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Cenando con Cattone
This was a Peruvian TV Show hosted by Argentinian
Oswaldo Cattone, actor and theatral director that was very
succesful in Peru and owned his own theatre. In this episode, the main
guest is by far, Paul Mauriat. He
was very delighted and replied patiently all the questions.
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Thanks to the help of my friend José
Peñaloza for supplying this information.
 Information:
Host: Oswaldo Cattone
Guests:
- Paul Mauriat - Orchestra conductor, arranger and composer
- Patricia Wieland - Interpreter (for Paul Mauriat into spanish)
- Menesio Rodriguez - Manager in Lima of the Press News Agency EFE
- Felipe Carbonell - President of Carbonell Transport
Broadcast: Canal 4, América (Peru), 1981
Running Time: Aprox. 42 minutes
Following is a transcription of the show. Mauriat seems to
understand when people speak to him in Spanish (not so fast), but he
always replies in French. The interpreter translates his replies into
Spanish and from this source, I am translating it here what they were
talking about. These are not exact quotes, and due to the translation or
maybe misunderstanding (even my transcription) there might be some
mistakes, but hope it helps.
Rough
Transcription of the Show:
- Opening Credits
- The host of the show, introduces each guest
- Chit-chat to Mauriat (8 minutes)
- Mauriat was arriving from Bogota. His visit to Peru was to promote
a video of an Special that he made in Japan, Tokyo, last year. He also
was visiting Latin America to learn more about its culture, and of
course, its music. He was planning to return next year, with all his
orchestra.
- Dinner Table - Section 1
- Conversation (while eating) to Mauriat
(13 minutes)
1- To questions to the host and some guests, he said that these days
French singers and composers are too influenced by the American music
and they were confused and he was hoping that soon a new French chanson
will emerge.
2- That there was a time when the French songs were known all over the
world, but now is not that way. Mauriat agreed.
3- Also, that there are French songs that most people think that they
are American songs, taking as an example "My
Way", which in fact is a French song called "Comme
d'Habitude".
4- How hard it is to understand songs in different languages, but with
orchestral arrangements (instrumentals) they have more success. Mauriat
says for example we see a painter sing or hum a song but not reciting a
poem!
5- That is why Jacques Prevert is more famous with his "sung songs" that
with his poems alone. Mauriat replies that Prevert had an extraordinary
success in France.
6- "Elle Arrive Aujourd'hui" had the
first prize at Festival de Palma de Mallorca, composed by Mauriat. He
says that it was sung by an haitian singer
7- Mauriat also composed for international singers such as Caterina
Valente, Mireille Mathieu among others... Mauriat that Mathieu was his
"idol", and that "Mon Credo" was her
first big success.
8- Does he enjoys more being an orchestra conductor, an arranger or a
composer?
He says that he prefers the arrangements. Making an arrangement is like
what the tailor does, creating a special suit.
- Commercials
- Dinner Table - Section 2
- Conversation to the other guests
(about 17 minutes)
1- Cattone asks to the interpreter about her job, her visit to Moscow
2- Cattone asks to Rodriguez about the reporting job
3- Cattone asks to Carbonell about his live show that will go for
charity
4- As a last question to Mauriat, Cattone ask him if he had the chance
to get to know more of the Peruvian Music in his brief stay (two days).
Mauriat says that he visited a Peruvian-kind of pub (peña) where he
listened music very different to what he expected, with cajón (a box),
negro rhythms, that are more rhytmic that he thought the music of Peru
was.
- Farewell to each guest and end of the show (about 5 minutes)
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