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 1-25 of 203 records)
Company | Matrix No. | Size | First Recording Date | Title | Primary Performer | Description | Role | Audio |
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Victor | B-10259 | 10-in. | 5/4/1911 | My treasure waltz | Pietro Deiro | Accordion solo | instrumentalist, accordion | |
Victor | B-10260 | 10-in. | 5/4/1911 | Bersaglieri march | Pietro Deiro | Accordion solo | instrumentalist, accordion | |
Victor | B-10261 | 10-in. | 5/4/1911 | Preludio | Pietro Deiro | Accordion solo | instrumentalist, accordion | |
Victor | B-10262 | 10-in. | 5/4/1911 | Quartetto | Pietro Deiro | Accordion solo | instrumentalist, accordion | |
Victor | B-10263 | 10-in. | 5/4/1911 | Kiss me | Pietro Deiro | Accordion solo | instrumentalist, accordion | |
Victor | B-14005 | 10-in. | 10/29/1913 | International rag | Pietro Deiro | Accordion solo | instrumentalist, accordion | |
Victor | B-14006 | 10-in. | 10/29/1913 | Sharpshooters march | Pietro Deiro | Accordion solo | instrumentalist, accordion | |
Victor | B-14007 | 10-in. | 10/29/1913 | Musetta's waltz | Pietro Deiro | Accordion solo | instrumentalist, accordion | |
Victor | C-14019 | 12-in. | 9/11/1913 | Bridal rose overture | Pietro Deiro | Accordion solo | instrumentalist, accordion | |
Victor | B-14020 | 10-in. | 9/11/1913 | Pietro's return | Pietro Deiro | Accordion solo | instrumentalist, accordion, composer | |
Victor | B-14021 | 10-in. | 11/1/1913 | When it's apple blossom time in Normandy | Pietro Deiro | Accordion solo | instrumentalist, accordion | |
Victor | C-14022 | 12-in. | 11/1/1913 | Stradella overture | Pietro Deiro | Accordion solo | instrumentalist, accordion | |
Victor | B-14023 | 10-in. | 11/1/1913 | Great White Way medley | Pietro Deiro | Accordion solo | instrumentalist, accordion | |
Victor | B-14024 | 10-in. | 11/1/1913 | Luna waltz | Pietro Deiro | Accordion solo | instrumentalist, accordion | |
Victor | B-14025 | 10-in. | 11/1/1913 | Broadway medley | Pietro Deiro | Accordion solo | instrumentalist, accordion | |
Victor | B-14074 | 10-in. | 11/15/1913 | Sailing down Chesapeake Bay medley | Pietro Deiro | Accordion solo | instrumentalist, accordion | |
Victor | C-14081 | 12-in. | 11/15/1913 | Rigoletto : Quartet | Pietro Deiro | Accordion solo | instrumentalist, accordion | |
Victor | C-14082 | 12-in. | 11/15/1913 | Light cavalry overture | Pietro Deiro | Accordion solo | instrumentalist, accordion | |
Victor | B-14083 | 10-in. | 11/15/1913 | Blaze away march | Pietro Deiro | Accordion solo | instrumentalist, accordion | |
Victor | B-14102 | 10-in. | 11/21/1913 | How long have you been married? | Pietro Deiro | Accordion solo | instrumentalist, accordion | |
Victor | C-14103 | 12-in. | 11/21/1913 | Poet and peasant overture | Pietro | Accordion solo | instrumentalist, accordion | |
Victor | B-14104 | 10-in. | 11/21/1913 | Beautiful days waltz | Pietro Deiro | Accordion solo | instrumentalist, accordion | |
Victor | B-14637 | 10-in. | 3/27/1914 | Down in Chattanooga medley | Pietro Deiro | Accordion solo | instrumentalist, accordion | |
Victor | B-14638 | 10-in. | 3/27/1914 | My Arverne rose | Pietro Deiro | Accordion solo | instrumentalist, accordion | |
Victor | B-14639 | 10-in. | 3/27/1914 | He's have to get under, get out and get under medley | Pietro Deiro | Accordion solo, with drums | instrumentalist, accordion |
Citation
Discography of American Historical Recordings, s.v. "Deiro, Pietro," accessed November 1, 2024, https://adpprod1.library.ucsb.edu/names/111850.
Deiro, Pietro. (2024). In Discography of American Historical Recordings. Retrieved November 1, 2024, from https://adpprod1.library.ucsb.edu/names/111850.
"Deiro, Pietro." Discography of American Historical Recordings. UC Santa Barbara Library, 2024. Web. 1 November 2024.
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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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