Pireddu, Giovanni ("Giuanniccu")
1874-1947piper (&c.) mentioned by name
[Born and?] lived in Sinnai (in Sardu: Sinnia, prov. Cagliari); Teacher of Pasquale Erriu, whose shoes he once hid, to prevent him to hear his master play in a nearby village, and possibly learn some of his jealously kept secret nodas [➺ Pikkiada]; Pasquale Erriu’s wife used to say "When Giovanni Pireddu played, you could not miss a step"; Son of Antonicu; A relative of Vincenzo?; NB: ➺ Beniamino Palmas.
Instrument: Launeddas / Launeḍḍas / Launedda [sic]
Weis Bentzon, Andreas Fridolin: The launeddas: a Sardinian folk music instrument. Copenhagen, 1969, p.44, 69, 76, 83 [sic; in index: 82!], 85.
Dore, Giovanni: Gli strumenti della musica popolare della Sardegna. Cagliari, 1976, p.54 (Piredda [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.50, 60 (note 5).
Lallai, Giampaolo: Il declino delle launeddas: la crisi, il recupero. In: Launeddas: l’anima di un popolo (1997), p.70*, 81 (note 18).