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Charles Camilleri
12+ albums
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Charles Camilleri (7 September 1931 – 3 January 2009) was a Maltese composer, long acknowledged as Malta's national composer. Camilleri was born in Ħamrun and, as a teenager, had already composed a number of works based on folk music and legends of his native Malta. 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. Camilleri is today recognized as one of the major composers of his generation. His works include the now famous Malta Suite, Maltese Dances, A Maltese Overture - Din l-Art Helwa, operas in Maltese, a ballet based on the Knights of Malta and the oratorio Pawlu ta' Malta. His piano piece Cantilena, is currently part of the Grade 5 Trinity Guildhall piano syllabus. The Missa Mundi for solo organ was described by its first publisher as "the organ's Rite of Spring". He died on 3 January 2009 at the age of 77. His funeral took place on the 5th of January at Naxxar, his town of residence for a long time . The number of people who attended the service, as well as the fact that flags across Malta were flo
top songs
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Cosmologies: II. Colours of Time
1,3192Corinne
1,2193Orbits for Clarinet Solo: I. First Movement
514Malta Suite: III. Nocturne
395Malta Suite for Clarinet and Piano: II. Takriba
396Four Greek Songs: III. Andante piacevole
357Jungle Fantasy
348Concertino for Clarinet and Strings (Mvt II)
329Domino
3110Under Paris Skies
30albums
Camilleri, C.: Celestial Harmonies
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Camilleri: Four Greek Songs
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Enrique Ugarte: Valse Musette De Paris
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Camilleri: Music for Clarinet, Violin and Piano
Camilleri: Piano Concerto No. 1 "Mediterranean", Accordion Concerto & Malta Suite
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Camilleri, C.: Orchestral Music
Spectacular Accordions
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Camilleri: Four Greek Songs, Trio No.2, Shomyo, etc.
Symonds: Persuasion / Buczynski: Fantasy On Themes of the Past / Louie: Earth Cycles / Camilleri: Accordion Concerto
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Celestial Harmonies
Charles Camilleri: Orchestral Music
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