Black and Tan Fantasy piano accordion solo sheet music; Duke Ellington, transcribed by Galla-Rini: 1927
March 26, 2012
There’s a cool piece of sheet music. Ellington for accordion, from 1927!
I’m reading Marion Jacobson’s Squeeze This! and it’s got me checking Anthony Galla-Rini‘s history. He was a big classical-music pusher, including:
Black and Tan Fantasy, piano accordion solo sheet music
Miley, Bub & Duke Ellington, transcribed by Galla-Rini
Book Description: NY Mills Music (1927)., 1927. VG PB sheet music. Illustration of man playing accordion on cover with photo inset of Galla-Rini. Local music store stamp bottom ft cover. Illustrated by Photo of Galla-Rini cover.
- Bookseller: Crabtree’s Collection Old Books (Sebago, ME, U.S.A.
- Price: US$ 15.00
- Shipping: US$ 13.00
Too bad there’s not a cool cover-picture of Duke Ellington laying in with Galla-Rini on the accordion. Ellington did record with accordionist Cornell Smelser, but I don’t know how often he played with one otherwise.
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Note however the photo pointed out to me later: https://accordionuprising.wordpress.com/2013/02/25/ellington-accordion/