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Sonus de canna (plurale tantum)

(with) definite article: ?
(the) sound of cane
Launeddas / Launeḍḍas / Launedda [sic]

Italianisation of Sonu de ganna; According to Fernando Pilia (➺ Lai, »Metodo...«), "Currently, the expression […] indicates, all over Sardinia, both the instrument and its music".

Sources

Dore, Giovanni: Gli strumenti della musica popolare della Sardegna. Cagliari, 1976, p.37.

Lallai, Ermenegildo: Le launeddas tra scrittori e viaggiatori. In: Launeddas: l’anima di un popolo (1997), p.30 & passim (i Sonus de canna).

Paulis, Giulio: I nomi delle launeddas: origine e storia [with an extensive article on their manufacture]. In: Sonos (1994), p.140.

Lai, Luigi: Metodo per / A method for the launéddas. Cagliari, 1996, p.7/8.