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 (Results 151-175 of 203 records)
Company | Matrix No. | Size | First Recording Date | Title | Primary Performer | Description | Role | Audio |
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Victor | BSHQ-73022 | 10-in. | 6/20/1932 | El choclo | Pietro Deiro | Accordion trio, with maracas | arranger, instrumentalist, accordion | |
Victor | BSHQ-73023 | 10-in. | 6/20/1932 | Light cavalry overture | Pietro Deiro | Accordion trio | arranger, instrumentalist, accordion | |
Victor | BSHQ-73024 | 10-in. | 6/20/1932 | Sharpshooters march | Pietro Deiro | Accordion trio | arranger, instrumentalist, accordion | |
Victor | BS-76548 | 10-in. | 6/29/1933 | Maggie | El Vera Collins ; Frank Gaviani ; Pietro | Accordion trio | instrumentalist, accordion, composer | |
Victor | BS-76549 | 10-in. | 6/29/1933 | Accordion fever | El Vera Collins ; Frank Gaviani ; Pietro | Accordion trio | instrumentalist, accordion, composer | |
Victor | BS-76550 | 10-in. | 6/29/1933 | Tesoro mio | Pietro Deiro | Accordion solo | instrumentalist, accordion | |
Victor | BS-76551 | 10-in. | 6/29/1933 | La capricciosa | Pietro Deiro | Accordion solo | arranger, instrumentalist, accordion | |
Victor | BS-77522 | 10-in. | 8/23/1933 | Vieni sul mar | Alfredo Cibelli | Accordion trio | arranger, instrumentalist, accordion | |
Victor | BS-77523 | 10-in. | 8/23/1933 | Blue Danube | Pietro Deiro | Accordion trio | arranger, instrumentalist, accordion | |
Victor | BS-77524 | 10-in. | 8/23/1933 | Heart echo | Pietro Deiro | Accordion duet | instrumentalist, accordion | |
Victor | BS-82419 | 10-in. | 4/17/1934 | Parade of the accordionists | Pietro and his Accordion Band | Accordion band | composer, leader, instrumentalist, accordion | |
Victor | BS-82420 | 10-in. | 4/17/1934 | Remembering March | Pietro and his Accordion Band | Accordion band | arranger, leader, instrumentalist, accordion | |
Victor | MS-84432 | 16-in. | 10/3/1934 | La cumparsita | Pietro | Instrumental trio | instrumentalist, accordion, arranger, leader | |
Victor | MS-84433 | 16-in. | 10/3/1934 | Parlami d'amore Mariu | Pietro | Instrumental trio | leader, instrumentalist, accordion, arranger | |
Victor | BS-95199 | 10-in. | 10/11/1935 | Dixie waltz | List Deiro ; Pietro Deiro | Accordion duet | composer, instrumentalist, accordion | |
Victor | BS-95500 | 10-in. | 10/11/1935 | Abundance waltz | Pietro Deiro | Accordion solo | composer, instrumentalist, accordion | |
Victor | [Trial 1913-09-11-01] | Not documented | 9/11/1913 | Mammy Jinny medley | Pietro Deiro | Accordion solo | instrumentalist, accordion | |
Victor | [Trial 1913-09-11-02] | Not documented | 9/11/1913 | Bei giorni | Pietro Deiro | Accordion solo | instrumentalist, accordion | |
Columbia | 38578 | 10-in. | 1/21/1913 | Row, row, row | Pietro Deiro | Piano accordion solo | instrumentalist, accordion | |
Columbia | 38652 | 10-in. | 2/25/1913 | When the midnight choo choo leaves for Alabam' | Pietro Deiro | Piano accordion solo | instrumentalist, accordion | |
Columbia | 38944 | 10-in. | 7/15/1913 | Mammy Jinny's jubilee | Guido Deiro ; Pietro Deiro | Piano accordion duet | instrumentalist, accordion | |
Columbia | 38945 | 10-in. | 7/15/1913 | I love her, oh, oh, oh! | Guido Deiro ; Pietro Deiro | Piano accordion duet | instrumentalist, accordion | |
Columbia | 38946 | 10-in. | 7/15/1913 | Cavalleria rusticana : Intermezzo | Guido Deiro ; Pietro Deiro | Piano accordion duet | instrumentalist, accordion | |
Columbia | 21658 | 10-in. | approximately July 1912 | Repentance | Pietro Deiro | Accordion solo | instrumentalist, accordion | |
Columbia | 21660 | 10-in. | approximately July 1912 | Tripoli | Pietro Deiro | Accordion solo | instrumentalist, accordion |
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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LCNAR: Deiro, Pietro, 1888-1954 - http://id.loc.gov/authorities/names/no2002076426
Wikidata: Pietro Deiro - http://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q4356319
VIAF: http://viaf.org/viaf/57756438
MusicBrainz: Pietro Deiro - https://musicbrainz.org/artist/92ecb69b-c0c6-46ce-87eb-d6ee24755e03
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