The story of sound in Malta is a very long journey in which Mediterranean and European influences were all absorbed, borrowed, modified or discarded over the centuries, and which gradually helped to carve a Maltese identity.  

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CONTENTS

Preface
Giovanni Bonnello

Introduction
Sarah Chircop

Notes

The Soundscape of and Island - Prehistory and the Power of Sound
Anna Borg Cardona

Malta's Musical Heritage - The Contribution of the Cathedral Chapter and the Conventual Church of the Order
John Azzopardi

'Ghana' and its Mediterranean Parallels - Music, Expression and Performance Practice
Philip Ciantar

Stringed Instrument makers in Seventeenth Century Malta
Anna Borg Cardona

The 'Battle of the Cappelle' - An intriguing Musical Chapter in Malta's Social History
Joseph Vella Bondin

Band Clubs in Malta - Origins and Developmentundefined
Joseph F. Grima

'Uaslu! id-Dischi Giodda bil-Malti' - The First Maltese Records - A Sense of Maltese Identity
Noel D'Anastas

Music in Malta from Prehistory to Vinyl
Exhibition Catalogue  

Index

List of Band Clubs in the Maltese Islands
Compiled by Joseph F. Grima