This volume Sacred Songs of the Albanian colonies of Sicily by Giuseppe Schirò is a very rare anastatic reprint made in 1991 on the occasion of the 250th anniversary of the foundation of the Collegio di Maria in Piana degli Albanesi. Established between 1731 and 1733, although its foundation had already been decided in 1718, the Collegio di Maria was, together with the Oratory for celibate priests of the Greek rite of Piana degli Albanesi (1716) and the Greek-Albanian Seminary of Palermo (1734), the Institute that played a great and significant role in the difficult and arduous struggle undertaken by the Apostle of the Albanians of Sicily, Fr. Giorgio Guzzetta, and by Fr. Antonino Brancato for the safeguarding and promotion of traditions, ritual, language and culture of the Albanians of Sicily.
The original volume was printed in 1907 in Naples at La Tipografia Editrice Bideri.
This volume is still today a fundamental tool for the conservation and dissemination of the Albanian language and above all to keep alive the memory of the Sacred Songs that the faithful have sung for generations to celebrate the faith and magnify the Madonna Odigitria.
THE Sacred songs of the Albanian colonies of Sicily have been a significant result in the scientific commitment that committed Giuseppe Schirò. His work was immediately appreciated because it served to enhance the literary heritage of religious inspiration so as to become a bulwark that still resists in the cultural defense of the Albanians of Sicily.
The anastatic reprint of this volume was strongly desired by the Organizing Committee for the 250+ of the Foundation of the Collegio di Maria di Piana degli Albanesi:
President Papas Sotir FERRARA
Secretary Deacon Giovanni STASSI
Papas Gjergji GUZZETTA
Papas Elefterio SCHIADA '
Sister Margherita CARLINO Superior College of Mary
Prof. Antonino GUZZETTA
Prof. Pina ORTAGGIO
Prof. Maria Teresa DI FIORE
Prof. Rosaria MANDALA '
Prof. Vitalina FILPI
Avv. Vito LO VERDE
Mr. Francesco ARDIZZONE
By purchasing this volume you will be able to support in a concrete way, the Museum of Collegio di Maria of Piana degli Albanesi.
PLEASE NOTE THAT THE TEXT OF THE VOLUME IS WRITTEN IN ITALIAN AND THE TEXTS OF THE MUSIC ARE WRITTEN IN ALBANIAN LANGUAGE
