Gaulitana – A Festival of Music

British Malta in the 19th century was most vibrant with social evenings, theatre, balls, parties and dinners. As salon music gained popularity, there was an increase in music outlets selling sheet music, pianofortes as well as instruments. In this milieu, Maltese composers wrote popular dance music such as waltzes, mazurkas, polkas and galops, and arrangements of operatic arias. They opted to...

British Malta in the 19th century was most vibrant with social evenings, theatre, balls, parties and dinners. As salon music gained popularity, there was an increase in music outlets selling sheet music, pianofortes as well as instruments. In this milieu, Maltese composers wrote popular dance music such as waltzes, mazurkas, polkas and galops, and arrangements of operatic arias. They opted to...

British Malta in the 19th century was most vibrant with social evenings, theatre, balls, parties and dinners. As salon music gained popularity, there was an increase in music outlets selling sheet music, pianofortes as well as instruments. In this milieu, Maltese composers wrote popular dance music such as waltzes, mazurkas, polkas and galops, and arrangements of operatic arias. They opted to...

British Malta in the 19th century was most vibrant with social evenings, theatre, balls, parties and dinners. As salon music gained popularity, there was an increase in music outlets selling sheet music, pianofortes as well as instruments. In this milieu, Maltese composers wrote popular dance music such as waltzes, mazurkas, polkas and galops, and arrangements of operatic arias. They opted to...

British Malta in the 19th century was most vibrant with social evenings, theatre, balls, parties and dinners. As salon music gained popularity, there was an increase in music outlets selling sheet music, pianofortes as well as instruments. In this milieu, Maltese composers wrote popular dance music such as waltzes, mazurkas, polkas and galops, and arrangements of operatic arias. They opted to...