http://www.m3p.com.mt/wiki/index.php?action=history&feed=atom&title=Fren%C4%8B_Cutajar_Il-Witli 2026-04-18T11:40:37Z Revision history for this page on the wiki MediaWiki 1.36.1 http://www.m3p.com.mt/wiki/index.php?title=Fren%C4%8B_Cutajar_Il-Witli&diff=39570&oldid=prev 2017-08-04T04:04:55Z

<p>broken link</p> <table style="background-color: #fff; color: #202122;" data-mw="interface"> <col class="diff-marker" /> <col class="diff-content" /> <col class="diff-marker" /> <col class="diff-content" /> <tr class="diff-title" lang="en"> <td colspan="2" style="background-color: #fff; color: #202122; text-align: center;">← Older revision</td> <td colspan="2" style="background-color: #fff; color: #202122; text-align: center;">Revision as of 04:04, 4 August 2017</td> </tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="diff-lineno" id="mw-diff-left-l1">Line 1:</td> <td colspan="2" class="diff-lineno">Line 1:</td></tr> <tr><td class="diff-marker" data-marker="−"></td><td style="color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #ffe49c; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>&#039;&#039;&#039;Frenċ Cutajar Il-Witli&#039;&#039;&#039;, also known as Frank, was a folksinger from [[It-Triq tal-Għajn]] (Fontana), Gozo, who sings improvised verse and ballads. Born in 1924, he started folksinging in Gozo as an eight your old, during the threshing season. With the demise of his mother, as a twelve year old his father took him to [[Siġġiewi]], where he grew up. At the age of fourteen he also starting playing the folk guitar in a teetotaler outlet in Siġġiewi. He was impressed by [[Ġużeppi Xuereb Ix-Xudi]], [[Leli Mercieca s-Simenża]] and [[Ġorġ Cremona l-Joċċ]]. He emigrated to Australia in October 1954. A few months before he emigrated he took to the [[Buskett]] folk festival for the last time.  </div></td><td class="diff-marker" data-marker="+"></td><td style="color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #a3d3ff; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>&#039;&#039;&#039;Frenċ Cutajar Il-Witli&#039;&#039;&#039;, also known as Frank, was a folksinger from [[It-Triq tal-Għajn]] (Fontana), Gozo, who sings improvised verse and ballads. Born in 1924, he started folksinging in Gozo as an eight your old, during the threshing season. With the demise of his mother, as a twelve year old his father took him to [[<ins style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">is-</ins>Siġġiewi]], where he grew up. At the age of fourteen he also starting playing the folk guitar in a teetotaler outlet in Siġġiewi. He was impressed by [[Ġużeppi Xuereb Ix-Xudi]], [[Leli Mercieca s-Simenża]] and [[Ġorġ Cremona l-Joċċ]]. He emigrated to Australia in October 1954. A few months before he emigrated he took to the [[Buskett]] folk festival for the last time.  </div></td></tr> <tr><td class="diff-marker"></td><td style="background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><br/></td><td class="diff-marker"></td><td style="background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><br/></td></tr> <tr><td class="diff-marker"></td><td style="background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>When in Australia, Cutajar began writing ballads, including one about Malta in the Second World War, in 1957. One he sings, written by Kiku Azzopardi, is about drowning of twenty-two Gozitans and one Maltese near Ħondoq ir-Rummien, as they were crossing from Malta to Gozo on the 30th of October 1948. His favourite folksinger was [[Pawlu Degabriele l-Bies]], with whom he recorded a bout around 1979. Cutajar has written about twenty folk ballads, but also sung others including &#039;&#039;Ġużeppi tal-Katakombi&#039;&#039; and &#039;&#039;Arturu u Marija&#039;&#039;.</div></td><td class="diff-marker"></td><td style="background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>When in Australia, Cutajar began writing ballads, including one about Malta in the Second World War, in 1957. One he sings, written by Kiku Azzopardi, is about drowning of twenty-two Gozitans and one Maltese near Ħondoq ir-Rummien, as they were crossing from Malta to Gozo on the 30th of October 1948. His favourite folksinger was [[Pawlu Degabriele l-Bies]], with whom he recorded a bout around 1979. Cutajar has written about twenty folk ballads, but also sung others including &#039;&#039;Ġużeppi tal-Katakombi&#039;&#039; and &#039;&#039;Arturu u Marija&#039;&#039;.</div></td></tr> </table>

Joejulian http://www.m3p.com.mt/wiki/index.php?title=Fren%C4%8B_Cutajar_Il-Witli&diff=31929&oldid=prev 2016-08-15T02:57:45Z

