New York Blues Ragtime Classical

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New York blues - rag classical, Performed by: Pietro Frosini - accordion. Composed by: Pietro Frosini. Record format: Edison Diamond Disc, Matrix number: 4998-B-1-6, Recording date: 1916, Release number: 50454-L, Release date: February 1918. NPS object catalog number: EDIS 41040



Pietro Frosini (1885-1951) was one of the first famous "stars of the accordion." He was born in Catania, Sicily, in 1885 and began to play the chromatic button accordion at the age of six. In 1905 he emigrated to San Francisco and was discovered by a talent scout for the Orpheum Vaudeville Circuit.

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Keywords: New York Blues; Pietro Frosini; Ragtime; Edison
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