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Irish Accordion In The United States
The Irish button accordion has been popular in the Celtic music in the United States, Irish music scene in the United States, evolving in parallel with the instrument's progress in Ireland. The players included Irish emigres, locally born Irish-Americans, and also Americans of no Irish descent who played Irish music. Initially the primary instrument was the 1-row 10-key diatonic accordion, melodeon, later expanding to two- and three-row instruments. Early 1-row melodeon Possibly the earliest person to be recorded anywhere playing Irish music on the accordion was the German-American musician John Kimmel (accordionist), John Kimmel, who recorded tunes on Edison Wax Cylinder in the Brooklyn borough of New York City in 1906. In the 1920s Galway-born accordionist Peter Conlon (c 1885-c 1954) gained prominence in the United States, recording on the 1-row extensively beginning about 1917.according to Harry Bradshaw) In the 1930s Joe Flanagan gained note playing the 1-row in the Flanagan B ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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Year 195 (Roman numerals, CXCV) was a common year starting on Wednesday (link will display the full calendar) of the Julian calendar. At the time, it was known as the Year of the Consulship of Scrapula and Clemens (or, less frequently, year 948 ''Ab urbe condita''). The denomination 195 for this year has been used since the early medieval period, when the Anno Domini calendar era became the prevalent method in Europe for naming years. Events By place Roman Empire * Emperor Septimius Severus has the Roman Senate deify the previous emperor Commodus, in an attempt to gain favor with the family of Marcus Aurelius. * King Vologases V of Parthia, Vologases V and other eastern princes support the claims of Pescennius Niger. The Roman province of Mesopotamia (Roman province), Mesopotamia rises in revolt with Parthian support. Severus marches to Mesopotamia to battle the Parthians. * The Roman province of Syria is divided and the role of Antioch is diminished. The Romans annexed t ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
