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	US Bazaar.com : Encyclopedia Pages : Accordion
		The accordion is played by compression and expansion of a bellows, which generates air flow across reeds; a keyboard controls which reeds receive air flow and therefore the tones produced.
		Accordion is the main instrument in the musette style of ballroom music in France (a style now largely out of fashion) and in the 1950s chanson singing, which has a revival in the form of neo-realism.
		Accordion is also a central instrument in Zydeco from Cajun and African-American traditions in Louisiana in the United States, and in Polka, heard in Europe and North and South America.
	encyclopedia.us-bazaar.com /?title=Accordion (2556 words)

	PortableMusic.com: A Short History of the Accordion
		Colonization by European powers was also responsible for the spread of the accordion, from Germany to America, Africa, China and the Caribbean where the accordion was adapted to the indigenous musics of the countries in which it landed - Cajun or Zydeco music of the southern states of the USA or the Brazilian tangos.
		The chromatic accordion, which produced the same note on the press and the draw of the bellows, came into use in 1850 when an accordionist named Walter requested that one be custom-built for him.
		A model 'accordion orchestra' of around thirty skilled amateurs was put together and toured extensively by bus throughout Germany and the neighboring countries presenting the new concept to the public.
	portablemusic.com /2003-04/accordion.htm (2745 words)

	Accordion - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-20)
		The piano accordion is the instrument most often indicated by the term "accordion", but it is one of the most recent inventions among accordion types, appearing late in the 19th century and not accepted worldwide until the early 20th century.
		He is credited with making the first recordings of the instrument in 1908, making the first radio broadcast of the accordion in 1921 and the first sound motion picture featuring the accordion, for Vitaphone, in 1928.
		Chromatic button accordions are preferred by many classical music performers, since the treble keyboard is more dense than that of a piano accordion, allowing a much greater range.
	88.208.194.172 /wiki/index.php/Accordion (1736 words)

	Accordion - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-20)
		Today, the accordion is used in the south of Brazil in the state of Rio Grande do Sul by traditional music groups.
		The main kind of accordion used in this region is the 120 bass accordion.
		The book, Accordion Crimes by Annie Proulx (author of the story upon which the movie "Brokeback Mountain" is based), traces various immigrant stories, all of which are based on accordions.
	www.knowledgehunter.info /wiki/Accordion (2233 words)

	Schrammel & Deiro
		This accordion was the one he had specially made for him, and was manufactured by Budowitzer, a Viennese, whose accordions were as famous as Stradivarius' violins.
		It was this that caused the accordion to be frowned upon by serious musicians, and soon the instrument was relegated to the lowest rung of the musical ladder.
		However, as Lorna Martin said in her earlier article, the chromatic accordion was eventually produced, and from this came the piano accordion.
	janpress.freeservers.com /LCdeiro.htm (612 words)

	Accordion - Description
		accordion is a musical instrument of the handheld bellows-driven free reed aerophone family, sometimes referred to as squeezeboxes.
		accordions consist of a body in two parts, each generally rectangular in shape, separated by a bellow.
		• In Scotland, the favoured diatonic accordion is, paradoxically, the instrument known as the British Chromatic Accordion.
	pidesign.improliege.be /accordion/index.html (1250 words)

	Accordion
		The related concertina differs in that its buttons never produce chords and travel parallel to the travel of the bellows (towards the opposite end of the instrument); there are also differences in the internal materials, construction, mechanics, and tone color, but the basic principles of sound production are identical.
		Further innovations followed and continue to the present: Various keyboard systems have been developed; voicings (the combination of multiple tones at different octaves) have been developed, with mechanisms to switch between different voices during performance; different methods of internal construction to improve tone, stability and durability, and so on.
		The main kind of accordion used in this region, is the 120 basses.
	www.musicsonglyrics.org /Accordion.html (1723 words)

