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The accordion's basic form is believed to have been invented in Berlin, in 1822, by Christian Friedrich Ludwig Buschmann, [notes 2] [6] although one instrument was discovered in 2006 that appears to have been built earlier. [notes 3] [7] [8] The earliest history of the accordion in Russia is poorly documented.
Free bass accordion is taught at the undergraduate and post-graduate levels at the National Autonomous University of Mexico in Mexico City. In the United States, free bass instruments are much less well known despite attempts to popularize them by Palmer and Hughes and the Giulietti Accordion Company [ 17 ] [ 18 ] in the 1960s and 1970s.
The advent of the accordion is the subject of debate among researchers. Some historians credit Christian Friedrich Ludwig Buschmann as the inventor of the accordion, but most others give the distinction to Cyrill Demian, an Armenian-Romanian from the Transylvanian town of Szamosújvár (ancient Armenopolis) living in Vienna, who patented his accordion in 1829, thus coining the name.
George Antheil—of Ballet mécanique fame: Accordion Dance for accordion and orchestra (1951) John Serry, Sr.: American Rhapsody (1955), to name a few. [32] [33] In 1937 the first accordion concerto was written and played in Russia. Other notable classical accordion performers include Pauline Oliveros, and Rob Reich of the Tin Hat Trio.
In the early 19th century when the free reeds became factory-manufacturable, various free reed instruments were invented one after another, including: early pump organs (c. 1810), accordions (c. 1822/1829), and Symphonium (c. 1829) as an early harmonica.
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
George Harrison owned many Indian instruments, including tambouras, a swarmandel (or Indian harp) and at least three sitars. All the Beatles kept pianos, guitars and other instruments at their homes to work on songs and demos. Most of these pieces never made their way into the studio with the well-known exception of Harrison's Moog synthesizer.
The heyday of the "Flutina" was approximately from 1840 to 1880. In the United States of America, the more robust steel-reeded German Melodians "won out" over these brass-reeded, soft, and delicate "accordion melodiques". French "accordion" manufactures nearly came to an end during the Franco-Prussian War 1870-71. From 1880 on, the Italian ...