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Category: Italian accordionists. 8 languages. ... This is a collection of articles on nationals of Italy who played accordion at a level that it is defining for them.
Nejc Pačnik (born 1990) – Slovenian accordionist, twice accordion world-champion and accordion teacher Esa Pakarinen (1911–1989) – Finnish accordionist and actor Willard A. "Bill" Palmer (1917–1996) – inventor of the quint system which was later patented by Titano as used in their line of "converter" (or "quint") bass accordions
Pietro Frosini (9 August 1885 – 2 September 1951) professionally known mononymously as Frosini, was an Italian vaudeville performer, musician, and composer. Based in the United States, he was one of the first famous "stars of the accordion."
Mignacca was born in the Italian port city of Trieste, the administrative center of the region Friuli-Venezia Giulia.She learned to play an accordion in early childhood, reached the top in performing arts, has become famous thanks to a virtuoso performance.
This is a list of articles describing popular music acts that incorporate the accordion. The accordion appeared in popular music from the 1900s-1960s. This half century is often called the "Golden Age of the Accordion." Three players: Pietro Frosini, and the two brothers Count Guido Deiro and Pietro Deiro were major influences at this time.
Guido started to play the accordion when nine years old. His father allowed Guido to play this two-row accordion in the street outside his stores because Guido’s playing would draw a crowd and attract potential customers. Deiro became a student of the famous Italian accordionist-composer Giovanni Gagliardi. [1]
This is a non-diffusing subcategory of Category:Italian accordionists. It includes Italian accordionists that can also be found in the parent category, or in diffusing subcategories of the parent. Biography portal
Pietro Deiro. Pietro Deiro (1888 – 1954) was one of the most influential accordionists of the first half of the 20th century. [1] [2]Born on August 28, 1888, in Salto Canavese, Italy, the younger brother of Guido Deiro, Pietro Deiro emigrated to the United States as a steerage passenger on the S/S La Savoie in 1907 and went to live with his Uncle Frederico and work in the coal mines of Cle ...