	Instrument Information, History, & Neat Facts for Accordion - Music School Inc
		An instrument called accordion was first patented in 1829 by Cyrill Demian in Vienna (Interestingly, the original patent shows the name "eoline" crossed out and replaced with "accordion" in different handwriting).
		Today, the accordion is largely used in the Southern Brazil (state of Rio Grande do Sul) by the traditional music groups.
		Many modern and avant-garde composers (such as Sofia Gubaidulina, Luciano Berio, and Magnus Lindberg,) have written for the free bass accordion and the instrument is becoming more frequently integrated into new music chamber and improvisation groups.
	www.musicschool.com /instrument/?name=Accordion (1596 words)

	Reyes Accordion (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-20)
		Although it gives information useful to doctors, caregivers reyes accordion and other health professionals, it also tells parents where reyes accordion and how to look for information covering virtually all topics related to reye's syndrome, from the essentials to the most advanced areas of research.
		Schrammel accordion - A Schrammel accordion (German: Schrammelharmonika) is an accordion with a melody (right hand) keyboard in the chromatic B-Griff system and a twelve-button diatonic bass keyboard.
		Chromatic button accordion - A chromatic button accordion is a type of button accordion where the melody-side keyboard consists of rows of buttons arranged so that the pitch increases diagonally along and across the rows.
	fresnosports.usamsoc.com /reyesaccordion.html (594 words)

	Accordion History (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-20)
		Additionally, early accordions, like the bandoneon (and, for that matter, the harmonica) that exists today, produced different notes on the press and draw of the bellows.
		So when the first piano accordion, or the first accordion to feature a piano-style ivory keyboard, was produced in Vienna in 1863, many performers regarded it as a means of liberating themselves, to a limited extent, from being confined to their massive and immobile walls of pipes.
		During the early part of the twentieth century the leading accordion manufacturers began increasing their output and, thanks to pressure from professional players, settling on a general standard size and shape for the instrument, with 19½" the agreed length for a 41 note keyboard.
	www.accordions.com /index/his/his_acc_his.shtml (1695 words)

	Capricious Accordion Page (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-20)
		The arrangements in his act, which he dubs Capricious Accordion, have piqued the interest not only of accordion aficionados who show particular appreciation for the technical intricacies of Joe's arrangements, but of all who appreciate music that is both challenging to play and entertaining to listen to.
		And — accordion aficionados, you will like this — almost all arrangements include passages and phrases played with the natural reeds of the acoustic accordion, tastefully interwoven with the sampled sounds of midi technology, while some selections are complemented by real-time vocal harmonies.
		Capricious Accordion performances can be heard regularly at Lugano Swiss Bistro www.swissbistro.com where the quaint and intimate indoor/outdoor setting, along with excellent Swiss and Continental food, is just the right atmosphere and complement to the Capricious Accordion repertoire.
	www.capricious-accordion.com (231 words)

	Schrammel accordion - Squeezebox - A Wikia wiki (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-20)
		Schrammel accordion - Squeezebox - A Wikia wiki
		The Schrammel Accordion is a Viennese creation that was a precursor to the modern chromatic button accordion.
		The treble side is a 3-row B-system or C-system chromatic keyboard, and the bass side is a 12-button bisonoric chord-bass arrangement.
	squeezebox.wikia.com /wiki/Schrammel_accordion (125 words)

	Audio Music Guide (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-20)
		The accordion may not be the most popular of instruments but it is perhaps the most enduring.
		He was an instrument maker from Vienna who initially patented the accordion and was given royal patronage in 1829 for his trouble.
		Two violins and a bass guitar were linked to an accordion in what was to become known as a Schrammel.
	todayinaudio.com /the-news/music/a-short-history-on-the-accordion.html (480 words)

	Société de musique viennoise du Québec
		The Ensemble Johann Schrammel is a member of the Orchestre Métropolitain of Montréal and the Orchestre Johann Strauss Montréal-Laurentides.
		Schubert, Strauss and Schrammel owe to the Viennese wine region of Grinzing the fragrance which not only characterizes their compositions, but also has become an important part of life in the beautiful city of Vienna.
		This tradition is manifested particularly by the Schrammel brothers, Johann and Josef, to whom we attribute the musical style known as Schrammel (Schrammelmusik).
	pages.globetrotter.net /musillu/musillusion/products1_3.htm (1908 words)

