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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
Le bal (Italian: Ballando ballando, French pronunciation: [lÉ™ bal], meaning "The ball") is a 1983 Italian-Franco-Algerian musical film without dialogue directed by Ettore Scola that represents a fifty-year story of French society by way of a ballroom in France. [1] The film is set in Paris, covering the years from
L'embarquement pour Cythère, valse-musette for 2 pianos (from film, Le voyage en Amérique), FP 150; Élégie (en accords alternés), for 2 pianos, FP 175; Capriccio for 2 pianos (after Le bal Masqué), FP 155
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.
Life Dances On or Christine or Dance Program (French: Un carnet de bal) is a 1937 French drama film directed by Julien Duvivier and starring Marie Bell, Françoise Rosay and Louis Jouvet. [1] It was partly shot at the Neuilly Studios in Paris. The film's art direction was by Jean Douarinou.
Amélie is the soundtrack album to the 2001 film of the same name. Director Jean-Pierre Jeunet was introduced to the accordion and piano-driven music of Yann Tiersen by his production assistant. Greatly impressed, he immediately bought Tiersen's entire catalogue and eventually commissioned him to compose pieces for the film. [ 1 ]
- 1957 - Les quatre As du Musette (Disques Festival, FLD 26) with André Verchuren, Louis Ledrich, Louis Ferrari. - 1963 - Tangos et Paso-Dobles ( Odeon Records , XOC 1022) with Jo Privat. - 1974 - Paris Musette ( Barclay , 80.907 / 908) with Marcel Azzola, Claude Chevalier, Gus Viseur.