to how unappreciative I am for artists who made our lives richer.
His music will always be with us.
http://cseries.typepad.com/celebrityseries/orchestras/index.html
This informs that Paul Mauriat, who is fondly remembered by many who admire IR's music, died on 3rd Nov 2006 at 81.
I recall reading in Kumudam an article / series by IR on his trip to Europe in early 80's (I think it was called 'sangeethakkanavugaL'). In that he mentioned about his meeting with PM whom IR admired for exceptional arrangements. Raja played his `Edho mOgham' of kozhi koovuthu and PM was in love with that piece. IMHO, that song is PMish:-)
Though it aroused curiosity about this french composer then, I never had a chance to listen to any of his music / albums till 1987.
(Well, not exactly. I had been in love with this piece even earlier which was in the "demonstration" cassette of the Panasonic stereo player, though I never knew it was by PM:
http://ludmila1954.mylivepage.ru/file/170/972/01-Symphony%20%2040%20%28Mozart%29%20-%20Paul%20Mauriat%20-%20Romantic%20Collection%20-%20Classic%20For%20Love.mp3#gohere
This is PM's arrangement of Mozart's symphony # 40, 1st movement)
Then when I spotted this cassette "Love is blue" -anniversary collection in a music shop (I think in one of those "official tours" from Palakkad to Bangalore, in a store in commercial street - or was it Brigade road, can't recall now), I was so thrilled and grabbed it. And what a great world of music it opened to me!
From then on I kept grabbing any PM album I could find -more than 10 of them - and was talking about them to all associates / coworkers / relatives etc., with the same passion I had for IR's music during school / college days. Interestingly, some of those cassettes made into the BPL's audio production factory through my friend and some of the tracks were used in the testing lines - creating even more admirers for that kind of music within that community.
I still have a few cassettes somewhere in India and a couple of CD's here in my car. I never get tired of some numbers even after listening to them for 1000's of times. Though I could never learn WCM or an instrument due to lack of time / opportunity so far -may be do it after retirement- these were instrumental in creating a lot of interest and passion for this kind of music. I now listen to "smooth jazz" radio station during my drive to work and back home, which would've been unimaginable otherwise.
It's sad that he is no more. It made me sadder that I could come to know of this only after a few months...creating a sense of guilt as to how unappreciative I am for artists who made our lives richer.
His music will always be with us.