It is crucial that the proper maintenance of the musette tuning be cared for by experts. The Italians had to work hard at being accepted. 33 Crayon drawing by Janet Baer. Once jazz infiltrated the musette dance halls, the lively swing style and the graceful vals musette coalesced. A caveat appeared on the first page from the Editor, Boaz’ wife, Judy Rubin: Please don’t take any of it seriously, but do enjoy it. Lou passed away in 2010. 2018-07-13 July, 7:00 PM AM - La Guinguette du Rhin - Vendenheim - France. Jazz musicians used these to enhance improvisation skills. ii Flynn, Davison, Chavez. The dark world of the Moulin Rouge and its class of women (the demimonde) offered acrobatic entertainment, jugglers, exhibition dancing, skits, and special secret hideaways for a clandestine rendezvous. Right through the 1950s, the accordion was the most popular instrument. 28 A complete list of his compositions is located in the Corino biographical sketch. Prenez soins de vous et des autres, un bon moral, a très bientôt pour guincher Musicalement Votre, *****************************************. If there is an official musical instrument of France, it probably became the accordion during this period. Occasionally, in the musette-manouche music, it can display fleeting chromatic dissonances. There are several etymologies for this word. Sunday, May 6, 2018 at 2:00 PM – 6:00 PM UTC+02. Write CSS OR LESS and hit save. In college, my French minor helped me to work for the United States Information Agency. Avenue De Fré 44, 1180 Brussels, Belgium. https://www.radiotunes.com/cafedeparis, This a brilliant article. Please don’t play the music in a vacuum. Dancehalls saturated both the 11th and 12th districts. A Twentieth Century history of the musette accordion and French musette dance music in Paris and the San Francisco Bay Area, and includes biographical sketches of accordionists whose repertoire included the dance music. If you were reading a basic chart, you could experiment with the motifs, straying from the basic line but keeping up with the unpredictable ad-libbing. Yes… A great idea… This era of French music is so rich in melody and sounds… Great to see a site like this and to discover so much about this music. Mar 16, 2012 - This Pin was discovered by Carlos Bernal. He is the living legend with stories that only he can tell. Many of the dances were in the musette waltz style (also known as Italian ballo liscio).4 Music would become my focus for my entire life as a result of my early education. French San Francisco. I lived in the 7th arrondissement and spent most of my summer in revolutionary related activities and fun, as well as in cafes, at the Paris Opera, museums, a tour of the sewers, bars, cemeteries, and a trip to the nearly completed Bastille Opera. 11 Henri Ducharme, an accordion teacher at Boaz Accordions, in the late 1990s taught wonderful classes that introduced students to specific techniques and styles. La Fonderie Bruxelles. Apparently, the gentleman had taken it out on a cruise in the San Francisco Bay. Some of them go back to the early 1900s….most are from the 1930s and 40s. But there is a caveat: once you have played a beautifully tuned accordion with a musette switch, you may never return to the dry-tuned, concert accordion. These small portable button boxes made little progress and few improvements until late in the century. They draw from Marguerite Monnot, Vincent Scotto, Jacques Brel, among others. The comparison of bagpipe to accordion is puzzling. Bal musette ambiance, typique et variétés. Bals de france - André Claveau It has survived to tell the stories of the Moulin Rouge, the back alleys of Belleville, and the cabaret stages in Pigalle. Others traveled to the United States and sat in with the Big Bands. In the 1900s just as the musette accordion appeared in urban centers, brought by Italian immigrant workers, the Java dances were epidemic. Musette still refers to s small backpack used by soldiers and people alike. Rubin’s persona urged people to sing and dance out of tune and play with the dissonant musette switch so as to bring about anarchy because “dissonance is threatening…and so playing with [a] musette switch is a revolutionary act.”, While there is no historical evidence of this ever occurring, it certainly has provided me with a compelling introduction to my brief history of the musette.10. This quasiunderworld with its coded signals and gestures came to typify the sleazy demimonde of the