Cuga, Giuseppe ("Peppe")
*1946piper (&c.) mentioned by name
Born and [lives/lived?] in Ovodda [WSW of Fonni, Barbagia area (in Sardu: Barbaza), prov. Nuoro]; According to Dore [1975/6; ws], the only player of the Bidulas left in the Barbagia area; According to Antonio Romagnino his pet name is "Beppe" (➺ »Launeddas« (a cura di Giampaolo Lallai)), but I’m pretty sure he called himself "Peppe" when I was his guest, in 1978, after we just met on the ferry from Palermo (Sicily) to Cagliari.
Instrument: Launeddas / Launeḍḍas / Launedda [sic]
Dore, Giovanni: Gli strumenti della musica popolare della Sardegna. Cagliari, 1976, plate 17*, p.54.
Launeddas: l’anima di un popolo [Title on cover: »La storia, lo strumento, i protagonisti, la discografia: launeddas«]. A cura di Giampaolo Lallai, associazione Cuncordia a Launeddas. Fotografie di Nico Selis. Cagliari, 1997, p.76, 89 (Beppe), 115* (1988) & passim.