Probably the most culturally distinct of all the regions in Italy, Sardinia is an islated island known for the tenores' polyphonic chant, sacred songs called gozos and launeddas, a type of bagpipes. Launeddas are used to play a complex style of music that has achieved some international attention, especially Dionigi Burranca, Antonio Lara, Luigi Lai and Efisio Melis; Burranca, like many of the most famous launedda musicians, is from Samatzai in Cagliari. An ancient instrument, dating back to at least the 8th century BC, launeddas are still played during religious ceremonies and dances (su ballu). Distinctively, they are played using extensive variations on a few melodic phrases, and a single song can last over an hour. Traditional guitar music is also found in Sardinia, represented by performers like Nino Cau; this genre is especially well-known in the northwest region of Sassari. Traditional dances include tundu, passu torrau, durdurinu, dillu, logudoresa, arroxiada, passu e trese, and campidanesa Since Roman times, Italy has been one of the cultural centers for all of Europe. ... Wikipedia does not yet have an article with this exact name. ... Italy is a European country, and has had a long relationship with rock and roll, a style of music which spread to the country by the early 1960s from the United States. ... Italian hip hop started in the early 1990s. ... Sardinia (Sardigna, Sardinna or Sardinnia in the Sardinian language, Sardegna in Italian, Sardenya in Catalan), is the second largest island in the Mediterranean Sea (Sicily is the largest), between Italy, Spain and Tunisia, south of Corsica. ... In music, the word texture is often used in a rather vague way in reference to the overall sound of a piece of music. ... Gozo is an island of the Maltese archipelago in the Mediterranean Sea, second in size to Malta Island. ... The Launeddas is a typical Sardinian woodwind instrument, consisting of three pipes. ... A bagpipe performer in Amsterdam. ... Cagliari is the capital of the island of Sardinia, an autonomous region of Italy. ... (9th century BC - 8th century BC - 7th century BC - other centuries) (800s BC - 790s BC - 780s BC - 770s BC - 760s BC - 750s BC - 740s BC - 730s BC - 720s BC - 710s BC - 700s BC - other decades) (2nd millennium BC - 1st millennium BC - 1st millennium AD) Events Golden age in Armenia Assyria... Sassari (in Italian and Sassarese, a Corsican dialect; either Sassari or Tathari in southern Sardinian), is a town and a province in Sardinia, Italy. ...

Aside from the launeddas, traditional isntruments include benas, organittu, ghitterra, tamburrinos.

Rural polyphonic chanting of the tenores is related to Corsican music and is sung with four vocal parts. They are bassu (bass), mesa boghe (middle), contra (counter) and boghe (leader and soloist). The most popular group is Tenores di Bitti, and others include Tenores de Oniferi. Outside of France, the island of Corsica is perhaps best known musically for its polyphonic choral tradition. ...

Sacred gozos, or sacred songs, can be heard during religious celebrations, sung by choruses like Su Cuncordu 'e su Rosariu. Gozo is an island of the Maltese archipelago in the Mediterranean Sea, second in size to Malta Island. ...

Other influential Sardinian musicians include Totore Chessa (organetto), Maria Carta (singer), 1930s launedda legend Efisio Melis, Luciano Berio, Maria Carta, Mauro Palmas, Elena Ledda of Sonos and Suonofficina, Cordas et Cannas, Paolo Fresu (trumpet) and Gesuino Deiana (guitar). Events and trends Technology Jet engine invented First atom was split with a particle accelerator Golden Age of radio begins in U.S. Disney adopts a three-color Technicolor process for cartoons First Kit Kat in UK The photocopier is invented by Carlson Air mail service across the Atlantic Science... Luciano Berio (October 24, 1925 – May 27, 2003) was an Italian composer. ... Paolo Fresu is a trumpet and flugelhorn jazz player born in Berchidda, Sardinia, and an arranger and a music composer. ... Trumpeter performing with the United States Air Forces in Europe Band The trumpet is the highest brass instrument in register, above the tuba, euphonium, trombone, sousaphone, and french horn. ... The classical guitar typically has 3 nylon and 3 nickel-wound strings. ...