public bal musettes. Written in 1984, her anecdotal chapter provides some insight in the use/abuse of the accordion. The association and history of dancing, midnight pleasure, and crime dates back to at least the time of the French Revolution in the Bastille district.19. They could not get enough of the happy-go-lucky Parisian lifestyle. The Young Turks who replaced the Victorian dandies would swagger onto the dance floor to the delight of the ladies of the evening. Here is the link to Radio Tune 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. The accordion was bigger, louder, and starting to technically evolve. The rough areas of Paris, like Mémilmontant, Belleville, and Pigalle which might only have gas lit dancehalls and open for business only at night. Shortly after returning to the Bay Area in 1998 from a short hiatus, I stumbled into Boaz Accordions. Hide Map. 31 No photos were available at time of printing. Discover (and save!) 15 Michael Dregni. 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. Paris would become its home while the dancehalls became its permanent address. The broadening collection of European Café songs has blended well and provided even more opportunities to perform in concert settings.34 Due Zighi Baci also has integrated repertoire in its much loved “A Panini on a Croissant” which ran for several months at the French Garden, Sebastopol. He read from “Les Droits des Hommes” as the loudspeakers carried it to tens of thousands of listeners. These reeds become even more out of tune with the other reeds. Show Map. Accordion to Boaz: The Hot Air Collection. For several decades, North Beach sprouted dozens of dance halls where the couples dancing music could be heard but French venues were few and far between. any good book suggestions on the topic? 1992. The Chapter on Reeds begins on page 49 1. musette accordion It is no wonder that the Lawrence Welk show on American television placed the accordion in the center of its weekly music variety show. Vienna had long been well established as the waltz capital of the world by Johann Strauss. 30–31. Proudly Powered By / Propulsé Par. Five sous was the price of a dance so one purchased only as many as might be needed. Thank you for this. The diversity in its repertoire has renewed the dance traditions in France’s popular late 19th century guinguettes. pin. Most public dance halls did not charge admission; instead, men purchased tokens minted by each of the bals (dance halls). With so many Italian composers, musicians, accordion manufacturers excelling at what they did, the French music circles had to acknowledge their prodigious contributions to the musette repertoire. In 1979 accordionists Mike Corino and Tom Cordoni produced a live recording that included several musette dances.25. Even though the Alliance Française had opened its doors in 1889 for French classes, the French community had always been relatively small when compared to the en masse immigrations from other European countries.24 Still, it has helped to promote social events where musicians and dancers can enjoy the legacy of bal musette. Michele “Mike” Corino (b. 6 www.accordionapocalypse.com For more details about the encounter with Vince Cirelli, Pietro Deiro, and Mike Corino. By the 1910, it had displaced the cabrette almost entirely. waltzes, mazurkas, polkas etc. Mar 16, 2012 - This Pin was discovered by Carlos Bernal. The biogrpahy is remarkable for its audacity, honest portrayal and it is gritty to the core. MUSETTE MüSÉT/ s. f. 1. vechi instrument popular, asemănător cu cimpoiul, în Franţa. This decision to develop more of the French dance repertoire and incorporate French chanson has enabled us to explore a much broader repertoire. Dès 19h: Bal avec l'orchestre OCTOPLUSE (8 musiciens), festif et familial ! 