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Patrick Tibertius Maximus Denipitiya (11 August 1934—23 March 2013) was a Sri Lankan musician. He introduced the electric Hawaiian guitar into Sri Lankan music and was responsible for the musical composition, arrangements, music direction and performance of many Sinhala songs and films from the early-1950s to 1997. He was a student of Sunil Shantha. Denipitiya was considered the fastest music notation writer in Sri Lanka and had a unique ability where he could write music scores without using an instrument in both Eastern and Western notation. He was able to do this for an entire orchestra that utilizes both eastern and western instruments. He directed music for a majority of songs written by Karunaratne Abeysekera, George Leslie Ranasinghe and Cyril A Seelawimala (and some of Premakeerthi De Alwis, KDK Darmawardene, Fr. Mercelyn Jayakody, for example). Patrick was the Music Director for many original songs sung by C T Fernando, Milton Mallawarachchi, C D Fonseka, Susil Premaratne, Anjalene Gunathileke (née Lanerole), Sydney Atygalle, Mallika Kahawita, Maurice Dahanayake, Christopher Paul, H R Jothipala, Kanthi Wakwella, Henry Caldera, Latha Walpola, Sujatha Attanayake, Indrani Perera, Rupa Indhumathie, M S Fernando, Irene de Alwis, Camilus Anton Peiris, Freddie Silva, Ivor Dennis (and others) and for many calypso groups such as The J brothers, Samanalayo, Grain Leornados etc. He directed music in the movies "Senghawunu Menika" in 1967, "Senakeliya" a box office hit in 1974 and "Loka Horu" 1976. He has co directed movies including "Saudan Jema", "Akke mata Awasara" and has directed, performed and assisted in many ways in over 5000 commercial songs and movie song recordings. ==Early life and career== Patrick Denipitiya was born to a family of ten children in Kotahena. His parents were Coronalis Denipitiya, a railway stationmaster and Mary Simona (née Fernando). His siblings were named Sunny, Benedict, Paul, Andrew, Anne, Edward, Anton, Bertram, and Milton. Denipitiya studied at St Mary's Pre-School Nawalapitiya, St. Thomas's College Matale, St. Sebastian’s College Moratuwa, De Mazenod Kandana, St Benedict's College, Colombo and finally at St. Aloysius' College (Galle). He was an intelligent student who gave up a future in the field of medicine to follow a career in music, a career which lasted nearly five decades. He had his first lessons of music from Sunil Santha who continued to give him free lessons and featured him in his recordings. Although he had the talent to play many instruments such as the piano, harmonium, electronic keyboard and acoustic guitar – and even his lips, since his whistling skills were used in many songs too – his favourite instrument was the Hawaiian (lap slide) guitar. He started playing the guitar at locations at the Sri Lanka Broadcasting Corporation (SLBC) – for example SLBC Lama Pitiya)- in the 1950s while still enrolled at school. He was the music composer in Sinhala films such as 'Senakeliya', 'Sangawuna Menika', 'Loka Horu' and also co-directed the film music in 'Saudan Jema' and a few other films with P.L.A. Somapala. He has contributed his talent to many other film recordings of other music directors such as Muththusamy (he first started to write music scores for Muththusamy’s 'Prema Tharange' song 'Chandraya Paayala – Latha Walpola'), P.L.A. 'Pala' Somapala, M.K. 'Rock' Rocksamy, T.K. Latiff, Galagedara M Haq, Mohommed Sally, Sarath Balasooriya, Sarath Dassanayake, Indian music director T.R. Papa and other compatriates, assisting them with his knowledge and ability to play many instruments. Rocksamy, Patrick and Latif were the three Tamil, Sinhala and Muslim icons and genius friends who regularly appeared for most of the film background music and song recordings for nearly thirty years. He composed the first Sinhala group song 'Udarata Menike Manahara Kandurata Thilake' by C.D. Fonseka, Razeena Yakim, Angeline Goonethileke and Shelton Mendis as well as many other popular songs including 'Aatha Kandurali Simba Simba', 'Pulun Wage Sudu Raula Digai', 'Vishnu Devinde' and 'Umayanganiyo Surralaliniyo' by Jothi, 'Nelum Male Pethi Kadala' by M.S. Fernando, Angeline Goonethilleke and Nimala Atapattu, 'Hithe Ekak Thiyan' by Angeline Goonetilleke, 'Iwuru Thala', 'Ma Nisa Oba', 'Sayuru Theredi', 'Rayak Upadda' and 'Ma Ha Eda' by Milton Mallawarachchi (as music composer) and 'Shreeni Vibushitha Lanka Babale' by Latha Walpola. Many of C.T. Fernando's songs such as 'Sihina Lowe', 'Hela Jathika Abhimane', 'Aane Dingak Innako', 'Maa Baala Kaale', 'Sandawata Rantharu', 'Mal Loke Rani' and 'Punsanda Hinahenne', among others, became hits under his unique music direction and arrangements. Denipitiya was the music director for many individual artist shows such as 'Baig Geethika' by Mohideen Baig, C.T. Fernando's 'Wana Bamabru', 'Rukmani Handa' by Rukmani Devi and Helan Daniels, P.L.A. & Chithra Somapala’s 'Ranwan Gee' and 'Sundar Geeth' Hindi by Tudor Jayashantha. In addition to playing, he had also sung in some recordings of songs such as 'Sihina Lowe' with C.T. Fernando (original SLBC recording), 'Ganga Yamuna Hawuna' with Mallika Kahawita and 'Ho Mata Ethi Sampatha' with Christoper Paul. He was the first to introduce the electric lap slide guitar to Sri Lanka while also being the first to introduce pop music to the Sri Lankan music industry in the early 1960s . He worked in harmony with all orchestras of Sri Lanka including the Radio Ceylon Orchestra for many decades. Patrick Denipitiya toured Europe with C.T. Fernando in 1969 (as the first Sri Lankan music director to travel to Europe on tour) and had a meeting with the internationally famous George Harrison of the Beatles, impressing him with his musical knowledge. He also toured Canada and the United States with H.R. Jothipala. Denipitiya has also visited cities such as: London, UK; Zürich, Switzerland and Paris, France with Chitra Somapala and P.L.A. Somapala and with M.S. Fernando to many other countries. He formed his own band 'Patrick Denipitiya Combo' in 1962. During its 27-year lifetime, the band had performed at Sweep Ticket Lottery shows, 'Maliban Guwan Totilla', the 'Elasto Show', the Kandy Lake Club, Sugathadasa Indoor Stadium shows, Akase Kade and Tropicana Club to name a few. He also performed on many Television programmes being the first musician to appear on BBC Sandeshaya Programme with CT. Later on with the advent of TV in Sri Lanka The Denipitiya Combo frequently appeared in TV shows like ITN's 'Madhu Rasangha', ITN's 'Ambhals Ghee dham Mala' (which was the first amateur song contest on Sri Lankan television), Rupavahini Anniversary and 'Musically Yours', although there are other television programmes on which the Combo has appeared. Patrick Denipitiya was a household name throughout his career in music and was much loved by his many music loving fans in Sri Lanka and abroad. Many a great player performed in his Combo until the band came to its end in 1990. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Patrick Denipitiya」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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