bandoneonn.
/banˈdɒnɪən//banˈdəʊniːən/ Music.
A kind of button accordion invented by Band c1840, and typical of Argentinian tango orchestras.
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accordion1830
concertina1834
melophone1841
melophonic guitar1842
flutina1859
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lantum1876
melodeon1880
squeeze-box1909
squiffer1914
bandoneon1925
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organetto1983
1925 Daily News 1 Oct. 7/6 The Tango band consists of piano, harmonium, guitar, symphonic mandoline, concertina and bandoleons.
1934 Webster's New Internat. Dict. Eng. Lang. Bandonion.
1938 Oxf. Compan. Music 788/1 The Bandonion is an Argentine type of accordion. There is no keyboard—merely buttons.
1961 A. C. Baines Musical Instruments through Ages xiii. 325 The Bandoneon, a solo instrument in Argentine tango orchestras, is itself a square-built button accordion invented by Band of Kleefeld, c. 1840.
1982 Daily Tel. 7 Sept. 9/1 In ‘5 Tango's’, [set] to music by the Argentinian composer Astor Piazzolla for the bandoneon,..van Manen shows a..flair for tango rhythms.
This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1989; most recently modified version published online December 2020).
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