Definitions
American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition
- n. A small accordion especially popular in Latin America.
Wiktionary
- n. music A small Latin American accordion played with buttons.
WordNet 3.0
- n. a type of concertina popular in South America
Etymologies
- From Spanish bandoneón, from German Bandoneon, named after Heinrich Band. (Wiktionary)
- American Spanish bandoneón, from German Bandonion, Bandoneon : Heinrich Band (1821-1860), German inventor + (Akkord)ion, accordion; see accordion. (American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition)
Examples
“WAS: The bandoneon is the button accordion that tango master Astor Piazzolla brought to the forefront.”
“MICHELE NORRIS, host: The bandoneon is the instrument that defines Argentina's tango music.”
“It was a great opportunity to write in a chamber music setting, leaving space for the bandoneon to improvise.”
The Huffington Post: Joseph Vella: Interview: Vince Mendoza (Jazz Composer Extraordinaire)
“Addio" was pretty much an improvisation orchestrated for the bandoneon and string quintet.”
The Huffington Post: Joseph Vella: Interview: Vince Mendoza (Jazz Composer Extraordinaire)
“We recorded it in New York with Argentinean bandoneon wiz Hector del Curto.”
The Huffington Post: Joseph Vella: Interview: Vince Mendoza (Jazz Composer Extraordinaire)
“Tango Fire have established themselves as one of Argentina's top exports, a crack company of tango specialists that includes three world champions among its 10 dancers, plus accompaniment from celebrated tango band Quatrotango piano, violin, bandoneon and double bass and singer Jesus Hidalgo.”
“Accompanied by Paquito D'Rivera, saxophones and clarinet; Gustavo Bergalli, trumpet; Nicolas Ledesma, piano; Abel Rogantini, piano; Daniel Piazzolla, drums and Michael Zisman, bandoneon.”
The Huffington Post: Fern Siegel: Stage Door: The Grapes of Wrath, Pablo Aslan
“He points out that the bandoneon, an instrument similar to the accordion, but with buttons rather than keys, came from Germany, but that skilled Argentine musicians made its mournful sound the signature of the tango.”
The Wall Street Journal: In Soccer-Mad Argentina, the National Sport Is a Lame Duck
“(Soundbite of song, "Tango Square") EYRE: The bandoneon, with its unique timbre and expressiveness, was created in Germany, but it soon became inseparable from the sexy new dance music emerging from the bars and bordellos of Buenos Aires.”
NPR: Gotan Project: An International Spin On Argentina's Tango
“But from the first notes of the distinctive button accordion the bandoneon there's no mistaking the presence of tango.”
NPR: Gotan Project: An International Spin On Argentina's Tango
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