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John Serry Sr.

January 01, 1970

This article is about the accordionist. For the jazz pianist and composer, see John Serry Jr. For the American electronic music composer, see Jonn Serrie.

John Serry Sr. (born John Serrapica; January 29, 1915 – September 14, 2003) was an American concert accordionist, arranger, composer, organist, and educator. He performed on the CBS Radio and Television networks and contributed to Voice of America's cultural diplomacy initiatives during the Golden Age of Radio. He also concertized on the accordion as a member of several orchestras and jazz ensembles for nearly forty years between the 1930s and 1960s.[1][2]

John Serry
John Serry in 1967
Born(1915-01-29)January 29, 1915
Brooklyn, United States
DiedSeptember 14, 2003(2003-09-14) (aged 88)
Long Island, United States
Occupation(s)Accordionist, Organist, Educator, Composer
Years active1930-2002
External audio
You may hear John Serry Sr. performing Agustin Lara's bolero Granada with the lyric tenor Nestor Mesta Chayres and the Alfredo Antonini Orchestra in 1946 Here

Biography edit

Serry's career spanned over seven decades. As a proponent of Latin American music and the free-bass accordion, he performed as the piano accordionist on the radio music program Viva América, which was broadcast live to South America under the United States Department of State's Office of the Coordinator of Inter-American Affairs' cultural diplomacy initiative for Voice of America during World War II.[3][4][5][6][7][8] Broadcasts of this show have been cited as helping to introduce Latin American music and the Mexican bolero to large audiences in the United States in the 1940s.[9][10]

Serry performed with big bands, symphony orchestras, radio and television orchestras, and Broadway orchestras at the Radio City Music Hall,[11] the Rainbow Room at Rockefeller Center (1935);[12] the Starlight Roof at the Waldorf Astoria Hotel (1936–1937);[13][14] the Palmer House in Chicago (1938);[15] the Stevens Hotel in Chicago (1938);[16] the Biltmore Hotel in Los Angeles (1938);[15] Carnegie Hall with Alfredo Antonini conducting (1946);[17] the Plaza Hotel (1940s); The Town Hall (1941–1942);[18][19][20] the Waldorf Astoria Hotel's Wedgewood Room (1948),[21] The Rajah Theatre (1953),[22] the Ed Sullivan Theater (1959) for CBS television; the Empire Theater (New York) (1953);[23] and such New York cafe society nightspots as: El Morocco, El Chico and The Riviera in the 1930s. During the course of these performances he appeared under the musical direction of several noted conductors including: Alfredo Antonini, Mischa Borr, Percy Faith, Shep Fields, Mitch Miller[24] and Andre Kostelanetz.[25][26][27]

 
Carnegie Hall

Serry was born John Serrapica in Brooklyn, New York to Pasquale Serrapica and Anna Balestrieri,[2] the fourth-born of thirteen siblings.[28][29][30][31] His Italian father immigrated to America from Gragnano, Italy after passing through Ellis Island in 1904 and 1914.[32][33] The family owned a grocery store after initially moving to Navy Street in 1905,[34] and subsequently taking up residence on 18th Avvenue in the Bensonhurst section.[35] His formal musical education included studies with the accordionist Joseph Rossi from 1926 to 1929 at the Pietro Deiro School in New York. At the age of fifeteen he performed live on the Italian radio station WCDA.[36] By the age of nineteen, Serrapica was already enrolled as a member of the American Federation of Musicians in 1934.[37] In addition, he undertook studies in piano and harmony with Albert Rizzi from 1929 to 1932 and in harmony and counterpoint with Gene Von Hallberg for two years.[38] Von Hallberg served as a cofounder of the American Accordionists Association in 1938.[39] Hallberg later appeared in the Magnante Quartet before an audience of three thousand concertgoers at Carnegie Hall in 1939 [40][41] A lifelong friendship with the accordionist Louis Del Monte was established as a result of these studies. Del Monte awakened Serry's interest in Latin American music.[38] Advanced studies in harmony and orchestration were completed under the instruction of the composer Robert Strassburg in the 1940s.

Career edit

The 1930s: The big band era edit

 
Rainbow Room in Rockefeller Center, New York City

The period from 1938 to 1960 has been described as a unique period of prestige for the accordion in the United States when it attained more widespread acceptance by the public as a "serious instrument" on the concert hall stage.[42][43] At the age of sixteen, Serrapica had already performed as a soloist on the AM radio station WOV in New York City during several live broadcasts in 1931.[44][45][46] With the help of Del Monte, in the 1930s Serry continued his professional career by making appearances with the Ralph Gomez Tango Orchestra at The Rainbow Room at the RCA Building in Rockefeller Center,[12] leading to an extended engagement there in 1935.[12] He also played with the Hugo Mariani Tango Orchestra at the Waldorf Astoria Hotel in New York [38] and once again in Chicago with Frank Pruslin and Syd Fox (1936)[47] and with Alfred Brito, a Cuban orchestra leader in New York (1936), and Misha Borr, conductor of the Waldorf-Astoria Orchestra.[38] He appeared as a soloist for society functions at the Waldorf Astoria Hotel's Waldorf Towers and at its Starlight Roof with the Lester Lanin Orchestra. In addition, he performed regularly at clubs such as El Morocco, the Rainbow Room, El Chico, and the Riviera in New York City.[12]

