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FEATURE According The Accordion Its Historical Due Early Music America: Laura Stanfield Prichard The accordion and concertina have an incredibly rich history. The earliest forms of the accordion were inspired by the 1777 introduction of the Chinese free-reed sheng (bowl mouth organ) into Europe by Père Amiot, a Jesuit missionary in Qing China. Laura… Read more »