Maltese Music & Libyan Ma’lūf | PHILIP CIANTAR | afikra عفكرة Podcast #92

Philip Ciantar is a senior lecturer in music at the School of Performing Arts, University of Malta, where he teaches ethnomusicology, world music, and more. Ciantar is the author of The Ma’lūf in Contemporary Libya: An Arab Andalusian Musical Tradition and Studies in Maltese Popular Music, as well as of various articles in ethnomusicology.

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CHAPTERS:
0:00 – Intro
1:23 – Malta and the Arab World
3:30 – Childhood and musical interests
5:57 – Maltese music
8:12 – “Ma’lūf” definition
10:28 –Libyan traditional ma’lūf music
17:59 – Interest in Libyan music and tackling the ethnography
22:19 – Scholarship and knowledge
24:25 – Ma’lūf music in Africa
26:19 – Maltese popular music
30:05 – “Ghana” meaning
32:25 – Quick Q&A
41:20 – Audience Q&A: Influences on Libyan music
43:23 – Audience Q&A: Difference between East and West Libya
44:23 – Audience Q&A: Improvisation and incorporating the audience into the music
38:30 – Audience Q&A: Teaching music in schools
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Theme music: "Peninsular", Tarek Yamani
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Hosted by: Mikey Muhanna, afikra Founder & Executive Director
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Edited by: Ramzi Ramman


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