Charles Camilleri - Revision history

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	Camilleri died on 3 January 2009 at the age of 77. His funeral took place two days later at Naxxar, his long-time town of residence. Flags across Malta were flown at half-mast in a national tribute to him.		Camilleri died on 3 January 2009 at the age of 77. His funeral took place two days later at Naxxar, his long-time town of residence. Flags across Malta were flown at half-mast in a national tribute to him.

			==See also==
			[[:Category:Charles Camilleri Photos]]

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	'''Charles Camilleri''' [[File:Charles Camilleri.jpg\|300px\|thumb\|right\|Charles Camilleri]](7 September 1931 – 3 January 2009) is acknowledged as having been one of Malta's main composers.		'''Charles Camilleri''' [[File:Charles Camilleri.jpg\|300px\|thumb\|right\|Charles Camilleri]](7 September 1931 – 3 January 2009) is acknowledged as having been one of Malta's main composers.

	Camilleri was born in [[~~Il-~~Ħamrun]] and, as a teenager, had already composed a number of works based on [[folk music]] and [[legend]]s of his native [[Malta]]. At the age of eighteen, he abandoned a career in law for that of music. He had already, at only fourteen, experienced the fact that some of his marches played at local feasts. In 1948 he went to London for a Promenade concert at the Royal Albert Hall. Two years later, in Australia he realised his ambition of being totally devoted to music, first as a student and later as a teacher. He subsequently visited Japan, Hong Kong and Korea.		Camilleri was born in [[Ħamrun]] and, as a teenager, had already composed a number of works based on [[folk music]] and [[legend]]s of his native [[Malta]]. At the age of eighteen, he abandoned a career in law for that of music. He had already, at only fourteen, experienced the fact that some of his marches played at local feasts. In 1948 he went to London for a Promenade concert at the Royal Albert Hall. Two years later, in Australia he realised his ambition of being totally devoted to music, first as a student and later as a teacher. He subsequently visited Japan, Hong Kong and Korea.

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	'''Charles Camilleri''' [[File:Charles Camilleri.jpg\|300px\|thumb\|right\|Charles Camilleri]](7 September 1931 – 3 January 2009) is acknowledged as having been one of Malta's main composers.		'''Charles Camilleri''' [[File:Charles Camilleri.jpg\|300px\|thumb\|right\|Charles Camilleri]](7 September 1931 – 3 January 2009) is acknowledged as having been one of Malta's main composers.

	Camilleri was born in [[Ħamrun]] and, as a teenager, had already composed a number of works based on [[folk music]] and [[legend]]s of his native [[Malta]]. At the age of eighteen, he abandoned a career in law for that of music. He had already, at only fourteen, experienced the fact that some of his marches played at local feasts. In 1948 he went to London for a Promenade concert at the Royal Albert Hall. Two years later, in Australia he realised his ambition of being totally devoted to music, first as a student and later as a teacher. He subsequently visited Japan, Hong Kong and Korea.		Camilleri was born in [[Il-Ħamrun]] and, as a teenager, had already composed a number of works based on [[folk music]] and [[legend]]s of his native [[Malta]]. At the age of eighteen, he abandoned a career in law for that of music. He had already, at only fourteen, experienced the fact that some of his marches played at local feasts. In 1948 he went to London for a Promenade concert at the Royal Albert Hall. Two years later, in Australia he realised his ambition of being totally devoted to music, first as a student and later as a teacher. He subsequently visited Japan, Hong Kong and Korea.

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	[[Category:A-Z of the Malta Music Scene]]		[[Category:A-Z of the Malta Music Scene]]
	[[Category:~~Composers~~]]		[[Category:Classical and Opera]]
	[[Category:Born in 1931]]		[[Category:Born in 1931]]
	[[Category:Died in 2009]]		[[Category:Died in 2009]]

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	'''Charles Camilleri''' (7 September 1931 – 3 January 2009) is acknowledged as having been one of Malta's main composers.		'''Charles Camilleri''' [[File:Charles Camilleri.jpg\|300px\|thumb\|right\|Charles Camilleri]](7 September 1931 – 3 January 2009) is acknowledged as having been one of Malta's main composers.

	Camilleri was born in [[Ħamrun]] and, as a teenager, had already composed a number of works based on [[folk music]] and [[legend]]s of his native [[Malta]]. At the age of eighteen, he abandoned a career in law for that of music. He had already, at only fourteen, experienced the fact that some of his marches played at local feasts. In 1948 he went to London for a Promenade concert at the Royal Albert Hall. Two years later, in Australia he realised his ambition of being totally devoted to music, first as a student and later as a teacher. He subsequently visited Japan, Hong Kong and Korea.		Camilleri was born in [[Ħamrun]] and, as a teenager, had already composed a number of works based on [[folk music]] and [[legend]]s of his native [[Malta]]. At the age of eighteen, he abandoned a career in law for that of music. He had already, at only fourteen, experienced the fact that some of his marches played at local feasts. In 1948 he went to London for a Promenade concert at the Royal Albert Hall. Two years later, in Australia he realised his ambition of being totally devoted to music, first as a student and later as a teacher. He subsequently visited Japan, Hong Kong and Korea.