The "golden age of the accordion" continued to evolve in America from 1910 to 1960 and some piano accordionists suddenly enjoyed acceptance as performers within the best known dance bands, jazz ensembles and big band ensembles such as the Paul Whiteman orchestra.[48][49] As the decade came to a close, Serry acquired a position with the jazz ensemble Shep Fields and His Rippling Rhythm during a nationwide tour which included live radio broadcasts from the Palmer House Hotel in Chicago, Illinois, and the Millennium Biltmore Hotel in Los Angeles, California, over the NBC network (1937–1938).[15][50] These big band remote broadcasts used Zenith's Radiogran technology. In 1937, he also recorded the distinctive Shep Fields' theme song with the Shep Fields Rippling Rhythm Orchestra for Eli Oberstein on RCA Victor's Bluebird label (Victor, BS-017494, 1937).[51] His performances as a member of the orchestra are also documented in the film The Big Broadcast of 1938 ("This Little Ripple Had Rhythm" and "Thanks for the Memory"), which won the Academy Award for Best Original Song in 1939. While touring with Shep Fields, he also recorded several popular songs of the time for Bluebird Records, including "With a Smile and a Song", "Whistle While You Work", and "Now It Can Be Told".[52][53]

At the young age of only 23 in 1938, Serry was already collaborating on stage with several noted accordionists of the early 20th century including: Andy Arcari, Anthony Mecca, Domenic Mecca, Pietro Deiro and Joe Biviano.[54][55] The six accordionists joined forces at the north ballroom of the legendary Stevens Hotel in Chicago for an "Accordion Jamfest" before an audience of over 1000 concertgoers in September 1938.[56] The concert occurred soon after Andy Arcari's noted accordion recital at Philadelphia's Academy of Music in May 1938, where critics praise him for his brilliance.[57] In a few short months both Biviano and the Mecca brothers would appear with Charles Magnante, Gene Von Hallberg and Abe Goldman to introduce the accordion in recital for the first time to an audience of classical music concertgoers in Carnegie Hall (April, 1939).[58][59][60]

The 1940s: The golden age of radio edit

Serry married Julia Trafficante in the 1940s and moved to Nassau County, New York on Long Island to raise a family of four children which included John Serry Jr.[61] The original family name of Serrapica was shortened by John to Serry.[62] He simultaneously undertook private studies with: Joscha Zade in piano (1945–1946); Arthur Guttow, an organist at the Radio City Music Hall (1946);[63] and Robert Strassburg in Orchestration and Advanced Harmony (1948–1950). He specialized in the works of Gershwin, Debussy, and Ravel.[64]

 
Town Hall in New York City

During the 1930s and 1940s many accordionists emerged as performers on American radio, the new mass entertainment medium of the time.[65] Building upon his concert experiences of the 1930s, Serry entered the golden age of radio performing on the CBS radio network and assisted several concert artists in New York City including the French diseuse Marianne Oswald (aka Marianne Lorraine) in her English speaking debut of "One Woman Theatre" performing the poem Mr. Lincoln and His Gloves (by Carl Sandburg), Never Before (by Archibald MacLeish) and poems by Jean Cocteau and Jacques Prevert at Town Hall (1942).[66][19][67] The concert was hosted by the Free World Association and presented with the patronage of Eleanor Roosevelt .[68][69] This performance was praised in The Players Magazine - National Journal of Educational Dramatics as a "fresh experience and intriguing in its uniqueness."[70] The New York Times described it as being skillfully presented.[71][67] For ten years Serry performed as an original member of Alfredo Antonini's CBS Pan American Orchestra (1940–1949)[72][73][74][75] on the Viva América program for the Department of State's Office of Inter-American Affairs (OCIAA) in support of its cultural diplomacy initiatives.[76] [77][38][74][78][79][80] He also worked with Antonini, Nestor Mesta Chayres and members of the New York Philharmonic in the Night of the Americas Concert gala at Carnegie Hall in 1946.[17][81]

During this period, several international concert musicians also appeared on Viva America or recorded music with Antonini's Viva America Orchestra including:[82] Terig Tucci (1942)[83][84][85][86][87] Juan Arvizu (1940s);[88] Nestor Mesta Chayres (1940s);[89] Eva Garza (1940s);[90][10] Elsa Miranda (1940s),[91][92][93] Los Panchos Trio (1946),[94][95][96] and Manuolita Arriola (1946)[97] Under the supervision of Edmund Chester, these performances were beamed over CBS' Network of the Americas ("La Cadena de las Americas") across the Latin America continent to over twenty countries[98][99] and rebroadcast by the United States Office of War Information and the United States Armed Forces Radio Service.[100][101][98] Performances by members of Antonini's CBS Pan American Orchestra on Viva America have been credited with helping to introduce Latin American music and the Mexican bolero to large audiences in the United States in the 1940s.[9][10]

External image
  Photograph of John Serry on the CBS radio network circa 1940s in the John J. Serry Sr. Collection Archive.
Here on Esm.rochester.edu

