Émile Vacher

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Émile "Mimile" Vacher (born May 7, 1883 in Tours , † April 8, 1969 in Paris ) was a French accordionist ; he is considered one of the creators of the musette genre .

Live and act

Vacher, whose adoptive father was a drummer, began playing the accordion at the age of ten. Since 1898 he has played dance music in a duo with his adoptive father at many balls. From 1910 the family ran their own ballroom, where he performed and developed his style, which was heavily influenced by the Java dance .

Commemorative inscription on 22 Boulevard Saint-Denis (10th arrondissement), Paris

Vacher played regularly for the radio and recorded a large number of records, some of which sold very well. In the 1920s he met the pianist Jean Peyronnin, with whom he worked for a long time and developed pieces such as Reine de Musette, Brise napolitaine, Bourrasque, Défilé des accordéonistes and Les Triolets . He became an accordion star and toured France and Europe. Banjo players like Mattéo Garcia and Gusti Malha also belonged to his band.

Discographic notes

Shellac records
  • Sphinx / Rêve de fleurs , Odeón 165.337
  • Sous les toits de paris / Rêve d'amour , Odéon 238.101
  • Nous deux / Un baiser , Odéon 238.163
  • Albert / Meunier tu dors , Odéon 165.796
  • J'ai ma combine / C'est Rosalie , Odéon 238.291
  • On me suit / La java de Doudoune , Odéon 165.311
  • Julie… c'est Julie / Tout ça c'est pour Vous , Odéon 165.312
  • Aubade Charmeuse / Triplepatte , Odéon 165.373

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ a b Michael Dregni Django: The Life and Music of a Gypsy Legend Oxford University Press 2006, p. 22
  2. ^ Simon Broughton, Mark Ellingham, Richard Trillo World Music: Africa, Europe and the Middle East 1999, p. 113
  3. ↑ Michael Dregni Django: The Life and Music of a Gypsy Legend , pp. 23f.
personal data
SURNAME Vacher, Émile
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Vacher, Mimile (nickname)
BRIEF DESCRIPTION French accordionist
DATE OF BIRTH May 7, 1883
PLACE OF BIRTH Tours
DATE OF DEATH April 8, 1969
Place of death Paris