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Orrù, Matteo

?-? [19th century]

piper (&c.) mentioned by name

[Born and?] lived in Sinnai (in Sardu: Sinnia, prov. Cagliari); An 1833 contract of the "zerachia" [local bachelors] has been found, in which Orrù commits himself to play at balls, against a fee of £ 3.0.0. [300 lire?; today’s rate?; ws]; He played in Maracalagonis (in Sardu: Mara-Calagonis [SE of Sinnai], Campidano area, prov. Cagliari), as well; A relative of Giovanni?

Instrument: Launeddas / Launeḍḍas / Launedda [sic]


Sources

Lallai, Giampaolo: Il periodo d’oro delle launeddas: dall’800 agli anni trenta del ’900. In: Launeddas: l’anima di un popolo (1997), p.53.