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"Life and Works of the Living Legend" Anthony Galla-Rini, accordion performer, teacher, composer and arranger, USA (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-01) |
 | | Anthony Galla-Rini was born, January 18, 1904 in Manchester, Connecticut, the third of seven children born to Italian immigrant parents, John and Angela. |
 | | Anthony started his career in the family band at the age of 5 and when two years later they began working the Vaudeville circuits. |
 | | He is credited with many pioneering efforts such as: standardizing the stradella system, notating exact pitch of all the 5 sets of reeds in the left hand, notating the left hand in bass clef, and the logical choice and placement of the right hand and left hand registers. |
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