	Accordion - Wiki (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-20)
		The elite form of this instrument is generally considered to be the German manufactured "Shand Morino", produced by Hohner with the input of the late Sir Jimmy Shand.
		Within the United States of America several noted instrumentalists demonstrated the unique orchestral capabilities of the free bass accordion while performing at the nation's premier concert venues.
		Included among the leading orchestral artists was JOHN SERRY SR - a noted concert accordionist, composer and arranger.
	www.lumrix.com /help/index.php/Accordion (1818 words)

	Concertina
		A concertina, like the various accordions, is a member of the free-reed family of instruments.
		Concertinas typically have buttons on both ends and are distinguished from an accordion (piano or button) by the direction of their button travel when pushed.
		Concertina buttons travel in the same direction as the bellows whereas accordion buttons travel perpendicular to the direction of the bellows.
	www.musicsonglyrics.org /Concertina.html (947 words)

	Accordion Links: Middle Europe
		The accordions are Viennese chromatic accordions: one made by Karl Budowitz in 1920, one made by Josef Reisinger in 1937.
		Accordion virtuoso Myron Floren (1919-2005) joined Lawrence Welk's band in 1950 and stayed on until the television show ended in 1982.
		Lorelei und Schatzi from Alpharetta, Georgia, with Lorelei on piano accordion, specialise in Bavarian, Swiss, and Austrian Volksmusik.
	www.accordionlinks.com /middle.cfm (3106 words)

	Same Note On Push And Pull - Concertina.net Discussion Forums (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-20)
		There's the English concertina and the piano accordion.
		The Schrammel accordion has a chromatic button accordion layout on the right, but the left is like a diatonic button accordion, i.e.
		There are a few unisonoric Russian instruments too: The Bayan is a class of chromatic button accordion; the Garmon' and Livenka are unisonoric and diatonic.
	www.concertina.net /forums/index.php?showtopic=3646 (722 words)

	Vienna Thalia Quartet: Music From Old Vienna
		Johann SCHRAMMEL: Sei wieder guat, Polka mazur (arr.
		Their repertoire includes polkas, marches, waltzes, as well as dances by the Schrammel brothers, the dynasty Strauß, Franz Schubert, Joseph Lanner and other composers of that time.
		Thus, the ensemble plays only in Schrammel’s historical instrumentation, that is, using the G-clarinet and not the accordion, which is traditionally incorrect.
	www.harpguitarmusic.com /listings/listing_vt_vienna1.htm (220 words)

	accordion - Ask.com Web Search
		There are multiple C notes on the accordion, spaced an octave apart.
		Accordion related products and services, as well as booking information for The Squeegees, Roma 59, The Big Squeeze, and Bella Ciao.
		The accordion is one of several European inventions of the early 19th century that used free reeds driven by a bellows;...
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	Accordion Cajun Listen Music (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-20)
		Their subjects include the history of conjunto music, its signature instruments, the social context accordion cajun listen music and functions of conjunto, accordion cajun listen music and personal histories of conjunto music giants.
		This collection should interest conjunto accordion cajun listen music and folk-music fans, as well as students accordion cajun listen music and scholars.
		The accordion was patented on January 14, 1854 by Anthony Faas.
	mo75.3rdfaze.info /accordioncajunlistenmusic.html (1081 words)

	Québec Viennese Music Society
		This quartet is the only one in Canada performing in the authentic Viennese classical Schrammel form using the Viennese G clarinet, the Knopharmonika and contraguitar combined with 2 violins.
		The third member of the Trio, Anouk, daughter of the founding couple, plays the piano, clarinet, recorder and violin, and already has several years of concert experience to her credit despite her young age.
		She played second clarinet during the Transatlantik Schrammel Ensemble's 11-concert tour of Austria and Canada in the spring of 2005, with the Viennese singers Monika and Peter Hana.
	pages.globetrotter.net /musillu/musillusion/musiqueang.htm (1324 words)

