Vaudeville Accordion Classics: The Complete Works of Guido Deiro

Track Listings

1. Temperamental Rag

2. Pink Slippers Valse

3. Preparedness March

4. Il Pentimento Waltz

5. Royal Flying Corps March

6. Kismet Fox Trot

7. Orazione e Marcia Militare

8. Western Stars March

9. Moonlight Waltz

10. Hand Grenade Throwers March

11. Deiro Rag

12. Muskateers March

13. Deirina Mazurka

14. I Don't Care Polka

15. Lido Tango

16. Queen of the Air march

17. Valse Caprice No. 1

18. Neapolitan Polka

19. My Florence Waltz

20. Egypto Fantasia

See all 47 tracks on this disc

Editorial Reviews
Album Description
Guido Deiro, the Italian-American accordion virtuoso-- frequently called "The Great Deiro"-- was of paramount importance in the popularization of the accordion in the early 20th century. The first accordionist to perform on the Vaudeville stage (1910), he was also the first accordionist to make sound recordings (Edison Wax Cylinders, 1911). For many years Deiro was a headline attraction at the great vaudeville houses throughout America and abroad, and made more than 100 recordings for the Columbia record company. On Bridge's 2-CD set, Henry Doktorski's sparkling performances of Deiro's music quickly confirm the reason for Deiro's immense popularity. In 1913, Deiro met the young vaudeville performer, and later-to-be Hollywood starlette, Mae West, while both were performing on a vaudeville show in Detroit. The couple quickly fell in love and secretly married. Henry Doktorski's liner notes detail Deiro and West's torrid love affair, and early photograph's of Deiro, provided by Deiro's son, Count Guido Deiro Jr., add to the significance of this release. Deiro's delightful compositions are a window onto an era long past, much like the re-discovery of Scott Joplin's music, twenty-five years ago.

Tracks:

Temperamental Rag
Pink Slippers Valse
Preparedness March
Il Pentimento Waltz
Royal Flying Corps March
Kismet Fox Trot
Orazione e Marcia Militare
Western Stars March
Moonlight Waltz
Hand Grenade Throwers March
Deiro Rag
Muskateers March
Deirina Mazurka
I Don't Care Polka
Lido Tango
Queen of the Air march
Valse Caprice No. 1
Neapolitan Polka
My Florence Waltz
Egypto Fantasia
Zampa Rag
Lola Fox Trot
Breitenbush March
Tango Tosino
Guido's Royal March
Light & Shadow Waltz
Variety Polka
Valse Pirouette
Marines March
Dolores Waltz
Los Bomberos March
Accordionette Waltz
Young Accordionist March
Little Accordion Player Waltz
Torpedo March
Beautiful Girl Waltz
The Peasant Quadrille
Radio Waltz
Dimples Polka
The Accordion Girl Waltz
Sharpshooters March
Veno (Duet) Fox Trot
Jewel Waltz (Duet)
King Boy (Duet) Fox Trot
Minneapolis March (Duet)
California Mazurka (Duet)
Sharpshooters March (Reprise)

Album Description

Guido Deiro, the Italian-American accordion virtuoso-- frequently called "The Great Deiro"-- was of paramount importance in the popularization of the accordion in the early 20th century. The first accordionist to perform on the Vaudeville stage (1910), he was also the first accordionist to make sound recordings (Edison Wax Cylinders, 1911). For many years Deiro was a headline attraction at the great vaudeville houses throughout America and abroad, and made more than 100 recordings for the Columbia record company. On Bridge's 2-CD set, Henry Doktorski's sparkling performances of Deiro's music quickly confirm the reason for Deiro's immense popularity. In 1913, Deiro met the young vaudeville performer, and later-to-be Hollywood starlette, Mae West, while both were performing on a vaudeville show in Detroit. The couple quickly fell in love and secretly married. Henry Doktorski's liner notes detail Deiro and West's torrid love affair, and early photograph's of Deiro, provided by Deiro's son, Count Guido Deiro Jr., add to the significance of this release. Deiro's delightful compositions are a window onto an era long past, much like the re-discovery of Scott Joplin's music, twenty-five years ago.

Customer Reviews:

Accordion as you have never heard it!.......2007-04-03

Guido Deiro was the first virtuoso of this much maligned and very difficult to play instrument. An accomplished composer and recording star, Deiro was a hughely popular in Vaudeville. The liner notes reveal his marriage to Mae West and I enjoyed the vintage photos. Henry Doktorski plays Deiro's compositions with great technique and every piece is a revelation of what the accordion is really capable of when played by a master musician.

Excellent Album.......2005-01-04

This two CD set is certainly worth the money. Henry Doktorski's performance is indeed breathtaking. It is as if someone were transported back to the days when Guido Deiro himself was performing these songs. Guido Deiro was a recording pioneer who he became the first star piano-accordionist, the first piano-accordionist to perform on the vaudeville stage, and to make sound recordings(I've got at least two of Mr. Deiro's old Columbia 78 RPM records at home). In fact, Guido became the first person to coin the phrase "Piano-accordion." You'll find plenty of good stuff about Guido in Mr. Doktorski's liner notes on the two-CD set as well as on the GuidoDeiro.com website. Mr. Doktorski's sparkling performance certainly does Mr. Deiro's songs justice.

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1. Temperamental Rag
2. Pink Slippers Valse
3. Preparedness March
4. Il Pentimento Waltz
5. Royal Flying Corps March
6. Kismet Fox Trot
7. Orazione e Marcia Militare
8. Western Stars March
9. Moonlight Waltz
10. Hand Grenade Throwers March
11. Deiro Rag
12. Muskateers March
13. Deirina Mazurka
14. I Don't Care Polka
15. Lido Tango
16. Queen of the Air march
17. Valse Caprice No. 1
18. Neapolitan Polka
19. My Florence Waltz
20. Egypto Fantasia