Savoldelli, Valentino
1859-1924piper (&c.) mentioned by name
Born in Gandino [NE of Bergamo]; A farmer; He bought his Baghèt when only 11 years old; A certain Giuseppe Loverini, apparently known to Biella [who fails, however, to reveal any of the man’s biographic details], remembered that he, as a boy, was impressed by the fact that Savoldelli played the Baghèt with the bag under his right arm, with the drone dangling; NB: The internet source ascribes the nickname "Batistì [sic] de Ca da Pozz" to Quirino Picinali, instead (➺ the notice "Text and images are taken from" Biella's book of 2000).
Instrument: Baghèt
Biella, Valter: Il "baghèt": un’antica tradizione bergamasca. Testi musiche e strumenti. Bergamo, 1988 (Quaderni del Misma), p.42 ("Battistì de Ca’ Pozz").
Biella, Valter: Il baghet – la cornamusa bergamasca. Bergamo, 2000 (I quaderni della Meridiana n. 3) ("Parécia")/*.
Biella, Valter: Il "baghèt": la piva delle valli bergamasche. In: La zampogna: gli aerofoni a sacco in Italia (2005), I, p.17 ("Parécia"), 21*.