Oxford University Press: 2004. (I own a wind up gramophone) Antiimmigration attitudes prevailed as Italians tried to assimilate during the first decade. Péguri’s three  sons Charles, Michel, and Louis went on to compose, front bands, and perform. We can learn new songs and bring them along to a jam session and pull them out decades later to revisit—as old friends. Accordion wizards like Gus Viseur, Tony Murena and Jo Privat took to the road to promote it  outside of Paris. It descended from the  musette de cour and had a long history in the dance genre. When tenor Michael Van Why completed his  music degree at Sonoma State University, his recital concentrated on the French classical  repertoire. Em Dm Ce dont je me souviens Em ce sont ces amoureux C D Qui ne regardaient rien autour d'eux. Pour  un  Bal  musette  ambiance, typique  et  variétés,  dans  une  Guinguette. The musette switch sounds as though it is slightly  out of tune in its “wet” vibrato resonance. The comparison of  bagpipe to accordion is puzzling. "Dans ma tête..." prod et txt par Mimo enregistrement par Manimal Shamanic Technique mix/mastering par Else. French music album by Jean Lumière 1. The denigration subsided when Cabrettists reconciled, some learning to play the new musette. Many accordionists request and prefer the Italian musette tuning, rather than the French  tuning, since it is not quite as discordant. The Romance language mix challenges both musician and vocalist in new ways. Some of them go back to the early 1900s….most are from the 1930s and 40s. 4 See pp. Shop for Vinyl, CDs and more from Sanseverino at the Discogs Marketplace. That “despicable accordion” was brought over by those “Ritals” (meaning  Italians). I knew nothing about musette until I started researching based on the records I have. The accordion was bigger, louder, and starting  to technically evolve. 33 Crayon drawing by Janet Baer. They complemented well. Americans fell in love with the music, the musicians, and the optimistic energy. Chanson and musette accordion team is comprised of Dave Miotke (accordion) and  chanteuse Hélène Attia.32 Both musicians have recreated the Parisian cabaret ambience with a basic script and songs. A younger generation of accordionists arrived to carry the torch. Listen to “Café Parisien” for a fine musette collection (a lot of Gus Viseur) and a little history behind it all. Finally, it seemed that the discrimination against Italians would subside. 1. musette accordion 2. bal musette .............................................................................................. Vous  faire  danser,  amuser,  notre  plaisir  en  priorité. The Viennese Waltz King and the painter Gustav Klimt created the swirling rhythms and  patterns of this intoxicating period but it would not last long. Rhythmic juxtapositions of three against two are also popular and eighth note triplets as well as eighth notes in duple meter. Menu à définir. 8 Personal interview, July 19, 2008. Edith Piaf (1915-1963) began her career on the streets of Paris and singing in the bal  musettes. O.Pagani & Bros. 1956. He fronted his own bands, taught accordion  students, and operated the Corino School of Music on Columbus Avenue in North Beach.27 His “Una Notte a Parigi” is representative of a valzer musette genre.28. 32 http://heleneattia.com/ 2018-07-13 July, 7:00 PM AM - La Guinguette du Rhin - Vendenheim - France. Traditionally, it has been cafés and restaurants that have provided what little French music is  heard but rarely were the venues for public dancing. Hosted by La Scène. Its waltz- polka calendar is full and the tri-lingual Alpine communities still arrive on weekends to enjoy the traditional dances.26 In Paris, the Tyrolean bal musettes included multi-instrumentalists who would also perform basic circus acts and clown around as well. Mar 16, 2012 - This Pin was discovered by Carlos Bernal. Note that in USA, people call musette accordion music “French Café” music. 30 Michel Saga sings Songs of Paris, Vol I. Accordion switches allow the accordionist to achieve various timbre, thus producing an  evocative ambience. If there is an official musical instrument of France, it probably became the accordion during this period. See pp. iii Ibid, p. 142. Another local addition to the bal musette scene has been the talented accordionist Robert  Lunceford and his trio “Un, Deux, Trois” with Lisa Iskin, guitar and vocals, and Josh  Fossgreen, guitar. waltzes, mazurkas, polkas etc. The diversity  in its repertoire has renewed the dance traditions in France’s popular late 19th century guinguettes. Accordion Repairs Made Easy. Just as Piaf brought her snappy javas and mournful  songs to the streets of Paris, Due Zighi Baci has been bringing these songs to a younger audience who may have never heard of these songs. Hosted by Frisse Folk and La Fonderie Bruxelles. French San Francisco. Explore releases from Yvette Horner at Discogs. In the late 1930s, the fusion of Swing and Jazz produced an exotic influence known as  Manouche. This eBook is meant for free distribution. Five sous was the price of a dance so one purchased only as many as might be needed. Corino used a Cordavox without the musette switch. 1992. In the  triple meter this often meant that the ‘up beat’ would be the strong beat, rather than the  “down beat.”, It featured a rhythmic strumming associated with the banjo and provided an accompaniment  to the many nonwritten melodies. Le p'tit bal du samedi soir - Georges Guetary, 4. For example, the big summer film hit of 2001 was Amélie. www.henriducharme.com 9 Boaz Rubin. These small portable button boxes made little progress and few  improvements until late in the century. 17 “Dream of Java” This dance is included in the sheet music collection. The Squeeze Box was  sexy! 1. More than a year ago. Simone Berteau presents a raw, unvarnished truth about the struggle to survive. 30–31. 13 AKA “guinches” or the low-lifes; also refers to seedy places to dance. 