Philip Ciantar
Biographic Data
| ID | 204881 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Philip Ciantar |
| GIVEN NAMES | Philip |
| FAMILY NAME | Ciantar |
| SIGNATURE | CIANTAR P |
| AFFILIATIONS | University of Malta |
| ORCID | 0000-0002-8476-5849 |
| VERIFIED | Yes |
| TOTAL WORKS | 7 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 7 |
| AUTHOR COUNT | 7 |
| EDITOR COUNT | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2001 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2025 |
| H-INDEX | 2 |
Making History, Combining Sounds: British Colonialism, Italian Culture, and Musical Growth in the Maltese Wind Band Tradition
Malta was a British colony for over 150 years until it became independent in 1964. Though the presence of the British in Malta was considerable and permeated all sectors of Maltese life and culture, the island’s commercial and cultural ties with neighbouring Italy never ceased. This article aims to analyse how Malta’s cultural sympathies and affinities with Italy alongside British colonialism contributed to the musical growth of the wind band tra…
Viva Malta: National unity, loyalty and the familiar in a post-independence Maltese song
In the years following its independence from Britain in 1964, Malta experienced several changes socially, politically, economically and culturally. In part, these arose from the fact that after independence Malta, as a small Mediterranean island-country, had to take full control of its own destiny, including its economy and politics. At approximately the same time a band called The Malta Bums was set up and eventually gained popularity both local…
The musical tradition of maʾlūf in Libya: Rethinking memories from the field
The importance of memory in music is both central and multifarious; therefore, it deserves to be preserved and closely scrutinised on a level of importance equal to that of the sound itself and all the other data that go with it. Such preservation should take into consideration both memories coming from ‘inside’ the musical tradition under investigation, mainly as expressed by informants, and those from the ‘outside’, such as those assimilated by…
The Process of Musical Translation: Composing a Maltese Festa Band March from Libyan Ma'lūf Music
Current studies in language translation call attention to the fact that “the translation product per se only constitutes a mere surface manifestation of an entire dynamic array of conscious and unconscious mental processes that occur during the act of translation” (Garcia Alvarez 2007:139). In line with this, Holmes advocates further research into what happens in the translator’s mind “as he creates a new, more or less matching text in another la…
Tripoli's musical soundscape: Experiences and meanings
Exploring the musical soundscape of a city like Tripoli is fascinating as much as it is challenging to retrieve meanings underlying the same soundscape. The fine blend between, for instance, ‘traditional’ and ‘modern’ musical practices and aesthetics, appertaining to this soundscape, presents the music researcher with a complex scenario to investigate. For this purpose, contemporary music research recognises music ethnography (superficially defin…
Continuity and change in the Libyan maʿlūf musical tradition
Over the past thirty-nine years, the Libyan maʾluf musical tradition undergone through several changes in order to ensure its existence. Most of these changes and/or innovations had generated new performance practices that changed the more familiar and traditional sonority of this musical genre as it used to be experienced by the Libyans in the context of the zāwīya (Sufi meeting place). These innovations were being proposed by a newly establishe…
Malta
Continuity and change in the Libyan maʿlūf musical tradition
Over the past thirty-nine years, the Libyan maʾluf musical tradition undergone through several changes in order to ensure its existence. Most of these changes and/or innovations had generated new performance practices that changed the more familiar and traditional sonority of this musical genre as it used to be experienced by the Libyans in the context of the zāwīya (Sufi meeting place). These innovations were being proposed by a newly establishe…
Tripoli's musical soundscape: Experiences and meanings
Exploring the musical soundscape of a city like Tripoli is fascinating as much as it is challenging to retrieve meanings underlying the same soundscape. The fine blend between, for instance, ‘traditional’ and ‘modern’ musical practices and aesthetics, appertaining to this soundscape, presents the music researcher with a complex scenario to investigate. For this purpose, contemporary music research recognises music ethnography (superficially defin…
The Process of Musical Translation: Composing a Maltese Festa Band March from Libyan Ma'lūf Music
Current studies in language translation call attention to the fact that “the translation product per se only constitutes a mere surface manifestation of an entire dynamic array of conscious and unconscious mental processes that occur during the act of translation” (Garcia Alvarez 2007:139). In line with this, Holmes advocates further research into what happens in the translator’s mind “as he creates a new, more or less matching text in another la…
Malta
Continuity and change in the Libyan maʿlūf musical tradition
Over the past thirty-nine years, the Libyan maʾluf musical tradition undergone through several changes in order to ensure its existence. Most of these changes and/or innovations had generated new performance practices that changed the more familiar and traditional sonority of this musical genre as it used to be experienced by the Libyans in the context of the zāwīya (Sufi meeting place). These innovations were being proposed by a newly establishe…
Tripoli's musical soundscape: Experiences and meanings
Exploring the musical soundscape of a city like Tripoli is fascinating as much as it is challenging to retrieve meanings underlying the same soundscape. The fine blend between, for instance, ‘traditional’ and ‘modern’ musical practices and aesthetics, appertaining to this soundscape, presents the music researcher with a complex scenario to investigate. For this purpose, contemporary music research recognises music ethnography (superficially defin…
The Process of Musical Translation: Composing a Maltese Festa Band March from Libyan Ma'lūf Music
Current studies in language translation call attention to the fact that “the translation product per se only constitutes a mere surface manifestation of an entire dynamic array of conscious and unconscious mental processes that occur during the act of translation” (Garcia Alvarez 2007:139). In line with this, Holmes advocates further research into what happens in the translator’s mind “as he creates a new, more or less matching text in another la…
The musical tradition of maʾlūf in Libya: Rethinking memories from the field
The importance of memory in music is both central and multifarious; therefore, it deserves to be preserved and closely scrutinised on a level of importance equal to that of the sound itself and all the other data that go with it. Such preservation should take into consideration both memories coming from ‘inside’ the musical tradition under investigation, mainly as expressed by informants, and those from the ‘outside’, such as those assimilated by…
Viva Malta: National unity, loyalty and the familiar in a post-independence Maltese song
In the years following its independence from Britain in 1964, Malta experienced several changes socially, politically, economically and culturally. In part, these arose from the fact that after independence Malta, as a small Mediterranean island-country, had to take full control of its own destiny, including its economy and politics. At approximately the same time a band called The Malta Bums was set up and eventually gained popularity both local…
Making History, Combining Sounds: British Colonialism, Italian Culture, and Musical Growth in the Maltese Wind Band Tradition
Malta was a British colony for over 150 years until it became independent in 1964. Though the presence of the British in Malta was considerable and permeated all sectors of Maltese life and culture, the island’s commercial and cultural ties with neighbouring Italy never ceased. This article aims to analyse how Malta’s cultural sympathies and affinities with Italy alongside British colonialism contributed to the musical growth of the wind band tra…
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