The oldest known poem in Malta, the Kantilena, is featured in a new album issued today by singer Doreen Galea and her composer son Dominic.

The album, called Ommi, also features extracts of other milestones in Maltese literature, including works by Dun Karm and Ruzar Briffa.

Ms Galea said the album was the fulfilment of a long-held dream and posed a challenge in the selection of the pieces and also the fact that in parts of the album she had to sing in old Maltese.

The Kantilena is said to have been written by Pietru Caxaru and was discovered in the Notarial Archives in Valletta in 1966. Caxaru was born in Mdina in the beginning of the 15th century.

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