	~~[[File:Charles Camilleri.jpg\|300px\|thumb\|right\|Charles Camilleri]]~~

	He moved from his early influences by Maltese folk music to a musical form "in which nothing is fixed and his compositions evolve from themselves with a sense of fluency and inevitability". He composed over 100 works for orchestra, chamber ensemble, voice and solo instruments.		He moved from his early influences by Maltese folk music to a musical form "in which nothing is fixed and his compositions evolve from themselves with a sense of fluency and inevitability". He composed over 100 works for orchestra, chamber ensemble, voice and solo instruments.

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	* [http://www.guardian.co.uk/music/2009/mar/27/obituary-charles-camilleri Charles Camilleri: Prolific Maltese composer with a worldwide reputation]		* [http://www.guardian.co.uk/music/2009/mar/27/obituary-charles-camilleri Charles Camilleri: Prolific Maltese composer with a worldwide reputation]


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	*http://www.collegium-musicum.net/cc.asp		*http://www.collegium-musicum.net/cc.asp
	* [http://www.guardian.co.uk/music/2009/mar/27/obituary-charles-camilleri Charles Camilleri: Prolific Maltese composer with a worldwide reputation]		* [http://www.guardian.co.uk/music/2009/mar/27/obituary-charles-camilleri Charles Camilleri: Prolific Maltese composer with a worldwide reputation]

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	Writing in July 1973 to Turkish producer Ates Orga, then a member of the BBC Music Division, Camilleri expressed that ''at its best moments, music, for me, is a means to understand the complexity of man and the simplicity of God. Music is a way to reach the Supreme Being.'' His oratorio ''Pawlu ta' Malta'', the first in the Maltese language, was performed to the lyrics of Oliver Friggieri at St. John's Co-Cathedral in 1985 with the participation of soprano [[Antoinette Miggiani]], tenor [[Brian Cefai]] and baritone [[Lino Attard]], together with the St. Julians Choir.		Writing in July 1973 to Turkish producer Ates Orga, then a member of the BBC Music Division, Camilleri expressed that ''at its best moments, music, for me, is a means to understand the complexity of man and the simplicity of God. Music is a way to reach the Supreme Being.'' His oratorio ''Pawlu ta' Malta'', the first in the Maltese language, was performed to the lyrics of Oliver Friggieri at St. John's Co-Cathedral in 1985 with the participation of soprano [[Antoinette Miggiani]], tenor [[Brian Cefai]] and baritone [[Lino Attard]], together with the St. Julians Choir.

	[[File:Charles Camilleri conducting Pawlu Ta' Malta.jpg\|~~290px~~\|thumb\|left\|Charles Camilleri conducting the oratorio ''Pawlu ta' Malta'' in January 1985.]] Commenting on the event, music critic Albert G. Storace lauded that ''the blending of folk musical themes emphasized its Melitensian nature. Straight-forward, uncomplicated music be it for solo voices, chorus or both combined, complementary to the text and deeply evocative in parts where climatic points in the story are reached.''		[[File:Charles Camilleri conducting Pawlu Ta' Malta.jpg\|310px\|thumb\|left\|Charles Camilleri conducting the oratorio ''Pawlu ta' Malta'' in January 1985.]] Commenting on the event, music critic Albert G. Storace lauded that ''the blending of folk musical themes emphasized its Melitensian nature. Straight-forward, uncomplicated music be it for solo voices, chorus or both combined, complementary to the text and deeply evocative in parts where climatic points in the story are reached.''

	In 1998 Camilleri co-authored, together with folklorist [[Ġużè Cassar Pullicino]], the book ''Maltese oral poetry and folk music'', published by the University of Malta. The publication focused on the different models of Maltese folksinging and a brief introduction to Maltese nursery rhymes, street cries and traditional folk instruments. Christopher Palmer had, in 1975 written a critical biography of the composer, through ''The music of Charles Camilleri : an introduction''.		In 1998 Camilleri co-authored, together with folklorist [[Ġużè Cassar Pullicino]], the book ''Maltese oral poetry and folk music'', published by the University of Malta. The publication focused on the different models of Maltese folksinging and a brief introduction to Maltese nursery rhymes, street cries and traditional folk instruments. Christopher Palmer had, in 1975 written a critical biography of the composer, through ''The music of Charles Camilleri : an introduction''.

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	He moved from his early influences by Maltese folk music to a musical form "in which nothing is fixed and his compositions evolve from themselves with a sense of fluency and inevitability". He composed over 100 works for orchestra, chamber ensemble, voice and solo instruments.		He moved from his early influences by Maltese folk music to a musical form "in which nothing is fixed and his compositions evolve from themselves with a sense of fluency and inevitability". He composed over 100 works for orchestra, chamber ensemble, voice and solo instruments.