15 Michael Dregni. The ballo liscio dances are discussed at length. One of the best stories about the affectionate relationship some accordionist have had with the musette tuning comes from Vince Cirelli, a local legend whose accordion repair studio, Cirelli Accordion Service, has been a Mecca for accordionists since it first opened in 1948.ii If you have  played an accordion in the San Francisco Bay Area during the past few decades, it has probably been repaired by him. French and Italian musette is heard, more often than not, with a specific dance genre, the  triple metered waltz.11 The music itself is written with certain common melodic and  harmonic techniques including the following characteristics: Melodic embellishments are often  used with arpeggios, especially triplet figures, and ornamentations or grace notes precede a  new melodic phrase; glissandos are often heard at the dramatic conclusion in a tango-musette genre. One of his first apprentices was Skyler Fell who apparently first started working with him  somewhat as a volunteer. 11 Henri Ducharme, an accordion teacher at Boaz Accordions, in the late 1990s taught wonderful classes that introduced students to specific techniques and styles. Her mise-enscene presentations often involve a realistic background to give her audience an even greater authenticity. The “B” section is  usually the ‘spinning” or triplet part, sometimes called la toupie. Playing from sheet music is good; unfortunately, so much of the old music is in sad shape due to generations of copying, and the music itself,  short of flying to Paris, is next to impossible to find. In the North Bay, a recent transplant is the gravelly voiced, talented Michel Saga whose  French Barrel Organ makes the rounds at the local farmers markets, French wineries, and  summer picnics. Unfortunately, the musette accordion couldn’t bend the notes in the same way as a guitar so the accordion disappeared from many jazz manouche bands, staying in the back alleys until Edith Piaf discovered it and legitimized it on stage during her cabaret shows. He is the living legend  with stories that only he can tell. Afternoon and early evening soirées enabled mixed social  classes to mingle, lubricated by alcohol consumption (often absinthe or grenadine mixed with  something stronger) while breaking through the social and economic barriers. It is crucial that the proper maintenance of the musette tuning be cared for by experts. Prenez soins de vous et des autres,  un bon moral. There are several etymologies for this word. Penngrove, CA. This decision to develop more of the French dance repertoire and  incorporate French chanson has enabled us to explore a much broader repertoire. 29 http://www.baguettequartette.org/ F Em Non je ne me souviens plus Dm du nom du bal perdu. Vincent Scotto (1876- 1952) went on to write some of the most memorable  bal musette songs including “La Java Bleue.” The American singer Josephine Baker and  Parisian Edith Piaf debuted, sang and danced to his music. As I watched Philippe Petit walk on a wire across the Seine from the Trocadéro to the Eiffel  Tower, I was transformed into a French citizen. Hide Map. It took a few decades before the accordion arrived in Paris and its environs. The cabrette had not improved in hundreds of years. The piano accordion should always  be played with a musette switch on if in the performance of bal musette dancing. It is often said that her ‘voice was rinsed in the gutters of Paris.” She was  fortunate to be discovered, worshipped, and adored by a Parisian impresario Louis Lepleé  who could afford to hire the finest for her concerts.21 She paid tribute to her low origins and  to its hard-working musicians and accordionists on stage. The songs arrived on the Hit Parade,  Jukeboxes, and the weekly radio and television shows. Whereas the diatonic and chromatic easily portable button  box (especially concertinas) lacked volume for the most part and were not that versatile, the piano accordion was be built larger, with stronger steel reeds and bellows, and it proved to be more capable of providing a versatile rhythm with its melody. The Latin dances would have to wait until the 1920s to establish themselves but they  sneaked into the bal musette as pasos dobles with musicians such as Django Reinhardt. Prenez soins de vous et des autres,  un bon moral, a très bientôt pour guincher      Musicalement Votre, *****************************************. un  Dancing,  ou  un  Casino,  pour  une  Fête  locale,  l'animation  dans  un  C.C.A.S.. un  Repas  des  Ainés  suivi d'un  bal, pour un  Anniversaire,  un  départ  en  retraite,    ...... N' hésitez-pas  à  nous  joindre  au    05 62 39 06 07   ou  sur  le  portable  au    06 23 97 90 53, Ce site a été conçu sur la plateforme de création de sites internet, musette  -  ambiance  -  typique  -  variété, 06 23 97 90 53     ***     05 62 39 06 07. This word derived from the Romany culture, the roaming, homeless gypsies who  lived outside society’s laws and customs. Paris would become its home while the  dancehalls became its permanent address. 30–31. Here’s how it happened: In that first decade, a fortuitous encounter with a  world class cabrettaire (Antoine Bouscatel 1867-1945) and a family of Italian immigrant  musicians, the Péguri family, produced a dynasty through the marriage of Bouscatel’s daughter who married one of Félix Péguri’s sons. Hosted by Etoile Musette. La Ferme Rose Uccle. Show Map. Django Reinhardt (1910-1953) and Stéphane Grapelli (1908-1997) started their careers buskering and in musette bands in Paris before they  ‘invented’ the more chromatic, bluesy style of jazz manouche.20. It was just around the corner from where my sister (who also plays accordion) and lives on the Emeryville-Berkeley border. In 1979 accordionists Mike Corino and Tom Cordoni produced a live recording that included several musette dances.25. Thank you for this.