Pietro Deiro
Pietro Deiro (1888 – 1954) was one of the most influential accordionists of the first half of the 20th century. Born on August 28, 1888 in Salto Canavese, Italy, the younger brother of Guido Deiro, Pietro Deiro emigrated to the United States as a steerage passenger on the S/S La Savoie in 1907 and went to live with his Uncle Frederico and work in the coal mines of Cle Elum, Washington. Pietro Deiro began playing Diatonic button accordion professionally in a tavern in Seattle in 1908. Within a few months, his brother Guido Deiro (already an accomplished piano-accordionist in Europe) arrived in Seattle, and taught his brother how to play the piano accordion. Both brothers became minor celebrities on the vaudeville circuit; Guido in 1910 and Pietro at least by 1912. Pietro Deiro recorded dozens of records for the Victor Talking Machine Company. After the demise of vaudeville during the Great Depression, he opened a successful accordion studio in Greenwich Village, New York City and established an accordion music publishing company: Accordion Music Publishing Company (AMPCO), later simply known as Pietro Deiro Publications. Pietro Deiro was the first president of the American Accordionists Association (1938) and promoted himself as "The Daddy of the Accordion," much to his brother Guido's chagrin. Pietro died in 1954. |
Birth and Death Data: Born 1888 (Cuorgnè), Died 1954
Date Range of DAHR Recordings: 1911 - 1937
Roles Represented in DAHR: accordion, composer, arranger, leader
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Recordings (Results 176-200 of 203 records)
Company | Matrix No. | Size | First Recording Date | Title | Primary Performer | Description | Role | Audio |
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Columbia | 21664 | 10-in. | between 1911 and 1915 | The return | Pietro Deiro | Accordion solo | composer, instrumentalist, accordion | |
Columbia | 21665 | 10-in. | between 1911 and 1915 | Soy celosa : Vals | Pietro Deiro | Accordion solo | instrumentalist, accordion | |
Columbia | 21666 | 10-in. | either 1912 or 1913 | Orgullo de rosas : Fantasia | Pietro Deiro | Accordion solo | instrumentalist, accordion | |
Columbia | 21671 | 10-in. | approximately 1912 | La sirena | Pietro Deiro | Accordion solo | instrumentalist, accordion | |
Columbia | 21684 | 10-in. | 1912 | Wedding of the winds | Pietro Deiro | Accordion solo | instrumentalist, accordion | |
Columbia | 21711 | 10-in. | between 1911 and 1915 | Derina | Guido Deiro | Accordion solo | composer | |
Columbia | 21725 | 10-in. | 12/31/1915 | Fair summer day | Pietro Deiro | Accordion solo | instrumentalist, accordion | |
Columbia | 21726 | 10-in. | between 1911 and 1915 | The firefly waltz | Pietro Deiro | instrumentalist, accordion | ||
Columbia | 21728 | 10-in. | between 1911 and 1915 | Moon waltz | Pietro Deiro | Accordion solo | instrumentalist, accordion | |
Columbia | 21730 | 10-in. | between 1911 and 1915 | I pagliacci : Selection | Pietro Deiro | instrumentalist, accordion | ||
Columbia | 21732 | 10-in. | between 1911 and 1915 | Danube waves | Pietro Deiro | Accordion solo | instrumentalist, accordion | |
Columbia | 21733 | 10-in. | between 1911 and 1915 | Blaze away : March | Pietro Deiro | instrumentalist, accordion | ||
Columbia | 21734 | 10-in. | between 1911 and 1915 | Faust : Waltz | Pietro Deiro | Accordion solo | instrumentalist, accordion | |
Columbia | 21735 | 10-in. | between 1911 and 1915 | Tranquilla : Waltz | Pietro Deiro | instrumentalist, accordion | ||
OKeh | W403708 | 10-in. | January 1930 | Ti rammentai | Cesare Pezzolo | Accordion solo | composer | |
Brunswick | E15993-E15995 | 10-in. | 6/17/1925 | Verona | Mario Perry | Accordion solo | composer | |
Brunswick | E26454-E26455 | 10-in. | 2/9/1928 | Verona valzer | Charles Magnante | Accordion solo | composer | |
Edison | 10567 | 10-in. | 9/10/1925 | Tranquillo overture | Anthony Monde | Accordion solo | composer | |
Decca | 62156 | 10-in. | 4/28/1937 | Ciribiribin ; O sole mio | Pietro and his Accordion | instrumentalist, accordion | ||
Decca | 62157 | 10-in. | 4/28/1937 | La Spagnola ; Cielito lindo | Pietro and his Accordion | instrumentalist, accordion | ||
Decca | 62158 | 10-in. | 4/28/1937 | Sharpshooter's march | Pietro | instrumentalist, accordion | ||
Decca | 62159 | 10-in. | 4/28/1937 | Pietro's return march | Pietro | instrumentalist, accordion | ||
Decca | 62160 | 10-in. | 4/28/1937 | Dora mazurka | Pietro | instrumentalist, accordion | ||
Decca | 62161 | 10-in. | 4/28/1937 | Elvira waltz | Pietro | instrumentalist, accordion | ||
Decca | 62266 | 10-in. | 6/15/1937 | Giovinezza ; Facietta negra | Pietro and his Accordion | instrumentalist, accordion |
Citation
Discography of American Historical Recordings, s.v. "Deiro, Pietro," accessed November 21, 2024, https://adpprod1.library.ucsb.edu/names/111850.
Deiro, Pietro. (2024). In Discography of American Historical Recordings. Retrieved November 21, 2024, from https://adpprod1.library.ucsb.edu/names/111850.
"Deiro, Pietro." Discography of American Historical Recordings. UC Santa Barbara Library, 2024. Web. 21 November 2024.
DAHR Persistent Identifier
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LCNAR: Deiro, Pietro, 1888-1954 - http://id.loc.gov/authorities/names/no2002076426
Wikidata: Pietro Deiro - http://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q4356319
VIAF: http://viaf.org/viaf/57756438
MusicBrainz: Pietro Deiro - https://musicbrainz.org/artist/92ecb69b-c0c6-46ce-87eb-d6ee24755e03
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