Malta's Lost Voices Songbook - Għana

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1.	Xalata għal San Pawl 02:55	info	buy track
2.	Għanja tax-Xudi u Tonina 1 03:01	info	buy track
3.	Għanja tax-Xudi u Tonina 2 03:18	info	buy track
4.	L-Istorja ta' Arturo u Maria -1 03:16	info	buy track
5.	L-Istorja ta' Arturo u Maria -2 03:05	info	buy track
6.	Għanja lin-Namrata 02:48	info	buy track
7.	Dwett - 1 02:58	info	buy track
8.	Dwett - 2 03:02	info	buy track
9.	Lucia ta' Lammermur -1 03:10	info	buy track
10.	Lucia ta' Lammemur -2 03:14	info	buy track
11.	X'Aħna Sbieħ Min Jaf Jarana! -1 02:51	info	buy track
12.	X'Aħna Sbieħ Min Jaf Jarana! -2 02:32	info	buy track
13.	Bejn Tnejn (Ix-Xudi u s-Semenza) 1 02:58	info	buy track
14.	Bejn Tnejn (Ix-Xudi u s-Semenza) 2 03:03	info	buy track
15.	Il-Gwerra l-Kbira 02:53	info	buy track
16.	Għanja Maltija (Il-Bormliża) 03:13	info	buy track

about

For the first time in history għana musicians, like musicians elsewhere, had the opportunity to press their songs on the first records of Maltese music. As part of the record catalogue featuring a variety of musical styles, the bards of this culture recorded their personal poems, written or improvised, their guitar playing, and their unique voices in studios locally and overseas.

The result was the publication of dozens of 78rpm records featuring the more renowned għana singers and guitarists of the day, who carried out live performances in the studio. The songs in this collection aim to represent the variety of forms featured on the records, as well as provide information about the singers who minted their names on these discs in the interwar period.

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released June 4, 2021

This publication is supported by Arts Council Malta.
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Compiled by Andrew Alamango
Transcriptions and arrangements by Alexander Vella Gregory
Photo-illustrations and Design: Andrej Vujicic

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FILFLA RECORDS is a locally based label, set up with the aim of making traditional and Maltese music publicly accessible.

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