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The Mind Creative March 2014 Conducting the symphony in Mumbai However, the experiment gave a boost to his reputation and in 1965 he received a fellowship at Syracuse University (New York) to study and teach music. It was time for Anthony to leave the shores of India in search of greater fulfilment in distant lands. In the USA, he exposed his students to the finer nuances of Indian music and also wrote several small pieces of music, double violin concertos and two sextets with the clarinet and piano. He was further requested to send his music books to the Library of Congress in Washington, which eventually he did. The Rockefeller Foundation sponsored Anthony Gonsalves throughout his stay in the United States, thus enabling him to travel across the country and teach at various American Universities. He even did a stint in Hollywood, writing music scores for films such as ‘Silk Screen’. The pinnacle of glory for Anthony Gonsalves however came with his attendance at the Tanglewood Music Festival where he met such renowned performers as Adrian Bold and Eric Lansdorf, who acknowleded him as a legend in the music world. It has been documented that Adrian Bold thanked Anthony Gonsalves at the festival for teaching Indian music to the world. What happened to Gonsalves in the United States still remains a mystery. He never spoke about his days there. In fact, he left India at the peak of his career and when he returned a decade later, he never informed anyone about his way back home. 27 At home in Goa