bandoneon

Noun

Meaning

a type of concertina popular in South America

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At this time he composed and recorded a series of tangos with the String Orchestra of the Paris Opera and began to play the bandoneon while standing up, putting his right foot on a chair and the bellows of the instrument across his right thigh. Source: Internet

Apart from playing the bandoneon, Piazzolla also became Troilo’s arranger and would occasionally play the piano for him. Source: Internet

In later years, Piazzolla made light of this near miss, joking that had his father not been so careful, he would now be playing the harp, rather than the bandoneon. Source: Internet

As well as providing original compositions and arrangements, he was the director and bandoneon player in all of them. Source: Internet

He decided to drop the bandoneon and to dedicate himself to writing and to studying music. Source: Internet

In 1975 he set up his Electronic Octet an octet made up of bandoneon, electric piano and/or acoustic piano, organ, guitar, electric bass, drums, synthesizer and violin, which was later replaced by a flute or saxophone. Source: Internet

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