Coni, Efisio
?-? [19th century]piper (&c.) mentioned by name
[Born and?] lived in ?; During the night of 7 February 1829 he was arrested in Masullas (in Sardu: Masuddas, prov. Oristano) because some "barracelli" [i.e. Sardinian carabinieri; ws] contested the conduct of an unauthorised ball in the home of a local notary, but, failing to stop the party in a friendly manner, they proceeded to a radical solution and arrested the musician; This proves how the Launeddas player was [and often still is?; ws] the key element of parties, both public and private.
Instrument: Launeddas / Launeḍḍas / Launedda [sic]
Lallai, Giampaolo: Il periodo d’oro delle launeddas: dall’800 agli anni trenta del ’900. In: Launeddas: l’anima di un popolo (1997), p.57/62 (note 23).