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Title: Gozo and its music
Other Titles: A focus on Gozo
Authors: Vella, Joseph
Keywords: Gozo (Malta) -- History
Church music -- Malta -- Gozo
Manners and customs -- Malta -- Gozo
Music -- Malta -- Gozo
Orchestral music -- Malta -- Gozo
Composers -- Malta -- Gozo
Folk music -- Malta -- Gozo
Issue Date: 1997
Publisher: Formatek Ltd.
Citation: Vella, J. (1997). Gozo and its music. In J. Farrugia & L. Briguglio (Eds.), A focus on Gozo (pp. 172-182). Gozo: Formatek Ltd.
Abstract: Malta has a long, established and glorious musical tradition. Documental evidence in this regard harks back to the beginning of the 16th century although, of course, circumstantial evidence points to a far earlier period. Gozo, on the other hand, has generally been regarded as being a cultural backwater where music is concerned. However, the role and modality of music making in Gozo over the last four centuries or so has hardly even been scratched by historians, and I am sure that future in-depth studies in this regard will not only contradict this misconception but will show that Gozo has had its own niche (albeit a limited one) in the history of music of these Islands. The course of Gozitan music making in its three main dimensions can be classified into four categories, namely (1) vocal/ orchestral activity, (2) folk singing and (3) bands.
URI: https://www.um.edu.mt/library/oar/handle/123456789/76555
ISBN: 9990949034
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