Clarinet and String
Quartet
SKU:
IS.CM6086EM
Composed
by Charles Camilleri.
Ensembles - Chamber
Music. Metropolis Music
Publishers #CM6086EM.
Published by Metropolis
Music Publishers
(IS.CM6086EM).
ISBN
9790365060863.
Char
les Camilleri (1931 -
2009) was a Maltese
composer. As a teenager,
he 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
recognized in Malta as
one of the major
composers of his
generation. He died on 3
January 2009 at the age
of 77. His funeral took
place two days later at
Naxxar, his long-time
town of residence. Flags
across Malta were flown
at half-mast in tribute
to him. The 4 Greek Songs
were composed during the
late fifties. The first
and third movements
capture the loose vocal
style of the cantilena
which is characteristic
for the mediterranean
region. The second and
fourth movements are
based on original dances
which are typical for the
modal nature of Greek
music.
