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Instrument(s) Bagpipe; Drum; Flageolet; Flute; Guitar; Iz-Zaqq; Tambourine (Drum).

Year of Recording 1964.

Record Label Folkways Records.

Source Archive Smithsonian Center for Folklife and Cultural Heritage.

Credits Produced by George Bonavia ; Design by Ronald Clyne.

101 Maltese Country Dance – Il-maltija n/a 1:41.

102 Lullaby n/a 1:22.

103 Nursery Rhyme n/a 0:22.

104 Children’s Song – Baqbaqum n/a 0:20.

105 Children’s Game – Pizzi, pizzi kanna n/a 0:26.

106 Folk Tunes on Guitar n/a 4:37.

107 Maltese Bagpipe and Tambourine n/a 0:42.

108 The Flagelette – The Flageolet – Christmas Tune Siggiewi flutist 0:55.

109 The Flagelette and Drum – The Flageolet and Drum – Good Friday Tune n/a 1:10.

110 Christmas Song- Ninni la tibkix izied – Benniena ta’Gesu bambin n/a 1:39.

111 Modern Song – Mahbuba Kekina – My Dear Catherine Carmen Sapiano and Joe Xuereb 2:01.

112 Popular Song – Tal-Karawett Carmen Sapiano and Joe Xuereb 1:42.

113 Il-Parata – Kuntradanza maltija Domenica Lombardo Orchestra 2:29.

114 Xalata ghal san Pawl il-Bahar Emmanuele Cilia and Carlo Cardona 3:25.

201 Maltese Drinking Song n/a 2:40.

202 Song on the Guitar – Ghana – Iz-zaqqieq n/a 3:08.

203 Maltese Ballad- Xbejba ta’ rdum Emmanuele Cilla 6:35.

204 Village Holiday – Festa V. Ciappara and D. Busuttil 3:07.

205 Modern Song – Xemx jew qamar – Sun or Moon Coro Armonico 3:39.

206 A Love Song – Ghanja lin-namrata Emmanuele Cilia 2:31.