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06-Sep-2013
Tommy Scruton (1941-2013), Manchester – UKby Rob Howard |
 Accordion teacher and music collector Tommy Scruton died on August 31st in Hope Hospital, Salford, following a long and courageous battle with cancer.Tom was taught the accordion in the 1950s by the late Dick Murtagh, and played to a high standard. After army service he became an insurance agent, and taught the accordion part-time for many years until quite recently. He had a particular interest in the music of Pietro Frosini, Guido and Pietro Deiro, Charles Magnante, and Toralf Tollefesen, and was an authority on the lives and works of all five. Tom collected and catalogued virtually all their sheet music, and was very proud of this large collection. He held strong and implacable views extolling the virtues of these masters of yesteryear, and was well-known for his intense dislike of most modern accordion compositions. In recent times Tom set up ‘Tom Scruton Accordion Recordings’, transferring otherwise unavailable LPs on to CDs by accordionists such as Charles Magnante, Toralf Tollefesen, Martin Lukins, Charles Camilleri, Henry Krein, Kramer & Wolmer, Don & Rico Destefano, and many others. The purpose of this project was to make the classic accordion recordings of yesteryear available to present and future generations. For further information email: robaccord5@hotmail.com |