	The Classical Free-Reed, Inc. CD Review of Budowitz: Mother Tongue
		My accordion was built in 1889 by Karl Budowitz, who was born in the Czech Repuplic and moved with his brother Joseph (who also made accordions- actually harmonikas- which is what they called instruments whose buttons or keys didn´t play chords automatically when pushed) to Vienna in the middle of the 19th Century.
		They perfected the first fully chromatic button accordion system - apparently developed by Franz Walter - and came to be known as the Stradivarius of the harmonika, because their instruments were so well crafted.
		His instruments found their way into the Schrammel brothers´ ensemble, and so came to be known as the Schrammelharmonika, though the instruments themselves were widely distributed, and became the basis for the Russian Bayan system.
	www.ksanti.net /free-reed/reviews/budowitz.html (876 words)

	the accordion page (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-20)
		Included among the leading orchestral artists was John Serry, Sr.- a noted concert accordionist, soloist, composer and arranger.
		As an added bonus here are the top searched terms over the past month for accordion.
		Now you can see what everyone else is searching for in regard to accordion.
	www.talk2dhand.com /accordion.php (2864 words)

	Untitled Page
		Accordion is not however a generic word and it applies only to a specific instrument.
		Acdordions themselves come in a myriad of different forms and sizes though the main division is between accordions with keyboards and those without.
		Edited from: The History of the Accordion In New Zealand By Wallace Liggett at http://www.accordions.com/; from the abridged version of The Classical Squeezebox by Henry Doktorski at The Classical Free-Reed, Inc.: http://trfn.clpgh.org/free-reed/history/; and Vom Accordion zum Akkordeon - the Emanzipation eines Konzertinstruments of Ralf Kaupenjohann, Clark/Hakenberg, trans.
	crosssound.com /CSarchives/INSTRUMENTS/instrumentsall.html (8079 words)

	The Classical Free-Reed, Inc. CD Review of Deishovida (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-20)
		The accordion provides an enchanting introduction to "Valentinstag," which is perhaps the sweetest and gentlest cut on the album.
		Lasser plays two accordions; one with chromatic buttons on both sides with a free-bass system; the other is a "Schrammel" accordion with chromatic buttons on the right and a diatonic system on the left side.
		I was amazed at the "contemporary" sounds contributed by the accordion and hurdy-gurdy, instruments which are unfortuntately too often condemned to performing only folk music.
	www.ksanti.net /free-reed/reviews/deish.html (382 words)

	Philharmonic Accordion (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-20)
		Annie Proulx's "Accordion Crimes" is a masterpiece of storytelling that spans a century philharmonic accordion and a continent.
		Proulx brings the immigrant experience in America to life through the eyes of the descendants of Mexicans, Poles, Africans, Irish-Scots, Franco-Canadians philharmonic accordion and many others, all linked by their successive ownership of a simple green accordion.
		The music they make is their last link with the past -- voice for their fantasies, sorrows philharmonic accordion and exuberance.
	lo20.3rdfaze.info /philharmonicaccordion.html (1379 words)

	Dolmetsch Online - Music Dictionary Sc - Sd
		It is named for a traditional combination of two violins, accordion and Kontragitarre known as Schrammelquartett, the music being performed was called Schrammel music, in the Vienna chamber music tradition based on Austrian country music and the Wienerlied.
		in 1878, the Schrammel brothers, Johann (1850-1893) and Josef (1852-1895), two violinists joined together with George Dänzer, a virtuoso of the G clarinet, and Anton Strohmayer, a performer on the Kontragitarre.
		Johann Schrammel, whose father was a clarinetist and whose mother was a folksinger, was formally educated at the conservatory, specializing in violin and ethnomusicology.
	www.dolmetsch.com /defss1.htm (5295 words)

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