Word: accordion
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Dates: during 1930-1939
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...variations, in the second a five-movement symphony, in the third a series of inventions. Like Schönberg he used the combination of song and speech which the Germans call sprechstimme. But behind his strict design and his many novel effects (in one scene he introduces an accordion, harmonica and guitar), there is the same savage pity that Büchner had for his soldier. One European critic has called Wozzeck the greatest opera since Pellèas et Mèlisande. Stokowski must also be impressed, for his avidity for perfection appears to be even greater than usual...
Wasn't it Nice? and I'll Be Blue Just Thinking of You (Victor)?Big Aileen Stanley sings her own obligate to the usual accordion accompaniment...
Phil Baker plays snatches on a glittering accordion and bandies old gags and a very few new ones with his fat comic in an upper box. Aileen Stanley croons sundry ballads in the ultra-modulated, effortless manner. Most talented member of the troupe is Wesley Pierce, whose name does not appear in upper case type with the other headliners, but who thoroughly ingratiates himself with audiences by making difficult feats of acrobatic dancing look easy, by singing inane songs pleasingly, by looking cheerfully funny. There are also 44 personable chorus girls, of whom more is to be seen than...
Happy Days Are Here Again and Humming a Love Song (Victor, $1.25) - Phil Baker's accordion presents almost as much variety as a full-fledged orchestra...
...Accordions are popularly associated with tobacco-chewing rustics and pomaded Italian vaudevillians. Yet Manhattan music dealers reported last week that the piano-accordion, retailing at a minimum of $250, is now their best-selling instrument, exceeding even the saxophone family. Buyers, they said, include all classes from socialites to day-laborers. Principal reason advanced to account for the accordion's increasing popularity: it reproduces excellently over the radio. Added reason: it requires no accompanying instrument...