Music style of accordion

Accordion is traditionally used to play folk or national music and pop music, which is adapted from all the tracks of opera and light classical music. 1 Now this instrument often appears in today's pop music, such as rock and pop rock music, and sometimes it is even used in serious classical concerts and advertisements.

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Accordions are traditionally used to play folk or national music and pop music. It is adapted from all the tracks of opera and light classical music. 1 Now this instrument often appears in today's pop music, such as rock and pop rock music, and sometimes it is even used in serious classical concerts and advertisements.

The accordion used in traditional music was invented in 1829, which is popular all over the world, largely due to the popular Polka music at that time. "

Polka once became the fashion in Paris and London in the spring of 1844, and soon spread all over the world ... 1844. In March, Polka was crazy about Paris: ordinary people, civil servants, workers ... Imagine that anyone who is not too old-fashioned will dance Polka in the streets of the capital. At the same time, this craze soon spread to Bordeaux and other cities in France. About a week later, the storm also swept through London. Polka quickly spread from these two fashionable, imperial and influential countries to other cities in France and Britain and to every corner of the world. "2

Except for the short period from 1830 to 1840, when the French aristocrats played the accordion at the salon concert, this instrument has always been closely related to ordinary people. 1at the end of 8001at the beginning of 900, accordion became popular all over the world with waves of Europeans moving to other countries in the world.

Accordion became a popular musical instrument in the middle of18th century for several reasons: the unique quality led to the popularity of new musical instruments (among the public). First of all, his voice is louder than all the ancient national instruments combined. Even in the wildest pubs, he can clearly hear the accordion in the wild dance steps. She is also the embryonic form of a one-man band, that is, holding the bass and stringed instruments in her left hand and the melody button in her right hand. You can sing together and play with your feet. This instrument can be played at any time without tuning, but the most unique feature of the early hexagonal accordion design is that your playing effect will not be too bad, even if it is out of tune, it sounds beautiful. three

Since its invention, accordion has been widely integrated with all kinds of traditional musical instruments in the world, from Polka in Europe, Valena to Foxtrot music in South Korea. Please refer to the catalogue of accordion traditional music types

Sometimes, some traditional music styles may be bound by some accordion styles, such as larmor's Shi larmor accordion or Basque's Tricchi Tisha (a full-scale accordion). It is difficult to name a country. Accordion does not occupy an important position in its musical tradition, and even is idealized in literary works. four

The application of accordion in pop music began at around 19 10, and ended at around 1960. The unique sound of accordion is frequently heard in pop music. This half century is often called "the golden age of accordion". Three players, more than others, created the era of accordion popularity. All Italians immigrated to the United States: Pietro Frosini and his two brothers, Guido Delo and Pietro Delo. During the vaudeville period, their performances spread all over North America, Europe and Australia, which made them famous. They made hundreds of records for Victor's phonograph company, Columbia Records, Decca Records, Edison Records, Cylinders and other record companies. Guido Deiro is one of them, and he is the most famous accordionist between 19 10 and 1920. He owns a sports car and beautiful women and lives a star-like luxury life. At that time, many popular bands, such as the paul whiteman Philharmonic Orchestra, hired accordionists.

1929- 1930 during the great depression, many dance halls closed down one after another. In this economic recession, accordionist can still find a job teaching and playing accordion in radio. Charles Magnant is regarded as the greatest pop accordionist in America. At the peak of his career, he played 30 pieces of music live on the radio and recorded 8 pieces of music in the studio every week. Another famous American pop musician is Dick Contino, who toured with Horace Hite Orchestra and was listed as the most famous accordion player in the world. He set a record of 48 performances in Ed Sullivan. In addition, from 1930, 1950 to 1960, John Seri, Sheffield Sr. and his ripping rhythm toured Broadway Theatre for many times. Miron Floren, a famous musician and accordion player, once again set off an accordion craze with his wonderful performance in Lawrence Verk. However, with the appearance of rock music and a new generation of young people in the late period of 1950 and the early period of 1960, the accordion gradually withdrew from popular music, because the new generation thought that the accordion was the epitome of the relaxed and happy music loved by their parents and grandparents, rather than the fashionable, popular and fashionable music they loved.