<p></p> <table style="background-color: #fff; color: #202122;" data-mw="interface"> <col class="diff-marker" /> <col class="diff-content" /> <col class="diff-marker" /> <col class="diff-content" /> <tr class="diff-title" lang="en"> <td colspan="2" style="background-color: #fff; color: #202122; text-align: center;">← Older revision</td> <td colspan="2" style="background-color: #fff; color: #202122; text-align: center;">Revision as of 02:57, 15 August 2016</td> </tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="diff-lineno" id="mw-diff-left-l1">Line 1:</td> <td colspan="2" class="diff-lineno">Line 1:</td></tr> <tr><td class="diff-marker" data-marker="−"></td><td style="color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #ffe49c; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>&#039;&#039;&#039;Frenċ Cutajar Il-Witli&#039;&#039;&#039;, also known as Frank, was a folksinger from [[It-Triq tal-Għajn]] (Fontana), Gozo, who sings improvised verse and ballads. Born in 1924, he started folksinging in Gozo as an eight your old, during the threshing season. With the demise of his mother, as a twelve year old his father took him to [[Siġġiewi]], where he grew up. At the age of fourteen he also starting playing the folk guitar in a teetotaler outlet in Siġġiewi. He was impressed by [[Ġużeppi Xuereb Ix-Xudi]], [[Leli Mercieca s-Simenża]] and [[Ġorġ Cremona <del style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">Il</del>-Joċċ]]. He emigrated to Australia in October 1954. A few months before he emigrated he took to the [[Buskett]] folk festival for the last time.  </div></td><td class="diff-marker" data-marker="+"></td><td style="color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #a3d3ff; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>&#039;&#039;&#039;Frenċ Cutajar Il-Witli&#039;&#039;&#039;, also known as Frank, was a folksinger from [[It-Triq tal-Għajn]] (Fontana), Gozo, who sings improvised verse and ballads. Born in 1924, he started folksinging in Gozo as an eight your old, during the threshing season. With the demise of his mother, as a twelve year old his father took him to [[Siġġiewi]], where he grew up. At the age of fourteen he also starting playing the folk guitar in a teetotaler outlet in Siġġiewi. He was impressed by [[Ġużeppi Xuereb Ix-Xudi]], [[Leli Mercieca s-Simenża]] and [[Ġorġ Cremona <ins style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">l</ins>-Joċċ]]. He emigrated to Australia in October 1954. A few months before he emigrated he took to the [[Buskett]] folk festival for the last time.  </div></td></tr> <tr><td class="diff-marker"></td><td style="background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><br/></td><td class="diff-marker"></td><td style="background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><br/></td></tr> <tr><td class="diff-marker"></td><td style="background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>When in Australia, Cutajar began writing ballads, including one about Malta in the Second World War, in 1957. One he sings, written by Kiku Azzopardi, is about drowning of twenty-two Gozitans and one Maltese near Ħondoq ir-Rummien, as they were crossing from Malta to Gozo on the 30th of October 1948. His favourite folksinger was [[Pawlu Degabriele l-Bies]], with whom he recorded a bout around 1979. Cutajar has written about twenty folk ballads, but also sung others including &#039;&#039;Ġużeppi tal-Katakombi&#039;&#039; and &#039;&#039;Arturu u Marija&#039;&#039;.</div></td><td class="diff-marker"></td><td style="background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>When in Australia, Cutajar began writing ballads, including one about Malta in the Second World War, in 1957. One he sings, written by Kiku Azzopardi, is about drowning of twenty-two Gozitans and one Maltese near Ħondoq ir-Rummien, as they were crossing from Malta to Gozo on the 30th of October 1948. His favourite folksinger was [[Pawlu Degabriele l-Bies]], with whom he recorded a bout around 1979. Cutajar has written about twenty folk ballads, but also sung others including &#039;&#039;Ġużeppi tal-Katakombi&#039;&#039; and &#039;&#039;Arturu u Marija&#039;&#039;.</div></td></tr> </table>

SteveBorg http://www.m3p.com.mt/wiki/index.php?title=Fren%C4%8B_Cutajar_Il-Witli&diff=13898&oldid=prev 2014-02-16T23:44:23Z

<p></p> <table style="background-color: #fff; color: #202122;" data-mw="interface"> <col class="diff-marker" /> <col class="diff-content" /> <col class="diff-marker" /> <col class="diff-content" /> <tr class="diff-title" lang="en"> <td colspan="2" style="background-color: #fff; color: #202122; text-align: center;">← Older revision</td> <td colspan="2" style="background-color: #fff; color: #202122; text-align: center;">Revision as of 23:44, 16 February 2014</td> </tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="diff-lineno" id="mw-diff-left-l2">Line 2:</td> <td colspan="2" class="diff-lineno">Line 2:</td></tr> <tr><td class="diff-marker"></td><td style="background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><br/></td><td class="diff-marker"></td><td style="background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><br/></td></tr> <tr><td class="diff-marker"></td><td style="background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>When in Australia, Cutajar began writing ballads, including one about Malta in the Second World War, in 1957. One he sings, written by Kiku Azzopardi, is about drowning of twenty-two Gozitans and one Maltese near Ħondoq ir-Rummien, as they were crossing from Malta to Gozo on the 30th of October 1948. His favourite folksinger was [[Pawlu Degabriele l-Bies]], with whom he recorded a bout around 1979. Cutajar has written about twenty folk ballads, but also sung others including &#039;&#039;Ġużeppi tal-Katakombi&#039;&#039; and &#039;&#039;Arturu u Marija&#039;&#039;.