In addition, Serry also recorded examples of music unrelated to the bolero. During the 1940s he collaborated with the Mischa Borr Orchestra and the vocalist Sidor Belarsky to record several Russian and Ukrainian folk songs for Victor records including: "Dark Night" (Victor 26–5037, 1946) by Nikita Bogoslovsky,[102] "Hobo Song" (aka "Mother") (Victor 26–5036, 1946) by Valery Zhelobinsky,[103] "By the Cradle" (Victor 26–5035, 1946),[104] "Katusha" (Victor 26–5035, 1946) by Hy Zaret[105][106] In 1946 he also made a guest appearance as the "outstanding accordionist of the year" on Gordon Macrae's Skyline Roof broadcast on the WABC-CBS network and as a guest on the Danny O'Neil Show.[107][108] By 1948, he also appeared in concert with Mischa Borr's Orchestra at the Waldorf Astoria Hotel's Wedgewood Room.[21]

Serry recorded his work "Leone Jump" as a member of the Biviano Accordion & Rhythm Sextette with Tony Mottola on guitar and Angelo Delleria on accordion for Sonora Records in 1945.[109][110][111][112] The album includes performances of "Little Brown Jug", "Golden Wedding", "Swing Low Sweet Chariot", "That's a Plenty", and "The Jazz Me Blues".[113][110] His composition "Fantasy in F" was completed during this decade in 1946.[114] The critic Henry Doktorski has described it as a "novelty piece" and likened it to Zez Confrey's composition "Dizzy Fingers".[115] In 1946 he also appeared in the "Accordion World" concert at Manhattan Center with the accordionists Angello Dellairia and Joeseph Biviano.[116] Later in 1949, the accordionist Joe Biviano collaborated with the RCA Victor Accordion Orchestra to record Serry's composition "Manhattan Hop" for RCA Victor.[117][118] He also recorded several popular songs for Victor Records as a member of the noted Charles Magnante Accordion Band in 1941 including: "Clarinete Polka", '"Halli-Hallo- Halli", "Le Secret" and "Swing Me A Polka".[119] Both Magnante and Biviano were cofounders of the American Accordionists' Association several years earlier in 1938.[120][121]

By the end of the 1930s an "accordion craze" had swept the nation.[122] Numerous accordion studios soon emerged within the major ethnic population centers of the East coast, as well as within the rural South and West with an estimated enrollment of over 35,000 students in 1938.[123][124] As an educator, Serry founded and operated a music studio in Jamaica, Queens in New York City[125] and Long Island, New York.[126] Between 1945 and the late 1980s he provided instruction on accordion, piano, and organ.[83][127] His pupils included Anthony Ettore, president of the American Accordionist's Association,[128] and Robert Davine, an accordionist and educator at the Lamont School of Music at the University of Denver[129] as well as his son John Serry Jr.[130][131] During the 1950s one of his students, Roy Appey, emerged as the first prize winner in a performance competition hosted by the American Accordionists' Association.[132] In addition, Serry was invited to contribute to the annual series of Master Accordion Classes and seminars sponsored by the American Accordionists Association in New York City in August 2000.[133] He also published several method books for his elementary, intermediate, and advanced grade students between 1945 and 1955.[38][134][135] In addition, he took note of the limitations imposed by the Stradella bass system during performances of classical music. In an effort to circumvent these limitations, he designed and developed a working model of a free-bass system for the accordion during this decade. It incorporated dual keyboards for the soloist's left hand while incorporating two sets of reeds which were tuned in octaves. This gave the soloist access to a range of tones which exceeded three and one-half octaves.[136][43]

The 1950s: Broadway and television edit

 
Shubert Theatre in New York City
Shubert Theatre NYC

During the early days of network television in the 1950s, Serry performed at CBS as a staff member of the original CBS Orchestra (1949–1960)[64] and an accompanist on several live network television programs including The Jackie Gleason Show in 1953,[64] The Frank Sinatra Show in the 1950s,[64] and on the prime time drama I Remember Mama in 1953 starring Peggy Wood.[137][64] Following introductions by his young son Robert, he was also featured as a soloist on the talent show Live Like A Millionaire on the NBC radio network in 1951.[138][139]

In 1951 he also arranged his compositions La Culebra and African Bolero for solo flute. He dedicated the scores to his close friend Julius Baker, who subsequently performed them on a demo recording.[140][141][142][143][144] In the same year, his photograph was featured within an article about the accordion which was published by the journal International Musician - the official publication of the International Federation of Musicians,[145] along with photographs of such noted accordionists as: Louis Del Monte, Pietro Frosini, Anthony Galla-Rini, Charles Magnante, Charles Nunzio, and Art Van Damme.[146] By 1953, he was also photographed by the Bell accordion company as one of several leading accordion artists along with Tony Lavelli and Vince Geraci.[147]

During this time he also performed under the musical direction of Andre Kostelanetz at CBS.[148] As the first accordionist in the Serry Sextette, he recorded his own arrangements of several popular melodies and classical themes for the RCA Thesaurus electrical transcriptions[149] catalog in 1954 [150][151] during Ben Selvin's tenure as A & R Manager for RCA Victor.[152][153] Performances on the radio also continued during this period and included: appearances as a member of the Magnante Accordion Quartet, on The Lucky Strike Hour, Waltz Time, and The American Melody Hour (1940s). He occasionally substituted for the quartet's founder Charles Magnante.[38]