This instrument is also often used in Disney's song Legend of Whales, Donald Duck's song Quack Quack, and the Christmas background song Christmas Fruit.

Application in classical music

Although the accordion was originally considered as a national musical instrument, more and more classical composers used it. The earliest existing concert fragment for accordion was created by Paris accordionist and amateur composer Miss Louise Resener in 1836, and it is still widely circulated today.

Russian composer Peter Ilyich Tchaikovsky added a diatonic accordion to his second orchestral suite in C major, and simply added a little harmony and funny color to the third movement.

Italian composer umberto Qiao Danuo added a diatonic accordion to his opera fedora (1898).

19 15, the American composer Charles added a full-scale accordion (or hexagonal accordion) to his orchestra No.2-there are also two pianos, Zhong Qin, harp, organ, guzheng and Taylor Ming electronic organ, and the accordion part-is played only with the right hand. The above music is composed by the author for the full-scale button accordion.

The first composer who composed music specially for chromatic accordion (can play chromatic notes of 12) was Paul Hindemith, of 192 1 year. He added a pedal organ to Kammer MusickNo. 1, and the player 12 played four movements, but later he used the original pedal organ. Other German composers also compose for accordions.

1922, Austrian composer alban berg alban Berg added a short hand to the seventh movement of his iconic opera "Woetzek".

In the organ stage performance, several American composers have also made efforts in this respect, including John Serry Sr, whose characteristics are embodied in the creation of traditional accordions and free bass accordions.

In the first half of the 20th century, the famous composers who created music for accordions were:

Virgil thomson: Three Acts and Four Saints (1928) "Four Saints and Three Acts"

Sergey prokofiev: Chorus for the 20th anniversary of the October Revolution, Op. 74 (1936) Commemorating the 20th anniversary of the June Revolution 10 Paul Dessau: Mother of Courage (1936) and Die Verurteilung des lukullus (1949).

Dmitri Shostakovich: Second Jazz Suite (1938) "Second Jazz Suite"

Jean Fran AIX: Apocalypse Accommodation in St. John (1939) Enlightenment from St. John.

Darius milhaud: Prelude and Postscript of Liddell (1946) Prelude and Finale of Liddell Henry Brandt: Carnival of All Souls (1949) Carnival of Souls.

George antheil-the name of ballet: accordion dance music for accordion and orchestra.

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John Seri Sr: American Rhapsody (1955), to name a few. [16] American Rhapsody.

Application of Free Bass Accordion in Classical Music Although accordionist and organizer tried to bring accordion into the world of classical music as a serious instrument, and wanted to further break through the mainstream of serious music circle, they failed, until some famous accordionists abandoned the traditional bass accordion more or less and accepted the free bass accordion. Composers find the free bass accordion more attractive and easier to compose music because it is free from the constraints of bass and prefabricated buttons.

Although it was invented as early as 19 12, the accordion did not become popular until the middle of the 20th century and was "discovered" by classical accordionists. The Danish accordionist Mogens Ellegaard is regarded by many as the father of accordion innovation movement. When he introduced the accordion, he said: "I didn't have accordion culture at first, unless you defined accordion culture as' woo-pa-pa' and so on." The free bass accordion does not exist. When I was a child, everyone had no idea. At that time, the accordion world was in glorious isolation, isolated from the outside world of music. For us, concerts are made up of Frosini, Delo programs or folk programs. There is almost no possibility of getting a formal high-quality education in accordion major. The accordion is not accepted by any institution of higher learning ... Soloists and the best musicians can only use it through nightclubs, Saturday performances and other places ... This was done when I was very young. "

Ellegaard continued: "But in 1953, the first free bass accordion was adopted in Denmark. Coincidentally, I was one of the first students to get this instrument ... 1957 Pianist Wilfred Kjaer is also a famous composer of light music in China and wrote a concerto for me. Through his warm contact, he will organize Jubilesse infameuse to hold the world's first public concert. Coincidentally, composer Ole Schmidt was also sitting in the audience of that concert. He doesn't appreciate Kjaer's works, but he likes this instrument very much. He later confessed to me. So I challenge myself to write better music. 1958, he wrote Fantasia and Fast Movement of Symphony for accordion and orchestra, which is the first serious work created by an excellent composer in the true sense for accordion. " nine

The composer's fantasy and the rapid movement of the symphony were premiered by the Danish Radio Symphony Orchestra. Ole Schmidt commented on this performance: "I used to hate the accordion until I met Mogens Ellegaard, who made me decide to write an accordion concerto for him."

