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Alessandro Stradella (October 1, 1644 - February 25, 1682) was an Italian composer of the middle Baroque. He was born in Rome, and was murdered in Genoa. Not much is known about his early life, but he was from an aristocratic family, educated at Bologna, and was already making a name for himself as a composer at the age of 20, being commissioned by Christina, the Queen of Sweden. In 1667 he moved to Rome where he composed copiously, mostly sacred music, and began to live a dissolute life. With a friend he attempted to embezzle ...

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The Stradella Bass System uses rows of buttons arranged in a circle of fifths; this places the principal major chords of a key in three adjacent rows. Each row contains, in order: A major third (the "counter-bass" note), the root note, the major chord, the minor chord, the seventh chord, and the diminished seventh chord. Depending on the price, size or origin of the instrument, some rows may be missing completely or in different positions. In most Russian layouts the diminished seventh chord row is moved by one button, so that ...

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An accordion is a musical instrument of the handheld bellows-driven free reed aerophone family, sometimes referred to as squeezeboxes. The accordion is played by compression and expansion of a bellows, which generates air flow across reeds; a keyboard controls which reeds receive air flow and therefore the tones produced. For a full description of the sound-producing mechanism, see Free reed aerophone. Accordion - Physical description. Modern accordions consists of a ... Including:

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Alessandro Scarlatti (May 2, 1660 – October 24, 1725) was a Baroque composer especially famous for his operas and chamber cantatas. He is considered the founder of the Neapolitan school of opera. He was the father of two other Baroque composers, Domenico Scarlatti and Pietro Filippo Scarlatti. Alessandro Scarlatti - Life. Scarlatti was born in Sicily, either in Trapani or Palermo. He is generally said to have been a pupil of Giacomo Carissimi in Rome, and there is reason to suppose that he had som ... Including:

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A chromatic button accordion is a type of button accordion where the melody-side keyboard consists of rows of buttons arranged so that the pitch increases diagonally along and across the rows. The bass-side keyboard is usually the Stradella system or one of the various free-bass systems. Included among chromatic button accordions are the Russian bayan and Schrammel accordion. See also. Diatonic button accordion Piano accordion C ...

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See the accordion article for features of the bayan that are common to all accordions. The bayan (Russian: баян) is a type of chromatic button accordion developed in Russia. It differs from western chromatic button accordions in some details of construction: Reeds are broader and rectangular (rather than trapezoidal). Reeds are often attached in large groups to a common plate (rather than in pairs); the plates are screwed to the reed block (rather than attach ...

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1682 - Events. March 11 – Chelsea hospital for soldiers is founded in England May 6 - Louis XIV of France moves his court to Versailles. July 19 - Iyasus succeeds his father Yohannes I as Emperor of Ethiopia. First black slaves arrive in Germany Halley's comet makes an appearance, and is observed by Edmond Halley himself In Russia, half-brothers Ivan V and Peter I named tsar - Peter's half-sister Sofia becomes regent 1682 - BirthsIncluding:

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