22 My mandolin ensemble’s repertoire remains rooted this genre. Note that in USA, people call musette accordion music “French Café” music. Some bal musette songs on the CD include Petit Fleur, Domino, Le Gamin de Paris, River Seine. We adore the accordion but mostly we love the musette accordion! Finally, it seemed that the discrimination against Italians would subside. Ron Flynn, who had conducted the interview with Vince, took it home anyway, and indeed, eventually the reeds rusted. The accordion battle was to take place against one of the most respected, beloved folk instruments to arrive in high society, the cabrette (bagpipe). This Italian community pulled together to survive the 1906 earthquake and to open music studios where the new wave of immigrants learned to play a new instrument as well as the old concertina. iii Ibid, p. 142. Péguri’s three sons Charles, Michel, and Louis went on to compose, front bands, and perform. The future of bal musette depends upon open-minded, informed teachers and performers who can demonstrate its beauty, grace, and virtuosity. Finally, the accordion got the respect it deserved when Edith began to feature extremely talented accordionists such as Michel Emer and Tony Murena. Banjos, banjolins, mandolins, guitars, violins, and accordions fueled faster dancing and excited the dancers in new ways. Show Map. The cabrette had not improved in hundreds of years. “Le Petit Valse” exhibits this tendency. Hosted by Frisse Folk and La Fonderie Bruxelles. Listen to “Café Parisien” for a fine musette collection (a lot of Gus Viseur) and a little history behind it all. Since the 1990s the Berkeley based group “Baguette Quartette”29 has captured the attention of everyone. The co-mingling of polkas and waltzes has enabled the new owners to thrive and serve a more modern, diverse crowd. Bal-musette is a style of French music and dance that first became popular in Paris in the 1880s. 17 “Dream of Java” This dance is included in the sheet music collection. Accordion wizards like Gus Viseur, Tony Murena and Jo Privat took to the road to promote it outside of Paris. November 2001. A Twentieth Century history of the musette accordion and French musette dance music in Paris and the San Francisco Bay Area, and includes biographical sketches of accordionists whose repertoire included the dance music. But it comes with a caveat. 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. Americans fell in love with the music, the musicians, and the optimistic energy. These much loved musette waltzes and javas are given new life in an old context. An accordion in its box might as well be in a coffin. Alas, the Darwinian forces worked against the cabrette. Violins usually took the lead, incorporating jazz improvisation. French film has helped in that regard starting in the 1930s with “La Belle Equipe.” Some music scores and composers are stretching the tradition to fit a more contemporary audience. However, the abuse level depends on how little you play, more than how much you play. 22h: Antoine Johner alias DJ Guinguett'A !Venez faire la fiesta sur tous les sons actuels ! 35 France has exported some edgy groups like Negresses Vertes, the Garçon Bouchers, The Tête Raides and Paris Combo. bob walker. The piano accordion should always be played with a musette switch on if in the performance of bal musette dancing. One of his first apprentices was Skyler Fell who apparently first started working with him somewhat as a volunteer. Vince related how he had loaned a musette accordion to a professional accordionist who had been visiting San Francisco. It had not evolved or technically been improved since its inception. The Golden Age of the Accordion. It would be interesting to investigate further in your 78 records collection. 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. Still, the dance halls were heavily populated and dance bands brought in the ‘vulgar’ instruments, so to speak. No amateurs allowed.7 I have great respect for those who can operate on an accordion with the Skill and precision of a surgeon. The musette button box went on to infiltrate and adapt itself to Louisiana’s Cajun, Zydeco, and even French Rockin’ Boogie dance music. That’s one reason for the compilation in the Dance Index. Boaz Rubin and his wife Judith were definitely hoarders as well as deeply involved in their commitment to keep the accordion alive and well. It contrasts major and minor in its structure, often using parallel major-minor relationships (rather than harmonic minors). à la salle polyvalente sur le thème des séries télévisées. Accordionists embrace it and breathe life into it. Thanks once again. La Scène. Hosted by Etoile Musette. They strive to provide a theatrical verisimilitude to complement the music. 30–31. It descended from the musette de cour and had a long history in the dance genre. - Tarifs : Adulte : 50 € (Pour info en 2019 - Menus avec vins, boissons et café compris), Enfant : 25 € (Pour info en 2019 enfant moins de 13 ans). That’s why it is important to “faire le boeuf.” Or as the Zydeco accordionists like to say it: “Laissez les bon temps rouler!” Find friends and jam. 