On the Broadway stage he performed under director Harold Clurman in a production of Arthur Laurents play The Time of the Cuckoo with Shirley Booth and Dino Di Luca.[23][154][155] By 1953, he had also arranged music which was edited by Lawrence Welk and utilized in a course of study for the piano accordion by the U. S. School of Music,[156] which was described years later as the oldest home study music school chartered by the Board of Regents in New York State with a total worldwide enrollment of over one million students.[157] The school also utilized his photograph to encourage enrollment in its course of study for the piano accordion.[158] In the same year, he appeared as a featured soloist at an accordion concert hosted at the Rajah Theatre in Reading, Pennsylvania.[22][154] He also completed arrangements of popular songs for Seeburg's jukeboxes featuring three accordions, violins, vibes, guitar, bass, percussion and piano. Included among them were: I Get a Kick Out of You, Mimi, The One I Love, Swingin' Down the Lane, and Tico-Tico.[159]

In 1956 Serry composed, arranged and performed several compositions for Dot Records (#DLP3024)[160] with Al Caiola and Bernie Leighton on his album Squeeze Play [161][162] during Billy Vaughn's tenure as music director at Dot Records.[163][164][165][166][167] The production received a critical review as a new popular album in The Billboard in 1956 and was cited for establishing a beautiful soothing mood.[168] The album was also critically reviewed in Cash Box magazine later that year.[169] It features his original composition Garden In Monaco which is adapted from the theme of an ancient Italian serenade.[170][171] Serry was applauded for establishing a wide variety of musical moods with grace, while simultaneously emphasizing a relaxed performance style.[169] In 1958 several songs from the album were released once again in France by Versailles records (# 90 M 178) as Chicago Musette - John Serry et son Accordéon.[172][173][174] Dot Records also released several songs from the album in Japan as part of a compilation recording including the John Serry Orchestra and the Billy Vaughn Orchestra (Ballroom in Dreamland, Dot #5006).[175][176] These activities led to Serry's nomination to the "Who Is Who In Music International" in 1958.[64] His advanced grade composition for accordion, American Rhapsody was completed and published during 1955.[177]

The 1960s: Liturgical organ music edit

In 1960, Serry emerged as a performer in one of the first stereo recordings of an accordion orchestra on a major label for Coral Records with such noted instrumentalists as: Joe Biviano, Carmen Carrozza, Angelo Di Pippo and Eugene Ettore.[178][179][180][181] The ensemble of sixteen accordionists utilized modified piano accordions to recreate the orchestral sounds of several instruments while performing classical works by: Rimsky-Korsakov, Karl Maria von Weber, Nicolo Paganini and Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky.[182][183][184] The recording was cited in Billboard Magazine for its high level of musicality.[185]

Several years later, Serry completed his Concerto For Free Bass Accordion in 1966 and subsequently transcribed it for piano in 2002.[186][187][188] As the decade of the 1960s unfolded, however, the general public's interest in the accordion began to diminish in the United States while the popularity of rock music continued to grow.[43][189][190] The ensuing revolution in popular music induced many young people to view the accordion as a "square relic" from their parents' generation which should be replaced by the electric guitar, electric piano and electronic organ.[191][192] As a result, many established accordion studios either diversified or closed down entirely.[193][189]

 
C.W. Post College, Brookville, Long Island. LOC gsc.5a29157

With this in mind, Serry devoted the remaining thirty-five years of his professional career to the performance of wedding music and liturgical music of the Catholic and Jewish faiths as a freelance organist at the Interfaith Chapel of Long Island University C W Post Campus in Brookville, N.Y. (1968-2002).[194][195][196][197][198] As more rabbis sought to unite couples of different faiths without first requiring conversions in the 1960s and 1970s,[199] he collaborated with several clergymen of both the Jewish and Catholic religious traditions including: Rabbi Nathaniel Schwartz[198] and the Rev. John Heinlein[200][201][202]

During this period, he also transcribed his composition Processional March (1951) from piano for use on the organ in 1968.[203] In the years which followed, he composed several additional liturgical works for the choir of Notre Dame Parish on Long Island including: A Savior Is Born (1991, organ and solo voice), The Lord's Prayer (1992, organ and chorus) and Lamb of God (1994, for choir, flute and brass).[204]

Serry died after a brief illness on Long Island, New York in 2003, age 88.[205]

Performance style edit

Several of John Serry's early live performances and recordings were reviewed by critics in such noted magazines as The Billboard, Cash Box and The Players Magazine - National Journal of Educational Dramatics.[168][169][70] His recording with the Biviano Accordion and Rhythm Sextette for Sonora Records in 1945 (Accordion Capers) was reviewed by Billboard magazine, which noted that the music on the album was strictly for listening as opposed to dancing.[112] While accompanying a dramatic vocalist he was cited for contributing to an intriguing and nuanced performance.[206] His recording of Latin American music with the Alfredo Antonini Viva America Orchestra was described as "as amongst the most attractive" by critics at The New Records in 1946.[207] In addition, his recording of classical compositions by Rimsky-Korsakov, Nicolo Paganini. Carl Maria von Weber and Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky as a member of Pietro Deiro's Accordion Orchestra was cited by critics in The Billboard for its high level musicality.[208] His musical arrangements were also cited for using the accordion to convey a variety of musical moods with easy-going grace intended for low-pressure listening.[169] Above all else, he was applauded on his album Squeeze Play for utilizing the accordion to establish a beautiful, relaxed and soothing mood while avoiding a more common type of "show-off" performance.[168][169]

