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Scroccu, Attilio

1929-?

bagpipe maker, also a piper (or vv.) (&c.), mentioned by name

[Born and?] lived in Muravera [S of Villaputzu, Sarrabus area, prov. Cagliari]; By Giovanni Dore referred to as "perhaps the only true and active living manufacturer" and later, in »Launeddas« (a cura di Giampaolo Lallai), as a "very skilful manufacturer".

Instrument: Launeddas / Launeḍḍas / Launedda [sic]


Sources

Dore, Giovanni: Gli strumenti della musica popolare della Sardegna. Cagliari, 1976, p.54.

Dore, Giovanni: I miei incontri con i suonatori di launeddas. In: Launeddas: l’anima di un popolo (1997), p.100*, 101.

Montisci, Luciano & Zucca, Ignazio: La costruzione dello strumento. In: Launeddas: l’anima di un popolo (1997), 132.

Paulis, Giulio: I nomi delle launeddas: origine e storia [with an extensive article on their manufacture]. In: Sonos (1994), p.155.

Web

sardinia.net (Launeddas players [2020: to be mentioned])