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The Harmoneon or concert accordion [2] (French: Harmonéon, accordeon de concert) is a French free reed aerophone, [3] invented by Pierre Monichon in 1948, although he only patented the instrument four years later in 1952. It has been taught in musical conservatories since 1974. [4]
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 styles were played.
This is a list of articles describing traditional music styles that incorporate the accordion, alphabetized by assumed region of origin.. Note that immigration has affected many styles: e.g. for the South American styles of traditional music, German and Czech immigrants arrived with accordions (usually button boxes) and the new instruments were incorporated into the local traditional music.
Music portal Wikimedia Commons has media related to Accordionists from France . This category is for articles about players of the accordion from the European country of France .
Opposite the Titano Accordion "quint" free bass system designed by Willard Palmer, Ariondo and the late Tommy Gumina are two artists in the United States that play a reverse "quint" free bass system (no converter, only free bass). Ariondo's "Perpetual Motion" video demonstrates the artistic capabilities of the free bass accordion .
Included among this group was the Italian-American John Serry Sr., whose Concerto for Free Bass Accordion was completed in 1964. [53] [54] [55] In addition, the American accordionist Robert Davine composed his Divertimento for Flute, Clarinet, Bassoon and Accordion as a work for chamber orchestra. [56]
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
After a long and intense period of study (he took up lessons on the trombone, harmony, and counterpoint at the Academy of Music in Nice), at 14, in a search to expand his ideas on the accordion, he began listening to jazz and heard records by the trumpet player Clifford Brown.