</div></td><td class="diff-marker"></td><td style="background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>When in Australia, Cutajar began writing ballads, including one about Malta in the Second World War, in 1957. One he sings, written by Kiku Azzopardi, is about drowning of twenty-two Gozitans and one Maltese near Ħondoq ir-Rummien, as they were crossing from Malta to Gozo on the 30th of October 1948. His favourite folksinger was [[Pawlu Degabriele l-Bies]], with whom he recorded a bout around 1979. Cutajar has written about twenty folk ballads, but also sung others including &#039;&#039;Ġużeppi tal-Katakombi&#039;&#039; and &#039;&#039;Arturu u Marija&#039;&#039;.</div></td></tr> <tr><td colspan="2"></td><td class="diff-marker" data-marker="+"></td><td style="color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #a3d3ff; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div><ins style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;"></ins></div></td></tr> <tr><td colspan="2"></td><td class="diff-marker" data-marker="+"></td><td style="color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #a3d3ff; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div><ins style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">In 1986 he was interviewed at length by researcher [[Mannie Casha]], in the latter's project about Maltese folklore, about his life in Malta and how he adapted to his new residence in another land.  </ins></div></td></tr> <tr><td class="diff-marker"></td><td style="background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><br/></td><td class="diff-marker"></td><td style="background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><br/></td></tr> <tr><td class="diff-marker"></td><td style="background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>Cutajar has taken part in &#039;&#039;spirtu pront&#039;&#039; bouts with visiting renowned folksinger [[Mikiel Cutajar Is-Superstar]], and Australia-based [[Salvu Galea tal-Kalora]] and [[Loretu Vella tas-Siċċu]] in Melbourne. His brother [[Leli Cutajar Il-Witli]], Gozitan as well and living in Melbourne, was also a folksinger.</div></td><td class="diff-marker"></td><td style="background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>Cutajar has taken part in &#039;&#039;spirtu pront&#039;&#039; bouts with visiting renowned folksinger [[Mikiel Cutajar Is-Superstar]], and Australia-based [[Salvu Galea tal-Kalora]] and [[Loretu Vella tas-Siċċu]] in Melbourne. His brother [[Leli Cutajar Il-Witli]], Gozitan as well and living in Melbourne, was also a folksinger.</div></td></tr> </table>

SteveBorg http://www.m3p.com.mt/wiki/index.php?title=Fren%C4%8B_Cutajar_Il-Witli&diff=13897&oldid=prev 2014-02-16T23:33:18Z

<p></p> <table style="background-color: #fff; color: #202122;" data-mw="interface"> <col class="diff-marker" /> <col class="diff-content" /> <col class="diff-marker" /> <col class="diff-content" /> <tr class="diff-title" lang="en"> <td colspan="2" style="background-color: #fff; color: #202122; text-align: center;">← Older revision</td> <td colspan="2" style="background-color: #fff; color: #202122; text-align: center;">Revision as of 23:33, 16 February 2014</td> </tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="diff-lineno" id="mw-diff-left-l1">Line 1:</td> <td colspan="2" class="diff-lineno">Line 1:</td></tr> <tr><td class="diff-marker"></td><td style="background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>&#039;&#039;&#039;Frenċ Cutajar Il-Witli&#039;&#039;&#039;, also known as Frank, was a folksinger from [[It-Triq tal-Għajn]] (Fontana), Gozo, who sings improvised verse and ballads. Born in 1924, he started folksinging in Gozo as an eight your old, during the threshing season. With the demise of his mother, as a twelve year old his father took him to [[Siġġiewi]], where he grew up. At the age of fourteen he also starting playing the folk guitar in a teetotaler outlet in Siġġiewi. He was impressed by [[Ġużeppi Xuereb Ix-Xudi]], [[Leli Mercieca s-Simenża]] and [[Ġorġ Cremona Il-Joċċ]]. He emigrated to Australia in October 1954. A few months before he emigrated he took to the [[Buskett]] folk festival for the last time.  </div></td><td class="diff-marker"></td><td style="background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>&#039;&#039;&#039;Frenċ Cutajar Il-Witli&#039;&#039;&#039;, also known as Frank, was a folksinger from [[It-Triq tal-Għajn]] (Fontana), Gozo, who sings improvised verse and ballads. Born in 1924, he started folksinging in Gozo as an eight your old, during the threshing season. With the demise of his mother, as a twelve year old his father took him to [[Siġġiewi]], where he grew up. At the age of fourteen he also starting playing the folk guitar in a teetotaler outlet in Siġġiewi. He was impressed by [[Ġużeppi Xuereb Ix-Xudi]], [[Leli Mercieca s-Simenża]] and [[Ġorġ Cremona Il-Joċċ]]. He emigrated to Australia in October 1954. A few months before he emigrated he took to the [[Buskett]] folk festival for the last time.  </div></td></tr> <tr><td class="diff-marker"></td><td style="background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><br/></td><td class="diff-marker"></td><td style="background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><br/></td></tr> <tr><td class="diff-marker" data-marker="−"></td><td style="color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #ffe49c; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>When in Australia, Cutajar began writing ballads, including one about Malta in the Second World War, in 1957. One he sings, written by Kiku Azzopardi, is about drowning of twenty-two Gozitans and one Maltese near Ħondoq ir-Rummien, as they were crossing from Malta to Gozo on the 30th of October 1948. His favourite folksinger was [[Pawlu Degabriele l-Bies]], with whom he recorded a bout around 1979. Cutajar has written about twenty folk ballads, but also sung others including &#039;&#039;Ġużeppi tal-Katakombi&#039;&#039;.