Launeddas (Launeḍḍas) (gender unknown) (plurale tantum)
(with) definite article: is [also sas]Launeddas
Possibly a corrupted diminutive of Aulos; Triple-clarinet, unique descendant of the double-clarinets of antiquity; In Baines and Van der Meer (both of whom fail to reveal their source), spelt "Launedda" (which, according to Antonio Ballero, is a term for "a cane reed with a tongue cut in it"); This misinterpretation has already been made by Mahillon (➺ vol.3, p.487: Launedda (Conzertu = Jeu de)) and others; In his preface to Luigi Lai’s »Metodo...«, Fernando Pilia refers to "aree regionali"; In the English version, however, this is oddly changed into "Launedda areas"; The name of the person responsible for this unnecessarily erroneous translation remains a secret.
NB¹: Spelling Launeḍḍas scientific [?]; NB²: ➺ Introduction to Launeddas.
Made of cane; All holes are cut rectangularly.
Aenas, Avenas, Benas, Bidulas / Bíđulas, Bisonas / Biṡonas, Bisones, Bisunas / Biṡunas, Bizzulas, Canneddas, Enas (’Enas), Henas, Isunas, Kannasa, Launelle, Leoneddas (Leoneḍḍas), Leuneddas, Lioneddas (Lioneḍḍas), Liuneddas (Liuneḍḍas), Sonu de ganna, Sonus de canna, Sonus de gama, Triedda, Trubeddas, Truedda, Trumbeddas, Trupeddas, Truvedda (spelling in Logudorese: Truveḍda [sic]), Vidulas (Víđulas), Visones, Zampogna
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Baines, Anthony: Bagpipes [1960]. Oxford, 1973 (revised), p.101 (Launedda).
Weis Bentzon, Andreas Fridolin: The launeddas: a Sardinian folk music instrument. Copenhagen, 1969, p.14.
Dore, Giovanni: Gli strumenti della musica popolare della Sardegna. Cagliari, 1976, p.37, p.307 (sas Launeddas).
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.
Sonos: strumenti della musica popolare sarda, a cura di Gian Nicola Spanu; Nuoro, 1994, p.137-161.
Naitza, Salvatore & Scano, Maria Grazia: Launeddas nell’arte. In: Launeddas: l’anima di un popolo (1997), p.21 (➺ Launeddas), 31 (»Pasquin Valery), 42 (sas Launeddas).
Lai, Luigi: Metodo per / A method for the launéddas. Cagliari, 1996, p.7/8 (le Launéddas).
Širola, Božidar: Sviraljke s udarnim jezičkom [Aerophones with a beating tongue]. Zagreb, 1937 (Is Launeddas), p.92, 97*, 98-99, 102…106.
Meer, John Henry van der: Typologie der Sackpfeife. In: Anz. Germ. Nationalmus. (Nürnberg, 1964), p.128 (Launedda).
Meer, John Henry van der: Beitrag zur Typologie der westeuropäischen Sackpfeifen. In: SIMP I (Stockholm, 1969), p.105 (Launedda).
Mahillon, Victor-Charles: Catalogue descriptif et analytique du Musée instrumental du Conservatoire royal de Musique, I-V. Gand, 1893-1912, IV, p.175 (Launedda).
Marcuse, Sibyl: Musical instruments: a comprehensive dictionary. New York, 1975 (»Grove, 5th ed. (Baines); »Mahillon).