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. Traditionally, it has been cafés and restaurants that have provided what little French music is heard but rarely were the venues for public dancing. Accordions are delicate creatures! In the late 1930s, the fusion of Swing and Jazz produced an exotic influence known as Manouche. Thanks again. La Bastoche: Bal-Musette, plaisir et crime 1750-1939. Discover (and save!) Corino used a Cordavox without the musette switch. Maybe we should add some audio examples as well. Django: the Life and Music of a Gypsy Legend. Thank you and I hope you enjoy this little adventure through “La Vie de la Musette!”. The musette-tuned accordion music is immensely appealing, evoking the romantic cafes, sidewalks and dance halls of Paris. More recently there have been memorable Hollywood and European celluloid contributions. Le p'tit bal du samedi soir - Georges Guetary, 4. 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. Arcadia Publishing: 2001. 2. bal musette. "chansons de bal musette" Vertaald van Frans naar Nederlands inclusief synoniemen, uitleg en gerelateerde woorden By the time the descendents of these immigrants from various provinces and countries settled in Paris, dancehalls were already beginning to enjoy the sounds of the musette accordion players: Émile “Mimile” Vacher (d. 1969), Joseph Colombo, Marceau Vershuren, and Émil Prudhomme were some names that brought about that positive change in attitude.16. It was Viennese citizen Cyrillus Damian who may have come up with the prototype of the accordion in 1829. location_on Bal musette avec Dominic Allan 37600 BEAULIEU-LES-LOCHES smartphone Toon nummer smartphone 06 62 86 52 10 mail_outline Bekijk de mail mail_outline contact@guinguette-lesjavanaises.com History Museum 5ème titre de l'E.P. The interdisciplinary shows introduce the audience to the meaning behind the French and Italian songs and educate the listeners so that a greater appreciation is gained through the use of a narration, art slides, and images that explain the text. These two instruments seem to share only one thing in common: bellows. Listen to Bal Musette Français songs Online on JioSaavn. 5 https://www.sfgate.com/bayarea/article/Yes-Accordions-The-squeeze-box-is-making-a-2885490.php With its versatile repertoire and brilliant performance by Odile Lavault on her 4 row chromatic button box, bal musette will not suffer any demise any time soon. On the other hand, the musette- tuned accordion evolved and vied for dominance; ultimately, it would win. 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. For example, the big summer film hit of 2001 was Amélie. Within the Pigalle arrondissement (also known as the Red Light District) some catered more to the “mulots”13 the ‘mice’ or regular crowd than to the more upscale cabaret crowd or the musette society. The musette name itself also derives from an older small bagpipe-like instrument that was played in the center of France, especially in Auvergne. Explore releases from Sanseverino at Discogs. Accordion switches allow the accordionist to achieve various timbre, thus producing an evocative ambience. Venez faire la révolution ! Due Zighi Baci continues to shape the evolution of bal musette by including pre-show dances with accordionist Xavier de la Prade. Evidently, according to one source, it is dialect or a corruption of the French “Ça va?” or “How’s it going?” “Ça” is pronounced “Cha” in Auvergnat, and that might have sounded more like “Jaw.” Thus, this fast, somewhat vulgar waltz may have been dubbed Java. F Em Non je ne me souviens plus Dm du nom du bal perdu. La Ferme Rose Uccle. Paris was filled with all types of entertainment on the streets and in the old haunts. Simone Berteau presents a raw, unvarnished truth about the struggle to survive. It remains a preferred keyboard choice in Italian ballo liscio performances and recordings, too.22. 270 rue famille Laurens, 13290 Aix-en-Provence, France. It was coupled by my beginning studies on accordion. 1. peut-être reportés l' année prochaine !!!! She has almost single-handedly preserved the musette tradition. 