The Exhibition ' In Harmony: 19th-Century Music Printing in Malta' 5 April - 4 May 2025. Read more: https://x2.timesofmalta.com/20250321/sunday-circle/in-harmony-19th-century-music-printing-in-malta/
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I N HARMONY: 19th CENTURY MUSIC PRINTING IN MALTA in The Gaulitana Festival of Music 2025 A rare occasion to view sheet music printed by the Brocktorff lithographers throughout the month of April 2025. This printed music is above all a wonderful mirror of the age. It provides us with a glimpse of Malta's society during the British period. We enter the drawing rooms or the Maltese 'sala' where the music was enjoyed, often by amateur musicians. Compositions were mostly fashionable dances of the time, such as quadrilles, waltzes, mazurkas, gavottes and polkas, as well as transcriptions of operatic arias. Do pop in and have a look! ๐๐ง๐ซ๐๐ฏ๐๐ฅ๐ฅ๐ข๐ง๐ ๐ญ๐ก๐ ๐๐๐ฎ๐ฅ๐ข๐ญ๐๐ง๐ ๐๐๐๐ ๐๐ฑ๐ก๐ข๐๐ข๐ญ๐ข๐จ๐ง ๐ฐ๐ ๐ฏ๐๐๐๐๐๐: 19๐๐ ๐ช๐๐๐๐๐๐ ๐ด๐๐๐๐ ๐ท๐๐๐๐๐๐๐ ๐๐ ๐ด๐๐๐๐ showcases rare examples of music covers printed by the Brocktorff family. Curated by Anna Borg Cardona and Joseph Calleja, the exhibition remains open at the Cittadella Cultural Ce...