</div></td><td class="diff-marker" data-marker="+"></td><td style="color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #a3d3ff; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>When in Australia, Cutajar began writing ballads, including one about Malta in the Second World War, in 1957. One he sings, written by Kiku Azzopardi, is about drowning of twenty-two Gozitans and one Maltese near Ħondoq ir-Rummien, as they were crossing from Malta to Gozo on the 30th of October 1948. His favourite folksinger was [[Pawlu Degabriele l-Bies]], with whom he recorded a bout around 1979. Cutajar has written about twenty folk ballads, but also sung others including &#039;&#039;Ġużeppi tal-Katakombi<ins style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">&#039;&#039; and &#039;&#039;Arturu u Marija</ins>&#039;&#039;.</div></td></tr> <tr><td class="diff-marker"></td><td style="background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><br/></td><td class="diff-marker"></td><td style="background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><br/></td></tr> <tr><td class="diff-marker"></td><td style="background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>Cutajar has taken part in &#039;&#039;spirtu pront&#039;&#039; bouts with visiting renowned folksinger [[Mikiel Cutajar Is-Superstar]], and Australia-based [[Salvu Galea tal-Kalora]] and [[Loretu Vella tas-Siċċu]] in Melbourne. His brother [[Leli Cutajar Il-Witli]], Gozitan as well and living in Melbourne, was also a folksinger.</div></td><td class="diff-marker"></td><td style="background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>Cutajar has taken part in &#039;&#039;spirtu pront&#039;&#039; bouts with visiting renowned folksinger [[Mikiel Cutajar Is-Superstar]], and Australia-based [[Salvu Galea tal-Kalora]] and [[Loretu Vella tas-Siċċu]] in Melbourne. His brother [[Leli Cutajar Il-Witli]], Gozitan as well and living in Melbourne, was also a folksinger.</div></td></tr> </table>

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<p></p> <table style="background-color: #fff; color: #202122;" data-mw="interface"> <col class="diff-marker" /> <col class="diff-content" /> <col class="diff-marker" /> <col class="diff-content" /> <tr class="diff-title" lang="en"> <td colspan="2" style="background-color: #fff; color: #202122; text-align: center;">← Older revision</td> <td colspan="2" style="background-color: #fff; color: #202122; text-align: center;">Revision as of 23:32, 16 February 2014</td> </tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="diff-lineno" id="mw-diff-left-l1">Line 1:</td> <td colspan="2" class="diff-lineno">Line 1:</td></tr> <tr><td class="diff-marker" data-marker="−"></td><td style="color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #ffe49c; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>&#039;&#039;&#039;Frenċ Cutajar Il-Witli&#039;&#039;&#039;, also known as Frank, was a folksinger from It-Triq tal-Għajn (Fontana), Gozo, who sings improvised verse and ballads. Born in 1924, he started folksinging in Gozo as an eight your old, during the threshing season. With the demise of his mother, as a twelve year old his father took him to Siġġiewi, where he grew up. At the age of fourteen he also starting playing the folk guitar in a teetotaler outlet in Siġġiewi. He was impressed by [[Ġużeppi Xuereb Ix-Xudi]], [[Leli Mercieca s-Simenża]] and [[Ġorġ Cremona Il-Joċċ]]. He emigrated to Australia in October 1954. A few months before he emigrated he took to the [[Buskett]] folk festival for the last time.  </div></td><td class="diff-marker" data-marker="+"></td><td style="color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #a3d3ff; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>&#039;&#039;&#039;Frenċ Cutajar Il-Witli&#039;&#039;&#039;, also known as Frank, was a folksinger from <ins style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">[[</ins>It-Triq tal-Għajn<ins style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">]] </ins>(Fontana), Gozo, who sings improvised verse and ballads. Born in 1924, he started folksinging in Gozo as an eight your old, during the threshing season. With the demise of his mother, as a twelve year old his father took him to <ins style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">[[</ins>Siġġiewi<ins style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">]]</ins>, where he grew up. At the age of fourteen he also starting playing the folk guitar in a teetotaler outlet in Siġġiewi. He was impressed by [[Ġużeppi Xuereb Ix-Xudi]], [[Leli Mercieca s-Simenża]] and [[Ġorġ Cremona Il-Joċċ]]. He emigrated to Australia in October 1954. A few months before he emigrated he took to the [[Buskett]] folk festival for the last time.  </div></td></tr> <tr><td class="diff-marker"></td><td style="background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><br/></td><td class="diff-marker"></td><td style="background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><br/></td></tr> <tr><td class="diff-marker"></td><td style="background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>When in Australia, Cutajar began writing ballads, including one about Malta in the Second World War, in 1957. One he sings, written by Kiku Azzopardi, is about drowning of twenty-two Gozitans and one Maltese near Ħondoq ir-Rummien, as they were crossing from Malta to Gozo on the 30th of October 1948. His favourite folksinger was [[Pawlu Degabriele l-Bies]], with whom he recorded a bout around 1979. Cutajar has written about twenty folk ballads, but also sung others including &#039;&#039;Ġużeppi tal-Katakombi&#039;&#039;.</div></td><td class="diff-marker"></td><td style="background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>When in Australia, Cutajar began writing ballads, including one about Malta in the Second World War, in 1957. One he sings, written by Kiku Azzopardi, is about drowning of twenty-two Gozitans and one Maltese near Ħondoq ir-Rummien, as they were crossing from Malta to Gozo on the 30th of October 1948. His favourite folksinger was [[Pawlu Degabriele l-Bies]], with whom he recorded a bout around 1979. Cutajar has written about twenty folk ballads, but also sung others including &#039;&#039;Ġużeppi tal-Katakombi&#039;&#039;.</div></td></tr> </table>

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<p></p> <table style="background-color: #fff; color: #202122;" data-mw="interface"> <col class="diff-marker" /> <col class="diff-content" /> <col class="diff-marker" /> <col class="diff-content" /> <tr class="diff-title" lang="en"> <td colspan="2" style="background-color: #fff; color: #202122; text-align: center;">← Older revision</td> <td colspan="2" style="background-color: #fff; color: #202122; text-align: center;">Revision as of 23:31, 16 February 2014</td> </tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="diff-lineno" id="mw-diff-left-l1">Line 1:</td> <td colspan="2" class="diff-lineno">Line 1:</td></tr> <tr><td class="diff-marker" data-marker="−"></td><td style="color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #ffe49c; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>&#039;&#039;&#039;Frenċ Cutajar Il-Witli&#039;&#039;&#039;, also known as Frank, was a folksinger from It-Triq tal-Għajn (Fontana), Gozo, who sings improvised verse and ballads. Born in 1924, he started folksinging in Gozo as an eight your old, during the threshing season. With the demise of his mother, as a twelve year old his father took him to Siġġiewi, where he grew up. At the age of fourteen he also starting playing the folk guitar in a teetotaler in Siġġiewi. He was impressed by [[Ġużeppi Xuereb Ix-Xudi]], [[Leli Mercieca s-Simenża]] and [[Ġorġ Cremona Il-Joċċ]]. He emigrated to Australia in October 1954. A few months before he emigrated he took to the [[Buskett]] folk festival for the last time.  </div></td><td class="diff-marker" data-marker="+"></td><td style="color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #a3d3ff; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>&#039;&#039;&#039;Frenċ Cutajar Il-Witli&#039;&#039;&#039;, also known as Frank, was a folksinger from It-Triq tal-Għajn (Fontana), Gozo, who sings improvised verse and ballads. Born in 1924, he started folksinging in Gozo as an eight your old, during the threshing season. With the demise of his mother, as a twelve year old his father took him to Siġġiewi, where he grew up. At the age of fourteen he also starting playing the folk guitar in a teetotaler <ins style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">outlet </ins>in Siġġiewi. He was impressed by [[Ġużeppi Xuereb Ix-Xudi]], [[Leli Mercieca s-Simenża]] and [[Ġorġ Cremona Il-Joċċ]]. He emigrated to Australia in October 1954. A few months before he emigrated he took to the [[Buskett]] folk festival for the last time.  </div></td></tr> <tr><td class="diff-marker"></td><td style="background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><br/></td><td class="diff-marker"></td><td style="background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><br/></td></tr> <tr><td class="diff-marker"></td><td style="background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>When in Australia, Cutajar began writing ballads, including one about Malta in the Second World War, in 1957. One he sings, written by Kiku Azzopardi, is about drowning of twenty-two Gozitans and one Maltese near Ħondoq ir-Rummien, as they were crossing from Malta to Gozo on the 30th of October 1948. His favourite folksinger was [[Pawlu Degabriele l-Bies]], with whom he recorded a bout around 1979. Cutajar has written about twenty folk ballads, but also sung others including &#039;&#039;Ġużeppi tal-Katakombi&#039;&#039;.</div></td><td class="diff-marker"></td><td style="background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>When in Australia, Cutajar began writing ballads, including one about Malta in the Second World War, in 1957. One he sings, written by Kiku Azzopardi, is about drowning of twenty-two Gozitans and one Maltese near Ħondoq ir-Rummien, as they were crossing from Malta to Gozo on the 30th of October 1948. His favourite folksinger was [[Pawlu Degabriele l-Bies]], with whom he recorded a bout around 1979. Cutajar has written about twenty folk ballads, but also sung others including &#039;&#039;Ġużeppi tal-Katakombi&#039;&#039;.</div></td></tr> </table>

