Vacca, Agostinu
1842? [1847?]-1896piper (&c.) mentioned by name
[Born and?] lived in Villaputzu (Sarrabus area, prov. Cagliari); A great musician, of whom it is said, that when he played "he made the earth tremble with the power of sound, and that he had, according to popular belief, special powers"; According to Dore "the most skilled and famous player of entire Sardinia until the beginning of the [20th; ws] century"; A relative of Francesco?
Instrument: Launeddas / Launeḍḍas / Launedda [sic]
Weis Bentzon, Andreas Fridolin: The launeddas: a Sardinian folk music instrument. Copenhagen, 1969, p.23 & passim (Agostinu/Agostino).
Dore, Giovanni: Gli strumenti della musica popolare della Sardegna. Cagliari, 1976, p.53 (Agostino).
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.99, 200* (Agostino, 1842-1896)).