Works edit

Compositions and arrangements edit

External audio
  You may hear John Serry Sr. performing his "Leone Jump" with the Joe Biviano Accordion Rhythm Sextette and Tony Mottola in 1945
Here on Archive.org
  You may hear John Serry Sr. and the Shep Fields Orchestra performing "Whistle While You Work" in 1937
Here on Archive.org

His compositions include:

  • Desert Rumba (for accordion, 1939; publisher Antobal Music, 1951)[209]
  • Glissando (for accordion, publisher Biviano Music, 1942)[210][211]
  • Tarantella (for accordion, 1942; publisher Alpha Music, 1955)[212]
  • Valse (Composer Pytor Ilych Tchaikovsky (Opus 39 No. 8), arr. for accordion, publisher Viccas Music, 1946)[213][214]
  • Fantasy in F (for accordion, publisher Viccas Music, 1946)[215][114][216][217]
  • Invitation to Jive (for three accordions, guitar and bass, 1946)[218]
  • Consolation Waltz (for accordion, publisher O. Pagani & Bro., 1948)[219]
  • Uncle Charlie's Polka (for accordion, publisher O. Pagani Bro., 1948)[220]
  • The Bugle Polka (for accordion, publisher O. Pagani Bro., 1948)[221][222]
  • Leone Jump (for accordion, publisher Pietro Deiro, 1956)[113][223][224][225]
  • La Culebra (for accordion, 1950; arr. accordion & flute; 1950, arr. flute solo 1991; publisher Antobal Music, 1951)[226][227][228][229]
  • African Bolero (for accordion, 1950; arr. accordion & flute; 1950, arr. flute solo 1991; publisher Antobal Music, 1951)[230][231][232][233][234]
  • The Syncopated Accordionist (for accordion, publisher/editor Charles Colin, 1952)[235][236][237]
  • The First Ten Lessons for Accordion (for accordion, publisher Alpha Music, 1952)
  • Accordion Method Books I, II, III, IV (for accordion, publisher Alpha Music, 1953)[134][238]
  • Rhythm-Airs for Accordion (editor John Serry, publisher Charles Colin & Bugs Bower, 1953)[239]
  • La Cinquantaine (m. Gabriel Marie, arr. accordion quartet, publisher Alpha Music, 1954)[240]
  • Allegro (m. Joseph Hayden, arr. accordion quartet, publisher Alpha Music, 1954)[241]
  • Top Ten Accordion Solos – Easy to Play (editor: John Serrapica, publisher Alpha Music, 1954)[135][242]
External audio
  You may hear John Serry Sr. with the tenor Luis G. Roldan and the Alfredo Antonini CBS Pan American Orchestra performing the boleros "Esta Noche Ha Pasasdo" (Sabre Marroquin) and "Tres Palabras" (Osvaldo Farres) in 194?
Here on Archive.org
  You may hear John Serry Sr. with the Shep Fields Rippling Rhythm Orchestra performing "In The Merry Month of May" (Ed Haley) in 1938
Here on Archive.org
  • Junior Accordion Band Series (arr. accordion quartet, publisher Alpha Music, 1955)[243]
  • Tango Verde (m. Romero, arr. accordion quartet, publisher Alpha Music, 1955)
  • Holiday in Rio (m. Terig Tucci, arr. accordion quartet, publisher Alpha Music, 1955)
  • En Tu Reja (m. Romero, arr. accordion quartet, publisher Alpha Music, 1955)
  • Tango of Love (for accordion quartet, publisher Alpha Music, 1955)[244][245][246]
  • Manolas (m. Escobar, arr. accordion quartet, publisher Alpha Music, 1955)
  • Petite Tango (for accordion quartet, publisher Alpha Music, 1955)[244][245]
  • The Lost Tango for accordion, Words by Edward Steinfeld, 1956)[247]
  • Garden in Monaco (for accordion, publisher Alpha Music, 1956)[244][245][248]
  • Rockin' the Anvil (for accordion, publisher Alpha Music, 1956)[244][245][249]
  • Selected Accordion Solos (arr. accordion, publisher Alpha Music, 1956)
  • Cocktails in Spain (for marimba, percussion, guitar, bass and organ, 1957)[250]
  • Spooky Polka (for accordion, publisher Alpha Music, 1957)[251]
  • Reeds in a Rush (for accordion, publisher Alpha Music, 1957)[252]
  • American Rhapsody (for accordion, publisher Rumbasher Alpha Music, 1957)[253]
  • I Get a Kick Out of You (m. Cole Porter, arr. violins, three accordions, vibes, guitar, bass, drums, piano, 195?)[254]
  • Mimi (m. Richard Rodgers, arr. violins, three accordions, vibes, guitar, bass, drums, and piano, 195?)[255]
  • The One I Love (m. Isham Jones, arr. violins, three accordions, vibes, guitar, bass, drums, and piano, 195?)[256]
  • Swingin' Down the Lane (m. Isham Jones, arr. violins, three accordions, vibes, guitar, bass, drums, and piano, 195?)[257]
  • Tico-Tico (m. Zequinha de Abreu, arr. three accordions, guitar, bass and piano, 195?)[258]
  • Processional for Organ (liturgical bridal march for organ, 1968)[259][260]
  • Falling Leaves (for piano, 1976)[261][262]
  • Elegy (for piano or organ, 1984 Rev. 1994)[263]
  • Three Songs of Love (for voice and piano, poems by David Napolin, 1986)[264]
  • A Savior Is Born (Christmas liturgical for organ & voice, 1991)[265][266]
  • Dreams Trilogy (for solo piano, 1991)[267]
  • The Lord's Prayer (liturgical Lord's Prayer for organ and chorus, 1992)[268][269]
  • Lamb of God (liturgical hymn for choir, flute and bass, 1994)[270]
  • Five Children's Pieces For Piano (for piano, 1996)[271]

