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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 101-125 of 203 records)

Company Matrix No. Size First Recording Date Title Primary Performer Description Role Audio
Victor B-25231 10-in. 4/23/1921 Darling Pietro Deiro Accordion solo instrumentalist, accordion  
Victor B-25506 10-in. 8/10/1921 Victor Herbert favorites Pietro Accordion solo instrumentalist, accordion  
Victor B-25507 10-in. 8/10/1921 The Masonic march Pietro Deiro Accordion solo instrumentalist, accordion, composer  
Victor B-25940 10-in. 1/7/1922 The new Tipperary Pietro Deiro Accordion solo instrumentalist, accordion  
Victor B-26815 10-in. 7/31/1922 Italian melodies Pietro Accordion solo instrumentalist, accordion  
Victor B-26816 10-in. 7/31/1922 Beautiful Galatea : Overture Pietro Deiro Accordion solo instrumentalist, accordion  
Victor B-26829 10-in. 8/15/1922 Vision of Salome Pietro Accordion solo instrumentalist, accordion  
Victor B-26830 10-in. 8/15/1922 March Pietro Deiro Accordion solo instrumentalist, accordion  
Victor B-27211 10-in. 12/6/1922 Kiss of spring Pietro Accordion solo instrumentalist, accordion  
Victor BVE-35976 10-in. 9/7/1926 Beautiful days Mario Perry Accordion solo composer  
Victor BVE-36141 10-in. 8/30/1926 Verona waltz Mario Perry Accordion solo composer  
Victor BVE-38430 10-in. 4/4/1927 Arie italiane Pietro Accordion solo instrumentalist, accordion  
Victor BVE-38431 10-in. 4/4/1927 Dora Pietro Accordion solo instrumentalist, accordion, composer  
Victor BVE-38432 10-in. 4/4/1927 Lido Pietro Accordion solo instrumentalist, accordion  
Victor BVE-38806 10-in. 5/17/1927 Meridionale e settendrionale Pietro Accordion solo instrumentalist, accordion  
Victor BVE-40267 10-in. 10/3/1927 Medley of Italian airs Pietro Deiro Accordion solo instrumentalist, accordion  
Victor BVE-40268 10-in. 10/3/1927 Medley of Italian airs Pietro Deiro Accordion solo instrumentalist, accordion  
Victor BVE-40269 10-in. 10/3/1927 The kiss waltz Pietro Accordion solo instrumentalist, accordion  
Victor BVE-41127 10-in. 11/30/1927 Broadway waltz Pietro Accordion solo instrumentalist, accordion  
Victor BVE-45874 10-in. 7/13/1928 Très jolie Pietro Deiro Accordion solo instrumentalist, accordion  
Victor BVE-45875 10-in. 7/13/1928 La petite Tonkinoise Pietro Deiro Accordion solo instrumentalist, accordion  
Victor BVE-45876 10-in. 7/13/1928 Rigoletto quartet Pietro Deiro Accordion solo instrumentalist, accordion  
Victor BVE-46138 10-in. 7/18/1928 Under the Double Eagle (March) Pietro Deiro Accordion solo instrumentalist, accordion, arranger  
Victor BVE-46319 10-in. 7/18/1928 Rigoletto quartet Pietro Deiro Accordion solo instrumentalist, accordion  
Victor BVE-46320 10-in. 7/18/1928 Entr' acte gavotte Pietro Deiro Accordion solo instrumentalist, accordion, arranger  
(Results 101-125 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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