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Melodeon
Melodeon may refer to: * Melodeon (accordion), a type of button accordion *Melodeon (organ), a type of 19th-century reed organ *Melodeon (Boston, Massachusetts), a concert hall in 19th-century Boston * Melodeon Records, a U.S. record label in the 1960s *''The Melodeon'', a 1977 novel by Glendon Swarthout Glendon Fred Swarthout (April 8, 1918 – September 23, 1992) was an American writer and novelist. Several of his novels were made into films. ''Where the Boys Are'', and ''The Shootist'', which was John Wayne's last work, are probably the bes ... See also * Foster Hall (Indianapolis, Indiana) or Melodeon Hall * Harmonium (other) * Melodion (other) {{disambiguation ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Melodeon (organ)
The pump organ is a type of free-reed organ that generates sound as air flows past a vibrating piece of thin metal in a frame. The piece of metal is called a reed. Specific types of pump organ include the reed organ, harmonium, and melodeon. The idea for the free reed was imported from China through Russia after 1750, and the first Western free-reed instrument was made in 1780 in Denmark. More portable than pipe organs, free-reed organs were widely used in smaller churches and in private homes in the 19th century, but their volume and tonal range were limited. They generally had one or sometimes two manuals, with pedal-boards being rare. The finer pump organs had a wider range of tones, and the cabinets of those intended for churches and affluent homes were often excellent pieces of furniture. Several million free-reed organs and melodeons were made in the US and Canada between the 1850s and the 1920s, some of which were exported. The Cable Company, Estey Organ, and Mason & H ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Melodeon (Boston, Massachusetts)
The Melodeon (1839 - ca.1870) was a concert hall and performance space in 19th-century Boston, Massachusetts, located on Washington Street, near West Street. Musical concerts, lectures, sermons, conferences, visual displays, and popular entertainments occurred there. History The Melodeon occupied the building of the former Lion Theatre (1836–1839) and Mechanics Institute (1839).Justin WinsorThe memorial history of Boston v.4. J. R. Osgood and Co., 1881; p.371. Proprietors of the Melodeon included the Handel and Haydn Society (1839); Leander Rodney (1844); Boston Theatre Company (1852); E. Warden (1857; temporarily renamed The Melodeon Varieties); Charles Francis Adams (1859).Eugene Tompkins, Quincy KilbyThe history of the Boston Theatre, 1854-1901 Houghton Mifflin Company, 1908. Performances & events 1830s-1840s * 1839 ** Handel and Haydn Society. * 1840 ** "Soiree musicale. The celebrated Rainer Family, or Tyrolese minstrels."American Broadsides and Ephemera, Ser ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Diatonic Button Accordion
A melodeon or diatonic button accordion is a member of the free-reed aerophone family of musical instruments. It is a type of button accordion on which the melody-side keyboard contains one or more rows of buttons, with each row producing the notes of a single diatonic scale (music), scale. The buttons on the bass (music), bass-side keyboard are most commonly arranged in pairs, with one button of a pair sounding the fundamental of a chord (music), chord and the other the corresponding major triad (music), triad (or, sometimes, a minor triad). Diatonic button accordions are popular in many countries, and used mainly for playing popular music and traditional folk music, and modern offshoots of these genres. Nomenclature Various terms for the diatonic button accordion are used in different parts of the English-speaking world. * In Britain and Australia, the term ''melodeon'' is commonly used, regardless of whether the instrument has one, two, or three rows of melody buttons. * ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Melodeon Records
Melodeon Records is a record label set up in 1964 by Richard K. Spottswood. Melodeon Records issued - among others - the first recordings after his 'rediscovery' of Skip James and the 1940 Library Of Congress Sessions of Blind Willie McTell. In 1970 the label was acquired by Arnold S. Caplin's Biograph Records. See also * List of record labels File:Alvinoreyguitarboogie.jpg File:AmMusicBunk78.jpg File:Bingola1011b.jpg Lists of record labels cover record labels, brands or trademarks associated with marketing of music recordings and music videos. The lists are organized alphabetically, b ... External links Illustrated Melodeon Records discography Defunct record labels of the United States Blues record labels {{US-record-label-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Glendon Swarthout
Glendon Fred Swarthout (April 8, 1918 – September 23, 1992) was an American writer and novelist. Several of his novels were made into films. ''Where the Boys Are'', and ''The Shootist'', which was John Wayne's last work, are probably the best known. Early life Glendon Swarthout was the only child of Fred and Lila (Chubb) Swarthout, a banker and a homemaker. Swarthout is a Dutch name; his mother's maiden name was from Yorkshire. Swarthout generally did well in school, especially in English. He was a Michigan high-school debate champion. In math, however, he floundered, and only a kindly lady geometry teacher passed him with a D, so he could graduate from Lowell, Michigan High School. He took accordion lessons and occupied his free time with books, for at 6 feet, 99 pounds, he was not good at sports. The summer of his junior year, he got a job playing his instrument in the resort town of Charlevoix, on Lake Michigan, with Jerry Schroeder and his Michigan State College Orchestr ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Foster Hall (Indianapolis, Indiana)
Foster Hall, also known as Melodeon Hall, is located on the campus of Park Tudor School at 7200 N. College Ave. in Indianapolis, Indiana. The Tudor Revival style building was designed by Robert Frost Daggett and built in 1927. It is a -story, stone building with a steeply pitched slate gable roof with seven gables. It features leaded glass windows and sits on a raise basement. It was built for Josiah K. Lilly Sr. (1861-1948) to house his collection of Stephen Foster materials and serves the community as a reception, concert, and meeting facility. ''Note:'' This includes anAccompanying photographs/ref> It was added to the National Register of Historic Places The National Register of Historic Places (NRHP) is the United States federal government's official list of districts, sites, buildings, structures and objects deemed worthy of preservation for their historical significance or "great artistic ... in 2005. References School buildings on the National Register of ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Harmonium (other)
A harmonium or pump organ is a reed organ that generates sound with foot- or hand-pumped bellows. Harmonium may also refer to: * Harmonium (fictional creature), a creature in the 1959 novel ''The Sirens of Titan'' * ''Harmonium'' (poetry collection), a 1923 collection of poetry by Wallace Stevens * Hooke's atom or harmonium, an artificial helium-like atom * Former name for a restricted Boltzmann machine, a generative stochastic neural network * The earliest ringtone maker, released in 1997 * ''Harmonium'' (film), a 2016 Japanese film Music * Harmonium (Adams), a large-scale work for orchestra and chorus by American composer John Coolidge Adams *Harmonium (band), a 1970s Québécois band ** ''Harmonium'' (Harmonium album), the eponymous release by the same band * ''Harmonium'' (Vanessa Carlton album), a 2004 album by Vanessa Carlton *A song by P-MODEL from the album '' One Pattern'' *Harmonium, alternative name for the Appalachian dulcimer The Appalachian dulcimer (many v ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