Advanced compositions edit

Serry's compositions in the symphonic jazz and classical music genres include:[272][259][273]

Discography edit

External audio
  You may hear John Serry Sr. with Juan Arvizu and the Alfredo Antonini CBS Tipica Orchestra performing the boleros: "Viva Sevilla", "Mi Sarape", "Que Paso?", "El Bigote de Tomas" and "De Donde?" in 1942
Here on Archive.org
  You may hear selections from the album "Squeeze Play" (Dot Records,1956) in the album "Chicago Musette"
Here on Gallica.bnf.fr
External audio
  You may hear John Serry Sr. with Los Panchos Trio and the Alfredo Antonini Viva America Orchestra performing a chilian cueca dance "La Palma" circa 1946 Here on Archive.org
  You may hear John Serry with the Charles Magnante Accordion Band performing "Clarinet Polka" in 1941
Here on Archive.org
  • La Palma and Rosa Negra - Pilotone Records (catalogue # 5067 & # 5069) - as a member of Alfredo Antonini's Viva America Orchestra, Vocalists Los Panchos Trio (194?)[301]List of songs: La Palma (Chilian cueca dance), Rosa Negra (Conga)
  • El Bigote de Tomas and De Donde - Columbia Records (Catalogue # 36666) - as a member of the CBS Tipica Orchestra conducted by Alfredo Antonini with tenor Juan Arvizu (194?)[302] List of musical selections: El Bigote de Tomas - Valie, De Donde - María Grever
  • Mi Sarape and Que Paso? - Columbia Records (catalogue # 36665) - as a member of the CBS Tipica Orchestra conducted by Alfredo Antonini with tenor Juan Arvizu (194?)[302]List of musical selections: Mi Sarape - María Grever, Que Paso? - Cortazar
  • Viva Sevilla! and Noche de Amor - Columbia records (catalogue # 36664) - as a member of the CBS Tipica Orchestra conducted by Alfredo Antonini with tenor Juan Arvizu (194?)[302] Musical selections: Viva Sevilla! - Lavidad/Delmoral, Noche de Amor - Tchaikovsky arr.Arvizu/Antonini
  • Shep Fields and His Rippling Rhythm Orchestra - Bluebird Records - as the accordionist (1938)[52][303][304]List of recordings 1938: A Stranger in Paree (#B-7566), I Wanna Go Back to Bali (B#7566) - Harry Warren/Al Dubin, Cathedral in the Pines (#B-7553) - Charles Kenny/Nick Kenney, Somewhere with Somebody Else (#B-7555), That Feeling Is Gone (#B-7555), Good Evenin', Good Lookin (#B-7553), My Walking Stick (#B-7592), Havin' Myself a Time (#B-7581) - Ralph Rainger/Leo Robin, Fare Thee Well, Annie Laurie (#B-7581), This Time It's Real (#B-7579), If It Rains - Who Cares? (#B-7579), Now It Can Be Told (#B-7592) - Irving Berlin, I've Got a Pocketful of Dreams (#B-7581), In Any Language (#B-7604), Where in the World (#B-7604), Any Little Girl, That's a Nice Little Girl, Is the Right Little Girl for Me (#B-7606) - Thomas J. Gray/Fred Fisher, In the Merry Month of May (#B-7606) - Ed Haley, Don't Let That Moon Get Away (#B-7697) - Johnny Burke (lyricist)/James V. Monaco, An Old Curiosity Shop (#B-10056) - Sam Coslow, Guy Wood, Abner Silver
External audio
  You may hear John Serry and the Shep Fields Rippling Rhythm Jazz Orchestra playing "With a Smile and a Song" in 1937
Here on Archive.org
  You may hear John Serry and the Shep Fields Orchestra performing the fox trot "There's a New Moon Over the Old Mill" in 1937
Here on ucsb.edu

Filmography edit

Invention edit

Serry was granted a patent in 1966 by the United States Patent Office for his design of a protective shield for collapsible toothpaste tubes (US Patent #US3269604).[306][307] A patent for the same design was also granted to him by the Canadian Patent Office in 1966 (Serial #998,449 May 14, 1966).[308]

Publications edit

  • Serry, John (1935), "The Danzon, The Bolero, The Rumba - The Substitute American Rhythm Emphasis Laid on Going Native", Accordion News[309]
  • Serry, John (1935), "Training: Reading From Piano Scores. Stumbling Cues. Avoid Time Wasters", Accordion News[309]
  • Serry, John (1936), "Chorus", Accordion News[310]
  • Serry, John (November 1937), "Accordions & Orchestras: Past Present & Future", Accordion World.
  • Serry, John (March 1939), "Those Neglected Basses", Accordion World.
  • Serry, John (1947), "What's Wrong With The Accordion", Accordion World.[43]
  • Serry, John (1961), "Jazz And The Student Accordionist", Accordion World.[311]
  • Serrapica, John (1952), The Syncopated Accordionist, Charles Colin.[235]