18 Apaches (AKA julots) also refers to Belleville’s gangsters and low-lifes. With the advantage of World Wide Web, it is possible to be entertained 24/7 with non-stop musette songs.23 With so many influences, it remains firmly rooted in the classical waltz, infinitely suited for jazz, and endearingly appropriate as dance music for all festive occasions. The guests and entertainers all roamed on the fringes of society and talked about visiting “Paname” a pseudonym for the darker side of Paris. In the summer of 1989 I was able to fully enjoy being a Francophile at the French Bicentennial. This structural form is instantly recognizable, with its minor keys that shift the emotional response to a sad, nostalgic ambience, often coupled with jaunty triplets, and embracing melodies in the major section. A complete list of his compositions is in the Corino biographical sketch chapter. Volume 2 has been recently released. 4 See pp. Currently, they perform in local Santa Rosa café venues and accordion clubs. One of the most memorable venues was Le Montmartre on Broadway, in San Francisco’s North Beach. Thursday, May 7, 2015 at 6:00 PM – 11:30 PM UTC+02. 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. (The opening chapters are especially relevant.) These venues provided musette bands to entertain and draw a crowd. Many accordionists request and prefer the Italian musette tuning, rather than the French tuning, since it is not quite as discordant. Ragtime and vaudeville may have competed in the fun and entertainment field but the accordion was everyone’s favorite instrument at summer picnics and dance halls.14 Music catalogs were saturated with arrangements, marches, and polkas but they also expanded the dancehall’s favorite couples’ dances: the one-step, fox trot, mazurka, waltz, and java. musette translation in French - English Reverso dictionary, see also 'bal musette',musée',musiquette',muse', examples, definition, conjugation These types of ‘dirty dancing’ included simulated violence to women in the form of slaps and punches, as well as the sexually charged, intertwining, hands-on one’s partner’s derrière. I knew nothing about musette until I started researching based on the records I have. The Squeeze Box was sexy! Flynn Publications: Schertz, TX. 34 www.eurocafemusic.com In 2008, they brought the French Café to life in one evening at the Marin Theatre Company where the staged soirée played to a packed audience.33. Of course not. 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. They were amusing little boxes for those who could not afford a real piano but that would change with technological improvements and a couple of Italian brothers who debuted the piano accordion in San Francisco. bel canto tradition of Beniamino Gigli and Claudio Villa. Here are just a few affectionate French denigrations and nicknames: La Boîte à Frissons (The Trembling Box); Le Piano du Pauvre (The Poor People’s Piano); Le Piano aux Bretelles (The Piano with Suspenders).i Whatever you call it, it will respond and transport you to another time and place. It may have derived some chassé steps from the Italian mazurka as well. My French was never any good but my love of the culture flourished. 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. Shop for Vinyl, CDs and more from Sanseverino at the Discogs Marketplace. The ballo liscio dances are discussed at length. musette - ambiance - typique - variété 06 23 97 90 53 *** 05 62 39 06 07 Vous faire danser, amuser, notre plaisir en priorité Hello Select your address Best Sellers Gift Ideas New Releases Deals Store Electronics Customer Service Home Books Coupons Computers Gift Cards Sell Subscribe & save Registry Mainly photographic but with a good overview. 24 Claudine Chalmers. Soirées, thés dansants, fêtes locales, repas, voyage organisé, et autres animations annulés. 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. With the 1930s, a world wide depression introduced greater use of legal drugs such as marijuana, cocaine, and other intoxicants. When tenor Michael Van Why completed his music degree at Sonoma State University, his recital concentrated on the French classical repertoire. A Bassoon or Bandonéon switch is perfect for tangos. Lou Casalnuovo, fellow Sicilian accordionist, gave me a manuscript titled “Sogno di Java.”17 Java does not refer to an island, nor is it coffee. © LeFrancophile 1996 - 2020
Vince’s successor, technician Skyler Fell, opened her shop in San Francisco c.2006. French music album by Jean Lumière 1. Show Map. In particular, the energetic French javas (somewhat like the energetic Mexican jotas) use parallel keys and sound better when played in “one” rather than a fast triple meter. Naturally, this invasion of Italians was frowned upon by many Parisians.
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