Other Danish composers soon followed in Schmidt's footsteps:

Niels Viggo Bentzon wrote a concerto for Accordion in the Zoo (1962-63) and a symphony concerto for six accordion teams, string bands and percussion bands.

Per N rg rd composed the accordion solo Journey to Anatomy (1967) and Memories for Accordion and Orchestral Music (1968). He studied under Lars Dyremose, Dean of the Danish Accordion Academy.

Karl Aage Rasmussen wrote the invention (1972).

Hans Abrahamsen wrote an accordion solo ensemble (1977-78).

Sting Padre, New York? rg？ Rd students wrote an accordion concerto and three solo works: A detour hike (1984) and Bloom.

"Heaven" (1987) and "Decorative Essays" (1987)Vagn Holmboe sonata.

In Europe, the performance of the free bass accordion has reached a high level, and people think that this instrument is worth studying seriously in the music hall.

Fashion and avant-garde composers such as Sofia Gubaidulina, Edison Denisov, Luciano Berio, Pernorgard, Arne Nordheim, Jindrich Feld, Franco Donatoni, Toshio Hosokawa, Mauricio Kagel, Patrick Nunn and Magnus Lindberg compose music for the free bass accordion, which is increasingly integrated with new music and improvisation groups.

In the United States, it is rare to hear about the free bass accordion. Until 1960, through the efforts of music masters, the achievement of accordion was comparable to that of classical piano works. Although it has never become the mainstream in large-scale music occasions, this combination with traditional classical music has promoted the greatest connection between young accordionist and classical music, which has never been experienced before.

When playing in the best music venues in the country, many American instrumentalists have successfully interpreted the unique performance of orchestral free bass. In this process, they encouraged contemporary composers to compose music for this instrument, including important orchestral artists John Serry and Sr. He was a concert accordionist, soloist, composer and jazz ensemble, and he also played on radio and TV, which was outstanding in the early 20th century.

As a classical musician and conductor, his improved poetic art won the respect of the free bass accordion used in formal concerts. In addition, his free bass accordion concerto was completed in 1966, which shows the broad orchestral potential of this instrument.

Recently, Guy Klucevsek has won a reputation because of the combination of pop style and classical form and the wide application of free bass. William Himell of new york has composed and played many styles of music, and is the main advocate of the "fifth degree" free bass system, and has cooperated extensively with Stella's bass system.

In Canada, some performers also regard the free bass accordion as an important member of the entire North American orchestra. Among these major performers, teachers and composers, Joseph Ma Zerolo is very popular as an interpreter of contemporary and classical works.

refer to

1 Henri Doktor, CD booklet in Guido Delo: Perfect Recording Works, Volume 1.

2 Charles Kyle, Angelique V Kyle, Dick Blau, Happy Polka (Temple University Press, Philadelphia: 1992), 9, 1 1.

3 Christopher Wagner, A Brief History of Accordion Changing the World. The CD brochure of the hexagonal accordion shows different artists playing it.

4Wallace, Len "Accordion-a popular musical instrument" (1989)

5 The Golden Age of Accordion, by Flynn, Davidson and Chavez, 3rd edition (Schertz, Texas: Flynn Joint Publishing, 1992).

66 Henry Doktor's The Darrow Brothers and Their Accordions.

7 Edit Helmi Strahl Harrington's The Story of Charles Magnant: The Great American Accordion Autobiography, or the fourth edition of Zello Cassolino (Harrington Art Center, 2002).

8 Accordion Man: The Legend of Dick Contino (Father and Son Press, Tallahassee, Florida, 1994).

9Mogens Ellegaard, quoted "Canadian Exchange: Classical Accordion Society" in the interview.

Research direction: accordion performance and teaching.

(The article is from the graduate student of Grade 06 of the Conservatory of Music of Xinjiang Normal University/Tingting)