	Camilleri's work has been performed throughout the world and his research of folk music and [[improvisation]], the influences of the sounds of [[Africa]] and [[Asia]], together with the academic study of European music, helped him create a "universal" style. His ''Little African Suite'', written for piano and the ''Three African Sketches'' were purely studies in African music. These utilised both direct quotation and parody of ethnic music from the hinterland of the African continent, namely Congo, Chad and Ethiopia.		Camilleri's work has been performed throughout the world and his research of folk music and improvisation, the influences of the sounds of Africa and Asia, together with the academic study of European music, helped him create a "universal" style. His ''Little African Suite'', written for piano and the ''Three African Sketches'' were purely studies in African music. These utilised both direct quotation and parody of ethnic music from the hinterland of the African continent, namely Congo, Chad and Ethiopia.

	The ''Malta Suite'' was written when he was only fifteen years old, while holidaying in Gozo. He was quoted as saying that ''I was then as I am now, much in love with the folk music of the Maltese Islands known as għana.'' Its four sections are Country Dance, Waltz, Nocturne and Village Festa. This suite was featured in the album ''Malta: the music of Charles Camilleri'', that was released by the Enterprise label in 1970, where the music was played by the New London Orchestra under the leadership of Patrick Halling and conducted by Maestro [[Joseph Sammut]].After majoring in composition at the University of Toronto in Canada, he returned to Europe.		The ''Malta Suite'' was written when he was only fifteen years old, while holidaying in Gozo. He was quoted as saying that ''I was then as I am now, much in love with the folk music of the Maltese Islands known as għana.'' Its four sections are Country Dance, Waltz, Nocturne and Village Festa. This suite was featured in the album ''Malta: the music of Charles Camilleri'', that was released by the Enterprise label in 1970, where the music was played by the New London Orchestra under the leadership of Patrick Halling and conducted by Maestro [[Joseph Sammut]].After majoring in composition at the University of Toronto in Canada, he returned to Europe.

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	Writing in July 1973 to Turkish producer Ates Orga, then a member of the BBC Music Division, Camilleri expressed that ''at its best moments, music, for me, is a means to understand the complexity of man and the simplicity of God. Music is a way to reach the Supreme Being.'' His oratorio ''Pawlu ta' Malta'', the first in the Maltese language, was performed to the lyrics of Oliver Friggieri at St. John's Co-Cathedral in 1985 with the participation of soprano [[Antoinette Miggiani]], tenor [[Brian Cefai]] and baritone [[Lino Attard]], together with the St. Julians Choir.		Writing in July 1973 to Turkish producer Ates Orga, then a member of the BBC Music Division, Camilleri expressed that ''at its best moments, music, for me, is a means to understand the complexity of man and the simplicity of God. Music is a way to reach the Supreme Being.'' His oratorio ''Pawlu ta' Malta'', the first in the Maltese language, was performed to the lyrics of Oliver Friggieri at St. John's Co-Cathedral in 1985 with the participation of soprano [[Antoinette Miggiani]], tenor [[Brian Cefai]] and baritone [[Lino Attard]], together with the St. Julians Choir.

	[[File:Charles Camilleri conducting Pawlu Ta' Malta.jpg\|~~270px~~\|thumb\|left\|Charles Camilleri conducting the oratorio ''Pawlu ta' Malta'' in January 1985.]]		[[File:Charles Camilleri conducting Pawlu Ta' Malta.jpg\|290px\|thumb\|left\|Charles Camilleri conducting the oratorio ''Pawlu ta' Malta'' in January 1985.]] Commenting on the event, music critic Albert G. Storace lauded that ''the blending of folk musical themes emphasized its Melitensian nature. Straight-forward, uncomplicated music be it for solo voices, chorus or both combined, complementary to the text and deeply evocative in parts where climatic points in the story are reached.''

	In 1998 Camilleri co-authored, together with folklorist [[Ġużè Cassar Pullicino]], the book ''Maltese oral poetry and folk music'', published by the University of Malta. The publication focused on the different models of Maltese folksinging and a brief introduction to Maltese nursery rhymes, street cries and traditional folk instruments. Christopher Palmer had, in 1975 written a critical biography of the composer, through ''The music of Charles Camilleri : an introduction''.		In 1998 Camilleri co-authored, together with folklorist [[Ġużè Cassar Pullicino]], the book ''Maltese oral poetry and folk music'', published by the University of Malta. The publication focused on the different models of Maltese folksinging and a brief introduction to Maltese nursery rhymes, street cries and traditional folk instruments. Christopher Palmer had, in 1975 written a critical biography of the composer, through ''The music of Charles Camilleri : an introduction''.