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Mro.Antonio Agius

Mro. Antonio E. Agius bin Mro.Epifanio Agius iben u Anna Spiteri twieled ir-Rabat fis-6 ta' Jannar 1849 u tgħammed l-għada fil-Knisja Parrokkjali Proto ta' San Pawl. Il-qassis kien Vincent Magri filwaqt li parrini kienu Francis Agius Mary Francis Spiteri bint mejta. Ġew mogħtija l-ismijiet ta’ Antonio, Ġiovanni Maria, Ġużeppi u Franġisku.

Il-Maestro Antonio kien ġej minn familja ta’ mużiċisti u l-ewwel edukazzjoni fil-mużika minn missieru Hatha żona probabbli Epifanio. Lejn l-aħħar tas-seklu dsatax insibu lill-Każin tal-Banda Antonio Pinto ta’ Ħal-Qormi surmast, magħruf bħala Soċjeta Filarmonika Pinto Banda San Sebastjan u Soċjetà Filarmonika Leone A.D. 1863 tal-Victoria, Għawdex u Għaqda Madonna tal-Grazzja Banda San Mikiel Żabbar, ta’ Ħaż-Żabbar. Fl-1893 kiteb l-Innu Nazzjonali lill-klabb ukoll. Dan l-Innu ghadu daqq illum. Il-kliem bit-Taljan sar mir-Rettur tal-Grotta ta’ San Pawl, il-Kanonku Kolleġġjata Ġio Batta Micallef u wara nbidel għal Dun Frans Camilleri għall-Malti.

Fl-1902 laħaq direttur mużikali tal-każin tal-banda li dam għaddej sal-1920. Ara liema idejn taħt il-banda għamlet progress kbir. Ġie mistieden mill-Gvernatur lil Leslie Rundle li kien jilgħab fiż-żewġ Palazzi ta’ San Anton u Buskett. Il-banda kienet mistiedna wkoll għal bosta festi f’Malta. Fost ix-xogħlijiet ta’ dan il-Maestro hemm: Innu Kbir lir-rebbieħa tal-1565 u Innu tal-kitba Vescovili fl-1915 għall-okkażjoni tad-Dħul tal-Isqof Mauro Caruana. Dan l-innu kien daqq mill-istess każin tal-banda li kien akkumpanjat minn kor biex ikanta dan l-innu. Kitbet ukoll polka L'Amicizia.

Antonio Agius miet fit-28 ta’ Jannar 1934 u l-funeral tiegħu kien akkumpanjat mill-każin tal-banda. Jindifen fil-qabar numru wieħed fil-Karnierja tal-Oratorju ta’ San Ġużepp, ir-Rabat