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Word: cyrillus (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1990-1999
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...accordion ever managed to achieve respectability is still a matter that confounds world civilization. It was named in Vienna in 1829 by one Cyrillus Demian. Right away, it should have been called the discordion, but nobody anticipated the disaster that would befall. Little was heard of Demian after that, but it is easy to speculate that he was invited to leave Austria and settled in China in plenty of time for the earthquake season. The Red Cross has not yet been able to confirm this...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Music: Lady Of Spain, I Abhor You . . . | 5/28/1990 | See Source »

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