@catsalad
Pirates never played accordions
š“āā ļøš«šŖ
(Because they hadnāt been invented yet)
Accordions were invented during the 1800s Industrial Revolution at the same time as the telegraph, steam engine and the typewriter
100 years after the Golden Age of Piracy 1600sā1700s
So every pirate movie with an accordionist is a science fiction movie with a time-travel sub plot šāļø
@sellathechemist @catsalad
Alan Lomax went to Europe in the 1950s to escape the McCarthy era
And he seems to have come back with a deep hatred of the Accordion
He called it a āpestiferous instrumentā
And seemed to apply a generic filter based on the fact that it had chased around fiddle and bagpipe traditions in many parts of Europe
Not unearned. But not helpful
@sellathechemist @catsalad
I didnāt know there was a box set of all #Piazzollaās recordings?
I read one of his biographies, and talked to somebody who dealt with some of his manuscripts
It sounded like he just compulsively composed (for the money)
Discarding pieces like a Oblivion without intending to record them well for posterity
(They had to twist his arm on that one)
My acquaintance made it sound like there was so much material no one could ever deal with it
#tango #bandoneon
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