Émile Vacher (May 7, 1883 - April 8, 1969) was a French
accordionist
Accordions (from 19th-century German ''Akkordeon'', from ''Akkord''—"musical chord, concord of sounds") are a family of box-shaped musical instruments of the bellows-driven free-reed aerophone type (producing sound as air flows past a ree ...
associated with, and often deemed the creator of, the
bal-musette genre.
[''World Music: Africa, Europe and the Middle East'' Page 113 Simon Broughton, Mark Ellingham, Richard Trillo - 1999 "Emile Vacher Once the accordion took over from the cabrette in the bals-musette, Vacher (1883-1969) was the star of the new style. He didn't write music, but kept hundreds of tunes in his head and played with a light and rhythmic ..."]
Discography 78s
* ''Sous les toits de paris / Rêve d’amour'', Odéon 238.101
* ''Nous deux / Un baiser'', Odéon 238.163
* ''Albert / Meunier tu dors'', Odéon 165.796
* ''J’ai ma combine / C’est Rosalie'', Odéon 238.291
* ''On me suit / La java de Doudoune'', Odéon 165.311
* ''Julie...c'est Julie / Tout ca c'est pour Vous'', Odéon 165.312
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External links
Music on Spotify
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Musicians from Tours, France
1883 births
1969 deaths
French accordionists
20th-century accordionists
Deaths from cancer in France