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Cattaneo, Luigi

1894-1973
nickname(s): "Réca" (by his family) and "Rüina" (by his fellow-villagers)

piper (&c.) mentioned by name

Born in Cazzaniga [NE of Bergamo], he went to live in nearby Casnigo; In 1920 he married Angela ("Angelina") Maria, daughter of Michele Guerino Maffeis; In 1930 they moved to Cene, returned to Casnigo in 1946, and emigrated in 1952 to France; A carpenter, he also played the Baghèt; When he had lost two fingers while cutting wood, and couldn’t play anymore, he kept the chanter, but gave the 2 drones of his instrument to Giacomo Ruggeri, who passed them on to his grandnephew Luciano Carminati (who didn’t play the Baghèt, though); Luigi died in Cazzaniga.

Instrument: Baghèt

Sources

Biella, Valter: Il "baghèt": un’antica tradizione bergamasca. Testi musiche e strumenti. Bergamo, 1988 (Quaderni del Misma), p.41, 50 (Casnigo).

Biella, Valter: Pia o baghèt: La cornamusa in terra di Bergamo. Casnigo, 2010 (Quaderni casnighesi, 8),p.13.

Personal communication

Valter Biella (Bergamo), e-mail 27 Jan. 2018

Web

tiscali.it (p.20: Strumenti ritrovati (Casnigo)/*)
baghet.it (Cazzaniga)