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Pifferari (m) (plurale tantum)

(with) definite article: i
(the) pipers

local term(s) for a duo or band (ensemble) including a piper (&c.)

Identical types: 18

A duo of a Ciaramella (shawm) and a Zampogna player; Central Latium; NB: The singular form (Pifferaro), which actually is the term for the shawm player only, is often erroneously used in literature [mainly by foreigners] for the.bagpiper (➺ Zampognaro); The simple reason for this misunderstanding is the fact that the term "piper" (and its equivalents in several languages) is historically (also) used to denote a piccolo player in a military band; NB: ➺ Zampognari (Molise).

Bbiferari, Utrucari, Zampognari


Sources

Sparagna, Ambrogio: Zampogne, presepi e musica paraliturgica nel Lazio meridionale. In: La zampogna: gli aerofoni a sacco in Italia (2005), I, p.112*.

Geller, Hans: I pifferari: musizierende Hirten in Rom. Leipzig, 1954, p.8 (Pifferari / Pifferaro).

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