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<p></p> <table style="background-color: #fff; color: #202122;" data-mw="interface"> <col class="diff-marker" /> <col class="diff-content" /> <col class="diff-marker" /> <col class="diff-content" /> <tr class="diff-title" lang="en"> <td colspan="2" style="background-color: #fff; color: #202122; text-align: center;">← Older revision</td> <td colspan="2" style="background-color: #fff; color: #202122; text-align: center;">Revision as of 23:21, 16 February 2014</td> </tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="diff-lineno" id="mw-diff-left-l1">Line 1:</td> <td colspan="2" class="diff-lineno">Line 1:</td></tr> <tr><td class="diff-marker"></td><td style="background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>&#039;&#039;&#039;Frenċ Cutajar Il-Witli&#039;&#039;&#039;, also known as Frank, was a folksinger from It-Triq tal-Għajn (Fontana), Gozo, who sings improvised verse and ballads. Born in 1924, he started folksinging in Gozo as an eight your old, during the threshing season. With the demise of his mother, as a twelve year old his father took him to Siġġiewi, where he grew up. At the age of fourteen he also starting playing the folk guitar in a teetotaler in Siġġiewi. He was impressed by [[Ġużeppi Xuereb Ix-Xudi]], [[Leli Mercieca s-Simenża]] and [[Ġorġ Cremona Il-Joċċ]]. He emigrated to Australia in October 1954. A few months before he emigrated he took to the [[Buskett]] folk festival for the last time.  </div></td><td class="diff-marker"></td><td style="background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>&#039;&#039;&#039;Frenċ Cutajar Il-Witli&#039;&#039;&#039;, also known as Frank, was a folksinger from It-Triq tal-Għajn (Fontana), Gozo, who sings improvised verse and ballads. Born in 1924, he started folksinging in Gozo as an eight your old, during the threshing season. With the demise of his mother, as a twelve year old his father took him to Siġġiewi, where he grew up. At the age of fourteen he also starting playing the folk guitar in a teetotaler in Siġġiewi. He was impressed by [[Ġużeppi Xuereb Ix-Xudi]], [[Leli Mercieca s-Simenża]] and [[Ġorġ Cremona Il-Joċċ]]. He emigrated to Australia in October 1954. A few months before he emigrated he took to the [[Buskett]] folk festival for the last time.  </div></td></tr> <tr><td class="diff-marker"></td><td style="background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><br/></td><td class="diff-marker"></td><td style="background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><br/></td></tr> <tr><td class="diff-marker" data-marker="−"></td><td style="color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #ffe49c; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>When in Australia, Cutajar began writing ballads, including one about Malta in the Second World War, in 1957. One he sings, written by Kiku Azzopardi, is about drowning of twenty-two Gozitans and one Maltese near Ħondoq ir-Rummien, as they were crossing from Malta to Gozo on the 30th of October 1948. His favourite folksinger was [[Pawlu Degabriele l-Bies]], with whom he recorded a bout around 1979.  </div></td><td class="diff-marker" data-marker="+"></td><td style="color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #a3d3ff; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>When in Australia, Cutajar began writing ballads, including one about Malta in the Second World War, in 1957. One he sings, written by Kiku Azzopardi, is about drowning of twenty-two Gozitans and one Maltese near Ħondoq ir-Rummien, as they were crossing from Malta to Gozo on the 30th of October 1948. His favourite folksinger was [[Pawlu Degabriele l-Bies]], with whom he recorded a bout around 1979<ins style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">. Cutajar has written about twenty folk ballads, but also sung others including &#039;&#039;Ġużeppi tal-Katakombi&#039;&#039;</ins>.</div></td></tr> <tr><td class="diff-marker"></td><td style="background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><br/></td><td class="diff-marker"></td><td style="background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><br/></td></tr> <tr><td class="diff-marker" data-marker="−"></td><td style="color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #ffe49c; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>Cutajar has taken part in &#039;&#039;spirtu pront&#039;&#039; bouts with visiting renowned folksinger [[Mikiel Cutajar Is-Superstar]], and Australia-based [[Salvu Galea tal-Kalora]] and [[Loretu Vella tas-Siċċu]] in Melbourne.</div></td><td class="diff-marker" data-marker="+"></td><td style="color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #a3d3ff; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>Cutajar has taken part in &#039;&#039;spirtu pront&#039;&#039; bouts with visiting renowned folksinger [[Mikiel Cutajar Is-Superstar]], and Australia-based [[Salvu Galea tal-Kalora]] and [[Loretu Vella tas-Siċċu]] in Melbourne<ins style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">. His brother [[Leli Cutajar Il-Witli]], Gozitan as well and living in Melbourne, was also a folksinger</ins>.</div></td></tr> <tr><td class="diff-marker"></td><td style="background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><br/></td><td class="diff-marker"></td><td style="background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><br/></td></tr> <tr><td class="diff-marker"></td><td style="background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>==External Links==</div></td><td class="diff-marker"></td><td style="background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>==External Links==</div></td></tr> </table>

