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Le Balajo, a famous bal musette on Rue de Lappe in Paris (1936) Bal-musette is a style of French instrumental music and dance that first became popular in Paris in the 1880s. Although it began with bagpipes as the main instrument, this instrument was eventually replaced by the accordion , on which a variety of waltzes, polkas, and other dance ...
Émile Vacher (May 7, 1883 - April 8, 1969) was a French accordionist associated with, and often deemed the creator of, the bal-musette genre. [ 1 ] Discography 78s
Antonio Muréna was born in Borgo Val di Taro, Italy.His family emigrated to France in 1923 and settled in Nogent-sur-Marne.His uncle gave him his first accordion and he began a performing career assisted by his cousin Louis Ferrari.
Musette is a style of French music and dance that became popular in Paris in the 1880s. Musette uses the accordion as main instrument, and often symbolizes the French art of living abroad. Émile Vacher (1883-1969) was the star of the new style. [2] Other popular musette accordionists include Aimable Pluchard, Yvette Horner and André Verchuren.
Le Groupe des six, 1921 painting of members of the group Les Six by Jacques-Émile Blanche.The pianist Marcelle Meyer is surrounded by (left) Tailleferre, Milhaud and Honegger, (right) Poulenc, Jean Cocteau, Auric and Jean Wiener, while Durey is missing.
The influence of Antoine Bouscatel led to bal-musette incorporating the Italian accordion, which soon came to dominate the music. This is the period that produced internationally known masters like Léon Chanal , Emile Vacher and Martin Cayla .
Bal-musette, a style of French instrumental music and dance that first became popular in the 1880s Tablature#Musette tablature , a form of musical notation Accordion reed ranks and switches#Register switches , an accordion with at least two sets of middle reeds that are slightly detuned from each other
It is important to note that the dance organ developed to closely follow the new emerging styles of popular music.The earliest organs musically aim to replicate and replace a small dance orchestra playing musical styles of the late 1800s—early 1900s and the sounds of the bal-musette.