{"id":45164,"date":"2016-02-16T01:09:02","date_gmt":"2016-02-16T05:09:02","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/dbsjeyaraj.com\/dbsj\/?p=45164"},"modified":"2016-02-16T01:09:02","modified_gmt":"2016-02-16T05:09:02","slug":"i-heard-an-operatic-rendition-of-danno-budungeby-italian-trained-hubert-rajapakse-when-independence-dawned-in-1948","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/dbsjeyaraj.com\/dbsj\/?p=45164","title":{"rendered":"&#8220;I Heard an Operatic Rendition of &#8220;Danno Budunge&#8221;by Italian Trained Hubert Rajapakse When Independence Dawned in 1948&#8221;"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>By<\/p>\n<p>Tissa Devendra<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>In view of the recent philistine ha-ho about Kishani Jayasinghe&#8217;s wonderful rendition of John de Silva&#8217;s moving lyric, I decided to share some old memories &#8220;to set the record straight&#8221;.<\/p>\n<p>I was a pre-undergrad in 1948 and witnessed the formal renunciation of British sovereignty and the hoisting of the [unstriped] Lion Flag of Independent Ceylon. <\/p>\n<p><!--more--><\/p>\n<p>A number of cultural events were held that week . A highlighted item at a recital of classical music was the operatic rendition of &#8216;Danno Budunge&#8217; by the Italian trained singer Hubert Rajapakse.<\/p>\n<p> He was a scion of the distinguished Rajapakse clan of Maha Kappina Walauva in Balapitiya. He met with an enthusiastic reception and always sang this version at future recitals.<\/p>\n<p>Am I the only ancient who remembers this event, I wonder.<\/p>\n<p><em>Courtesy:The Island<\/em><\/p>\n<div id=\"tweetbutton45164\" class=\"tw_button\" style=\"float:right;margin-left:10px;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/twitter.com\/share?url=https%3A%2F%2Fdbsjeyaraj.com%2Fdbsj%2F%3Fp%3D45164&amp;text=%26%238220%3BI%20Heard%20an%20Operatic%20Rendition%20of%20%26%238220%3BDanno%20Budunge%26%238221%3Bby%20Italian%20Trained%20Hubert%20Rajapakse%20When...%20&amp;related=&amp;lang=en&amp;count=horizontal\" class=\"twitter-share-button\"  style=\"width:55px;height:22px;background:transparent url('https:\/\/dbsjeyaraj.com\/dbsj\/wp-content\/plugins\/wp-tweet-button\/tweetn.png') no-repeat  0 0;text-align:left;text-indent:-9999px;display:block;\">Tweet<\/a><\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>By Tissa Devendra In view of the recent philistine ha-ho about Kishani Jayasinghe&#8217;s wonderful rendition of John de Silva&#8217;s moving lyric, I decided to share some old memories &#8220;to set the record straight&#8221;. I was a pre-undergrad in 1948 and witnessed the formal renunciation of British sovereignty and the hoisting of the [unstriped] Lion Flag &#8230;<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/dbsjeyaraj.com\/dbsj\/?p=45164\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading &lsquo;&#8220;I Heard an Operatic Rendition of &#8220;Danno Budunge&#8221;by Italian Trained Hubert Rajapakse When Independence Dawned in 1948&#8221;&rsquo; &raquo;<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[12],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/dbsjeyaraj.com\/dbsj\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/45164"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/dbsjeyaraj.com\/dbsj\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/dbsjeyaraj.com\/dbsj\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dbsjeyaraj.com\/dbsj\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dbsjeyaraj.com\/dbsj\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=45164"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/dbsjeyaraj.com\/dbsj\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/45164\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":45165,"href":"https:\/\/dbsjeyaraj.com\/dbsj\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/45164\/revisions\/45165"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/dbsjeyaraj.com\/dbsj\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=45164"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dbsjeyaraj.com\/dbsj\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=45164"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dbsjeyaraj.com\/dbsj\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=45164"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}