Archived works edit

  • The John J. Serry Sr. Collection at the Eastman School of Music's Sibley Music Library within the Ruth T. Watanabe Special Collections Department contains selected examples of Serry's original compositional scores, arrangements, LP recordings, reel to reel recording tapes, biographical articles and other biographical reference materials which have been donated for archival purposes to benefit both researchers and students. The archive includes a copy of his album Squeeze Play and an audio recording of his arrangements for RCA Thesaurus. Researchers may contact the staff archivist directly for further assistance in obtaining copies of scores or reviewing LP recordings.[279][259][312]
  • The Discography of American Historical Recordings catalog at the University of California at Santa Barbara includes several of the master recordings of Serry's performances with the Shep Fields Rippling Rhythm Jazz Orchestra in New York City (1937-1938) which are accessible online via audio streaming.[313]

Professional affiliations edit

Serry was an active member of the BMI, SESAC, American Federation of Musicians (Local #802) (1933–2003),[314][37] and The American Guild of Organists. For a brief period he served as a charter member of the American Accordionists Association (1938). He pursued professional musical studies with: Joseph Rossi (accordion, 1926–1929); Albert Rizzi (piano and harmony, 1929–1932); Gene Von Hallberg (counterpoint and harmony, 1933–1934)[38] (a founder of the American Accordionists Association); Jascha Zade (piano, 1945–1946);[38] Arthur Guttow (organ, 1946), and Robert Strassburg (piano, advanced harmony, and orchestration, 1948–1950).

