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Casu, Giovanni

*1933
nickname(s): "Fillu ’e Paui" [son of "Paui"]

bagpipe maker, also a piper (or vv.) (&c.), mentioned by name

Born in Paulilatino (prov. Oristano) [hence his nickname], he lived in Cabras (prov. Oristano); Brother of Daniele; According to Giovanni Dore (➺ »Launeddas« (a cura di Giampaolo Lallai)) he was "endowed with a great talent, and currently [i.e. in the late 1990s; ws] the only in the Cabras area who made and played the launeddas".

Instrument: Launeddas / Launeḍḍas / Launedda [sic]

Sources

Weis Bentzon, Andreas Fridolin: The launeddas: a Sardinian folk music instrument. Copenhagen, 1969, [NOT in Index!]: p.30, 34, 96.

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.72* (<1982), 97/103 (note 8) & passim.

Web

➺ sardinia.net (Launeddas players)