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The Musical Thread

The love of music, whether it is appreciating the hearing of it, or the playing or singing of it, might be considered universal by many. The need for music is varied. It may fulfill the need for employment, or enough for a loaf of bread. It might fill lonely hours with solace or soothe the weary or troubled soul. It may be as beneficial to the provider as to the listener. The need to give of one's self, the need to create. The need to imagine or tell tales of the road or of the past or the future.

There seems to be a musical thread woven through many of the Sarli family ancestors and their associated family lines down to their modern day descendants. Is it in more abundance in comparison to the general population? Hard to say, but what a nice thing!

It is apparent that more than a handful of towns in Potenza fostered young musicians, especially stringed instrument players, including Viggiano, Laurenzana, Marsicovetere, Marsiconuovo, Calvello, Corleto Peticara, Brienza, and Montemurro (p. 37, Little Slaves of the Harp by John E. Zucchi).