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<p></p> <table style="background-color: #fff; color: #202122;" data-mw="interface"> <col class="diff-marker" /> <col class="diff-content" /> <col class="diff-marker" /> <col class="diff-content" /> <tr class="diff-title" lang="en"> <td colspan="2" style="background-color: #fff; color: #202122; text-align: center;">← Older revision</td> <td colspan="2" style="background-color: #fff; color: #202122; text-align: center;">Revision as of 23:18, 16 February 2014</td> </tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="diff-lineno" id="mw-diff-left-l1">Line 1:</td> <td colspan="2" class="diff-lineno">Line 1:</td></tr> <tr><td class="diff-marker"></td><td style="background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>&#039;&#039;&#039;Frenċ Cutajar Il-Witli&#039;&#039;&#039;, also known as Frank, was a folksinger from It-Triq tal-Għajn (Fontana), Gozo, who sings improvised verse and ballads. Born in 1924, he started folksinging in Gozo as an eight your old, during the threshing season. With the demise of his mother, as a twelve year old his father took him to Siġġiewi, where he grew up. At the age of fourteen he also starting playing the folk guitar in a teetotaler in Siġġiewi. He was impressed by [[Ġużeppi Xuereb Ix-Xudi]], [[Leli Mercieca s-Simenża]] and [[Ġorġ Cremona Il-Joċċ]]. He emigrated to Australia in October 1954. A few months before he emigrated he took to the [[Buskett]] folk festival for the last time.  </div></td><td class="diff-marker"></td><td style="background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>&#039;&#039;&#039;Frenċ Cutajar Il-Witli&#039;&#039;&#039;, also known as Frank, was a folksinger from It-Triq tal-Għajn (Fontana), Gozo, who sings improvised verse and ballads. Born in 1924, he started folksinging in Gozo as an eight your old, during the threshing season. With the demise of his mother, as a twelve year old his father took him to Siġġiewi, where he grew up. At the age of fourteen he also starting playing the folk guitar in a teetotaler in Siġġiewi. He was impressed by [[Ġużeppi Xuereb Ix-Xudi]], [[Leli Mercieca s-Simenża]] and [[Ġorġ Cremona Il-Joċċ]]. He emigrated to Australia in October 1954. A few months before he emigrated he took to the [[Buskett]] folk festival for the last time.  </div></td></tr> <tr><td class="diff-marker"></td><td style="background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><br/></td><td class="diff-marker"></td><td style="background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><br/></td></tr> <tr><td class="diff-marker" data-marker="−"></td><td style="color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #ffe49c; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>When in Australia, Cutajar began <del style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">folksinging </del>ballads. One he sings, written by Kiku Azzopardi, is about drowning of twenty-two Gozitans and one Maltese near Ħondoq ir-Rummien, as they were crossing from Malta to Gozo on the 30th of October 1948. His favourite folksinger was [[Pawlu Degabriele l-Bies]], with whom he recorded a bout around 1979.  </div></td><td class="diff-marker" data-marker="+"></td><td style="color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #a3d3ff; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>When in Australia, Cutajar began <ins style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">writing </ins>ballads<ins style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">, including one about Malta in the Second World War, in 1957</ins>. One he sings, written by Kiku Azzopardi, is about drowning of twenty-two Gozitans and one Maltese near Ħondoq ir-Rummien, as they were crossing from Malta to Gozo on the 30th of October 1948. His favourite folksinger was [[Pawlu Degabriele l-Bies]], with whom he recorded a bout around 1979.  </div></td></tr> <tr><td class="diff-marker"></td><td style="background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><br/></td><td class="diff-marker"></td><td style="background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><br/></td></tr> <tr><td class="diff-marker"></td><td style="background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>Cutajar has taken part in &#039;&#039;spirtu pront&#039;&#039; bouts with visiting renowned folksinger [[Mikiel Cutajar Is-Superstar]], and Australia-based [[Salvu Galea tal-Kalora]] and [[Loretu Vella tas-Siċċu]] in Melbourne.</div></td><td class="diff-marker"></td><td style="background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>Cutajar has taken part in &#039;&#039;spirtu pront&#039;&#039; bouts with visiting renowned folksinger [[Mikiel Cutajar Is-Superstar]], and Australia-based [[Salvu Galea tal-Kalora]] and [[Loretu Vella tas-Siċċu]] in Melbourne.</div></td></tr> </table>

