Studies in Maltese Popular Music

List of contents

Introduction
1 Studies and Snippets in Maltese Popular Music
2 Għana: Legacy, Meanings, and New Directions
3 Għana and its Parallels in the Mediterranean: Music, Expression, and Performance
4 Saints, Wind Bands, and Meanings
5 The Process of Musical Translation: Composing a Maltese Festa Band March from Libyan Ma’lūf Music
6 The Singer as Individual: Pop Singers, Music, and Political Propaganda in Contemporary Maltese Electoral Campaigns
Epilogue
Glossary
References
Audio and Visual Musical Examples
Index

About the author

Philip Ciantar is a senior lecturer in music at the School of Performing Arts, University of Malta. His research interests include Maltese popular music, world music analysis, and North African music. He is the author of The Ma'lūf in Contemporary Libya: An Arab Andalusian Musical Tradition (Ashgate 2012; Routledge 2016) and various articles in ethnomusicology.

Summary

This book examines the diverse facets of popular music in Malta, paying special attention to ghana (Malta’s folk song), the wind band tradition, and modern popular music.

Product details

• Authors: Philip Ciantar, Ciantar Philip
• Publisher: Taylor & Francis Ltd.
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 30.04.2021
• EAN: 9780367648480
• ISBN: 978-0-367-64848-0
• No. of pages: 196
• Series: Ashgate Popular and Folk Music Series
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > Music; Rock, Popular Culture, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Popular Culture, Rock & Pop music, MUSIC / Genres & Styles / General, MUSIC / Genres & Styles / Rock, MUSIC / Genres & Styles / Folk & Traditional, MUSIC / Genres & Styles / Pop Vocal, Pop Music, Folk & traditional music, Popular Music, Music: styles and genres, Folk, Folkloric styles, Traditional and folk music