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02-May-2014
Editor’s Noteby Rob Howard |
 Once again May 6th, World Accordion Day, is upon us. There are accordion events, some specially scheduled, taking place around the world celebrating the accordion’s ‘official birthday’. Let us applaud and support those who commemorate this significant date. It was on May 6th 1829 when the accordion was first patented in Vienna, Austria, by Cyrillius Demien (there are various spellings of his name), and the accordion has developed considerably in all sorts of ways since then. The accordion today exists in various forms, but all owe their origins to Demien and his contemporaries way back in the early part of the 19th Century. We now have a rich heritage, and should not forget the efforts and dedication of those early pioneers of the accordion. |