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Le tradizioni musicali in Lucania Vol. 3: L'arpa di Viggiano (An Anthology of Folkdances from Lucania)

TA 03 CD


Taranta
Italia

 

Viggiano, an agricultural and pastoral center in the Agri Valley in Lucania, was famous in Italy and abroad for being the production center of portable harps, arpicelle, and the home of many ambulatory musicians. The disc presents an interesting repertory of rediscovered harpists and an ample panorama of the traditional instrumental production of Lucania (the guitar battente from the Cilentano area, the violin, the mandolin, and guitar. Recordings from 1980