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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 were issued from this master. No recordings issued from other masters.

Recordings (Results 51-75 of 203 records)

Company Matrix No. Size First Recording Date Title Primary Performer Description Role Audio
Victor B-16596 10-in. 10/5/1915 Sousa medley march Pietro Accordion solo instrumentalist, accordion  
Victor B-16597 10-in. 10/5/1915 Melody rag Pietro Accordion solo instrumentalist, accordion, composer  
Victor C-16606 12-in. 10/6/1915 Trieste overture Pietro Accordion solo arranger, instrumentalist, accordion  
Victor B-16632 10-in. 10/9/1915 Success medley Pietro Accordion solo instrumentalist, accordion  
Victor B-16658 10-in. 10/14/1915 Blue Danube Pietro Deiro Accordion solo instrumentalist, accordion  
Victor B-17865 10-in. 6/16/1916 By heck Pietro Accordion solo instrumentalist, accordion  
Victor C-17878 12-in. 6/16/1916 Pique dame : Overture Pietro Accordion solo instrumentalist, accordion  
Victor B-17879 10-in. 6/16/1916 A perfect day Pietro Deiro Accordion solo instrumentalist, accordion  
Victor B-17883 10-in. 6/17/1916 National emblem march Pietro's Accordion Quartet Accordion quartet instrumentalist, accordion  
Victor B-17884 10-in. 6/17/1916 Imp march Pietro's Accordion Quartet Accordion quartet instrumentalist, accordion  
Victor C-17885 12-in. 6/17/1916 The lost chord Pietro's Accordion Quartet Accordion quartet instrumentalist, accordion  
Victor B-17886 10-in. 6/17/1916 Cavalleria rusticana : Intermezzo Pietro's Accordion Quartet Accordion quartet instrumentalist, accordion  
Victor B-18114 10-in. 7/13/1916 Paquita Pietro Accordion solo instrumentalist, accordion  
Victor B-18115 10-in. 7/13/1916 El esquinazo Pietro Accordion solo instrumentalist, accordion  
Victor B-18116 10-in. 7/13/1916 Hello, Hawaii, how are you Pietro Accordion solo instrumentalist, accordion  
Victor B-18117 10-in. 7/13/1916 Under the Double Eagle march Pietro Accordion solo instrumentalist, accordion  
Victor B-18118 10-in. 7/13/1916 San Francisco souvenir march Pietro Accordion solo instrumentalist, accordion, composer  
Victor B-19529 10-in. 3/29/1917 Winner medley Pietro Accordion solo instrumentalist, accordion  
Victor B-19530 10-in. 3/29/1917 Dandy medley Pietro Accordion solo instrumentalist, accordion  
Victor C-19533 12-in. 3/29/1917 Le comari di Windsor : Ouverture Pietro Accordion solo instrumentalist, accordion  
Victor B-19556 10-in. 4/5/1917 Heart echoes Pietro Accordion solo instrumentalist, accordion, composer  
Victor B-19895 10-in. 5/25/1917 Marsovia waltz Pietro Accordion solo instrumentalist, accordion  
Victor B-20007 10-in. 6/1/1917 American national airs Pietro Accordion solo instrumentalist, accordion  
Victor B-20022 10-in. 6/8/1917 Patriotic airs of the Allies Pietro Accordion solo instrumentalist, accordion  
Victor B-20490 10-in. 8/3/1917 Lights out march Pietro Deiro Accordion solo instrumentalist, accordion  
(Results 51-75 of 203 records)

Citation

Discography of American Historical Recordings, s.v. "Deiro, Pietro," accessed November 21, 2024, https://adpprod2.library.ucsb.edu/names/111850.

Deiro, Pietro. (2024). In Discography of American Historical Recordings. Retrieved November 21, 2024, from https://adpprod2.library.ucsb.edu/names/111850.

"Deiro, Pietro." Discography of American Historical Recordings. UC Santa Barbara Library, 2024. Web. 21 November 2024.

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