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Possible case of mistaken identity
The street naming committee has accepted to name a street in Żebbuġ, Malta, after Filippo Galea (1829-1901). The caption, reading Fundatur Banda San Filep, however, is not correct.
As we read in Biografia artistica del Maestro Filippo Galea (1889), in 1848, the 18-year-old Filippo left Malta with his father for Corfù where, in 1850, he was appointed bandmaster, a position he held there until 1853. His coming to Cospicua to marry in November 1851, then, could only be brief and close to his marriage date, given his commitments in Corfù.
So how could he be in Żebbuġ prior to May 1851, having all the time needed to set up a band, rehearse and perform locally in May and June of that year, the year it is claimed he founded said band?