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Ferrante, Giuseppe [1]

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piper (&c.) mentioned by name

Born and lived in Varagna [Guadagna], a popular [working-class] district in the southeastern area of Palermo; The "patriarch" of a family of pipers; Father of Rosario [1]; No additional details found.

Instrument: Ciaramedda

Sources

Bonanzinga, Sergio: La zampogna a chiave in Sicilia. In: La zampogna: gli aerofoni a sacco in Italia (2005), II, p.187 (i Ferrante; »Guizzi/Leydi).