Maria Carta

Person · Open Library

Works

1

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Music · MusicBrainz

Type

Person

Gender

Female

Origin

Italy

Active from

1934-06-24

Active to

1994-09-22

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Listeners · Last.fm

Listeners

2,593

Total plays

13,238

Maria Carta (Siligo, Sassari, June 24, 1934 - Rome, September 22, 1994) was a Sardinian folk music singer-songwriter. She also performed in film and theater and wrote a poetry book, Ritual Song, in 1975. In her 25-year career, she covered the richly diverse genres of traditional music of her native land (ninne nanne—children’s lullabies, gosos, Gregorian chants, and more), often updating them with a modern and personal touch. She succeeded in bringing Sardinian folk music into wider popular awar

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Recent publications · Crossref

5 total works indexed

1. Initial sequencing and analysis of the human genome

   · 2001 · cited 18,616x

2. A global reference for human genetic variation

   · 2015 · cited 17,786x

3. New Algorithms and Methods to Estimate Maximum-Likelihood Phylogenies: Assessing the Performance of PhyML 3.0

   · 2010 · cited 16,958x

4. Global burden of 369 diseases and injuries in 204 countries and territories, 1990–2019: a systematic analysis for the Global Burden of Disease Study 2019

   · 2020 · cited 15,964x

5. The Hallmarks of Aging

   · 2013 · cited 14,104x

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Wikidata facts

Instance of

human

Given name

Maria

Gender

female

Citizenship

Kingdom of Italy

Place of birth

Siligo

Place of death

Rome

Occupation

recording artist

Languages spoken

Sardinian

Field of work

poetry

Genre

folk music

Instrument

voice

Record label

Polydor

Official website

www.fondazionemariacarta.it

Image

Maria Carta.jpg

Residence

Rome

Voice type

mezzo-soprano

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