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<p></p> <table style="background-color: #fff; color: #202122;" data-mw="interface"> <col class="diff-marker" /> <col class="diff-content" /> <col class="diff-marker" /> <col class="diff-content" /> <tr class="diff-title" lang="en"> <td colspan="2" style="background-color: #fff; color: #202122; text-align: center;">← Older revision</td> <td colspan="2" style="background-color: #fff; color: #202122; text-align: center;">Revision as of 23:16, 16 February 2014</td> </tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="diff-lineno" id="mw-diff-left-l1">Line 1:</td> <td colspan="2" class="diff-lineno">Line 1:</td></tr> <tr><td class="diff-marker" data-marker="−"></td><td style="color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #ffe49c; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>&#039;&#039;&#039;Frenċ Cutajar Il-Witli&#039;&#039;&#039;, also known as Frank, was a folksinger from It-Triq tal-Għajn (Fontana), Gozo, who sings improvised verse and ballads. Born in 1924, he started folksinging in Gozo as an eight your old, during the threshing season. With the demise of his mother, as a twelve year old his father took him to Siġġiewi, where he grew up. At the age of fourteen he also starting playing the folk guitar in a teetotaler in Siġġiewi. He was impressed by [[Ġużeppi Xuereb Ix-Xudi]], [[Leli Mercieca s-Simenża]] and [[Ġorġ Cremona Il-Joċċ]].</div></td><td class="diff-marker" data-marker="+"></td><td style="color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #a3d3ff; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>&#039;&#039;&#039;Frenċ Cutajar Il-Witli&#039;&#039;&#039;, also known as Frank, was a folksinger from It-Triq tal-Għajn (Fontana), Gozo, who sings improvised verse and ballads. Born in 1924, he started folksinging in Gozo as an eight your old, during the threshing season. With the demise of his mother, as a twelve year old his father took him to Siġġiewi, where he grew up. At the age of fourteen he also starting playing the folk guitar in a teetotaler in Siġġiewi. He was impressed by [[Ġużeppi Xuereb Ix-Xudi]], [[Leli Mercieca s-Simenża]] and [[Ġorġ Cremona Il-Joċċ]]. He emigrated to Australia in October 1954. A few months before he emigrated he took to the [[Buskett]] folk festival for the last time.  </div></td></tr> <tr><td class="diff-marker" data-marker="−"></td><td style="color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #ffe49c; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div><del style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;"> </del></div></td><td class="diff-marker" data-marker="+"></td><td style="color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #a3d3ff; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div> </div></td></tr> <tr><td class="diff-marker" data-marker="−"></td><td style="color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #ffe49c; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>He emigrated to Australia in October 1954. A few months before he emigrated he took to the [[Buskett]] folk festival for the last time. Cutajar <del style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">has also folk sung the ballad</del>, written by Kiku Azzopardi, about drowning of twenty-two Gozitans and one Maltese near Ħondoq ir-Rummien, as they were crossing from Malta to Gozo on the 30th of October 1948. His favourite folksinger was [[Pawlu Degabriele l-Bies]], with whom he recorded a bout around 1979.  </div></td><td class="diff-marker" data-marker="+"></td><td style="color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #a3d3ff; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div><ins style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">When in Australia, </ins>Cutajar <ins style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">began folksinging ballads. One he sings</ins>, written by Kiku Azzopardi, <ins style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">is </ins>about drowning of twenty-two Gozitans and one Maltese near Ħondoq ir-Rummien, as they were crossing from Malta to Gozo on the 30th of October 1948. His favourite folksinger was [[Pawlu Degabriele l-Bies]], with whom he recorded a bout around 1979.  </div></td></tr> <tr><td class="diff-marker"></td><td style="background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><br/></td><td class="diff-marker"></td><td style="background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><br/></td></tr> <tr><td class="diff-marker"></td><td style="background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>Cutajar has taken part in &#039;&#039;spirtu pront&#039;&#039; bouts with visiting renowned folksinger [[Mikiel Cutajar Is-Superstar]], and Australia-based [[Salvu Galea tal-Kalora]] and [[Loretu Vella tas-Siċċu]] in Melbourne.</div></td><td class="diff-marker"></td><td style="background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>Cutajar has taken part in &#039;&#039;spirtu pront&#039;&#039; bouts with visiting renowned folksinger [[Mikiel Cutajar Is-Superstar]], and Australia-based [[Salvu Galea tal-Kalora]] and [[Loretu Vella tas-Siċċu]] in Melbourne.</div></td></tr> </table>

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