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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.
See the list of traditional music styles that incorporate the accordion. Although rarely seen, some early swing band scores have the piano part marked "Piano/Piano Accordion." It is a traditional instrument in Brazilian music, specifically baião of the northeast. Luiz Gonzaga is called the king of baião. [citation needed]
Dennis (Denus) McGee (January 26, 1893 – October 3, 1989) was one of the earliest recorded Cajun musicians.. A fiddle player, he recorded and performed with Creole accordionist and vocalist Amédé Ardoin, with accordionist Angelas LeJeune, and with fiddlers Sady Courville (McGee's brother-in-law) [2] and Ernest Frugé.
On March 7, 2009, [7] they debuted on television, on the ARD folk music program Musikantenstadl. [5] Their performance (with accordions on rollerblades) [ 5 ] [ 4 ] brought them instant fame. [ 1 ] A video of the duo on that day's show (they sang a song "Bayernmädels" from their debut album) is now popular on YouTube , having attracted over 14 ...
Throughout his career, he performed, taught, composed and arranged music for the accordion. He wrote more than 200 original compositions for the instrument. Today there is a "Frosini Society" based in Sweden which was established in 1984 by Swedish accordionist Lars Ek.
A World of Accordions, 1401 Belknap St., was created by the lifelong passion of the museum's founder, Helmi Harrington. "Helmi's dedication to the instrument is boundless," said Willard Palmer III ...
The Flutina is an early precursor to the diatonic button accordion, having one or two rows of treble buttons, which are configured to have the tonic of the scale, on the "draw" of the bellows. There is usually no bass keyboard: the left hand operates an air valve (silent except for the rush of air). A rocker switch, called a "bascule d'harmonie ...
Important musicians in the years after World War II brought back the accordion as the lead instrument, following the string band era of the late 1930s and 1940s when the accordion was not featured on recordings. During the 1970s and beyond the trend continued, sometimes with elements of country-western music of the day and rock added to the sound.