See also edit

Accordion music genres
Bolero
Easy listening
Secular Jewish music
Wedding music

References edit

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  103. ^ Victor Matrix D6FB-2221 Audio recording of "Hobo Song" -vocalist Sidor Belarsky, accordionist John Serry on Discography of American Historical Recordings - University of California Santa Barbara Library. Accessed December 29, 2022.
  104. ^ Victor Matrix D6FB-2222 Audio recording of "By the Cradle" -vocalist Sidor Belarsky, accordionist John Serry on Discography of American Historical Recordings - University of California Santa Barbara Library. Accessed December 29, 2022.
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  139. ^ "African Bolero", "Desert Rhumba" Musical Scores, Composer John Serry, Dedicatee Julius Baker. See John Serry on Worldcat.org
  140. ^ "La Culebra" Musical Score, Composer John Serry, Dedicatee Julius Baker. See John Serry on worldcat.org
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  142. ^ "See handwritten dedication notes "written for and dedicated to my friend Julius Baker, 1951" on Page # 3 of the score". Library.juilliard.edu. Retrieved 26 November 2018.
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  144. ^ International Musician - "Accordion Instrument Played with A Smile", Hope Stoddard, May 1951, p. 10-11 Contributing writers Charles Nunzio & Sergei Matsusewitch - Photograph of John Serry within the article published in the journal International Musician by the American Federation of Musicians posted on worldradiohistory.com
  145. ^ International Musician - "Accordion Instrument Played with A Smile", Hope Stoddard, May 1951, p. 10-11 Contributing writers Charles Nunzio & Sergei Matsusewitch - Photographs of: Louis Del Monte, Pietro Frosini, Charles Nunzio, Charles Magnante , Anthony Galla-Rini, Art Van Damme within the article as published in the journal International Musician by the American Federation of Musicians posted on worldradiohistory.com
  146. ^ PTM, Piano trade Publishing Vol. 50 1953 p. 46 John J. Serry accordionist on Google books
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  154. ^ Eastman School of Music - University of Rochester - Sibley Music Library: John J. Serry Sr. Collection - Series 3: Scrapbook - contains a clipping with a photograph from the "New York Journal American" May 25, 1953 p. 15 showing the stage cast door from the Empire Theater with Shirley Booth pointing to signatures of the cast of "The Time of the Cuckoo" which includes John Serry's signatue. The John J. Serry Sr. Collection p. 17 Series 3 Scrapbook Box 3 Item 1 archived at the University of Rochester Eastman School of Music on esm.rochester.edu
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  170. ^ "Garden in Monaco"; composer John Serry on BMI Songview catalog
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  178. ^ "Pietro Deiro Presents The Accordion Orchestra - Under Direction of Joe Biviano" Coral Records (CRL-57323, 1960) See album cover for performers credits including John Serry, Eugene Ettore, Carmen Carrozza and Angelo Di Pippo. Pietro Deiro on Discogs.com
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  199. ^ Rabbi Nathaniel Schwartz and Rev. John Heinlein officiate at the C. W. Post Interfaith Chapel
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  202. ^ Eastman School of Music - University of Rochester - Sibley Music Library: John J. Serry Sr. Collection score "Concetro in C Major (1967) for Free Bass Accordion " Folders: 26, 27, 28, p. 12 archived at the University of Rochester Eastman School of Music Sibley Music Library Special collections on esm.rochester.edu
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  207. ^ Eastman School of Music - University of Rochester - Sibley Music Library: John J. Serry Sr. Collection "Desert Rumba" score p. 10 John J. Serry Collection archived at the University of Rochester
  208. ^ The Library of Congress Copyright Office, Glissando, Composer John Serry, 1946, Copyright #EP8078 Catalog of Copyright Entries 1946 Musical Compositions Title Index New Series Vol. 41 Pt. 3, Pg. 179
  209. ^ Eastman School of Music - University of Rochester - Sibley Music Library: John J. Serry Sr. Collection "Glissando" score p. 9 John J. Serry Collection archived at the University of Rochester
  210. ^ "Tarantella by John Serry archived at Oxford University, London". worldcat.org. 1946. Retrieved 20 July 2023.
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  213. ^ "CD Review: The K Trio Images". The Free-Reed Review, Henry Doktorski
  214. ^ "Fantasy in F by John Serry archived at Oxford University, London". worldcat.org. 1946. Retrieved 20 July 2023.
  215. ^ Eastman School of Music - University of Rochester - Sibley Music Library: John J. Serry Sr. Collection "Fantasy in F" score p. 9, orchestral arrangement score p. 13 John J. Serry Collection archived at the University of Rochester
  216. ^ Eastman School of Music - University of Rochester - Sibley Music Library: John J. Serry Sr. Collection "Invitation to Jive" score p. 8 John J. Serry Collection archived at the University of Rochester
  217. ^ The Library of Congress Copyright Office, Consolation Waltz,Composer John Serry, O.Pagani & Bro., New York, 29 November 1949, Copyright # EP58852 Library of Congress Copyright Office Catalog Published Music 1951 Vol.5 Part 5a, #1 P. 605 on Books.google.com
  218. ^ The Library of Congress Copyright Office, Uncle Charlie's Polka,Composer John Serry, O. Pagani & Bro., New York, 29 November 1949, Copyright # EP58854 Library of Congress Copyright Office Catalog Published Music 1951 Vol.5 Part 5a, #1 P. 605 on Books.google.com
  219. ^ The Library of Congress Copyright Office, Bugle Polka,Composer John Serry, O.Pagani Bro., New York, 29 November 1949 Copyright #EP5883 Library of Congress Copyright Office Catalog Published Music 1951 Vol.5 Part 5a, #1 P. 605 on Books.google.com
  220. ^ The Bugle Polka by John Serry (1949) on Worldcat.org
  221. ^ "Sonora Records 78rpm numerical listing discography". 78discography.com. Retrieved 26 November 2018.
  222. ^ The Library of Congress Copyright Office, Leone Jump, Composer John Serry, 1946, Copyright # EP8079 Catalog of Copyright Entries 1946 Musical Compositions Title Index New Series Vol. 41 Pt. 3, Pg. 355
  223. ^ Eastman School of Music - University of Rochester - Sibley Music Library: John J. Serry Sr. Collection "Leona Jump" orchestral score for 3 accordions, bass, rhythmic guitar & electric guitar p. 8 John J. Serry Collection archived at the University of Rochester
  224. ^ The Library of Congress Copyright Office,La Culebra, Composer John Serry Sr., March 7, 1951, Copyright # EU 233726
  225. ^ "John Serry Sr. 1915 - 2003 La Culebra". Worldcat.org. Retrieved 26 November 2018.
  226. ^ La Culebra - Flute solo, composer John Serry & dedicated on the score as "written for and dedicated to my friend Julius Baker, 1951" in the Julius Baker Music Collection Archive on Julicat at library.juilliard.edu
  227. ^ Eastman School of Music - University of Rochester - Sibley Music Library: John J. Serry Sr. Collection ""La Culebra" acore p. 8 & p. 9 score John J. Serry Collection archived at the University of Rochester
  228. ^ The Library of Congress Copyright Office, African Bolero Composer: John Serry Sr., March 7, 1951, Copyright # EU 233725
  229. ^ "John Serry Sr. 1915 - 2003 - African Bolero". Worldcat.org. Retrieved 26 November 2018.
  230. ^ Peter Jay Sharp Special Collections -- Julius Baker Collection
  231. ^ African Bolero - Flute solo, composer John Serry & dedicated on the score as "written for and dedicated to my friend Julius Baker, 1951", in the Julius Baker Music Collection Archive on Julicat at library.juilliard.edu
  232. ^ Eastman School of Music - University of Rochester - Sibley Music Library: John J. Serry Sr. Collection "African Bolero" score p. 9 John J. Serry Collection archived at the University of Rochester
  233. ^ a b LC Catalog - Item Information (Full Record). Retrieved 26 November 2018 – via lccn.loc.gov.
  234. ^ The Library of Congress Copyright Office, The Syncopated Accordionist, Composer John Serry a.k.a. John Serrapica, Charles Colin, New York 2 March 1953, Copyright #EP69650 Catalog of Copyright Entries 1953 Published Music Jan-Dec, Vol 7, Pt 5A, Pg. 257
  235. ^ The Syncopated Accordionist: Studies in Syncopation (1953) by John Serry on Worldcat.org
  236. ^ "Accordion Method Book 1 & 2" by John Serry on reverb.com
  237. ^ The Library of Congress Copyright Office, Rhythm-airs for the Accordionist Charles Colin & Bigs Bower, editor John Serry, Charles Colin, New York Vol. 1-2, 2 March 1953, Copyright #EP69648-69649 Catalog of Copyright Entries 1953 Published Music Jan-Dec Vol 7, Pt 5a, Pg. 58
  238. ^ Eastman School of Music - University of Rochester - Sibley Music Library: John J. Serry Sr. Collection "Accordion Quartet Arrangements" score p. 13 The John J. Serry Sr. Collection archived at the University of Rochester
  239. ^ Eastman School of Music - University of Rochester - Sibley Music Library: John J. Serry Sr. Collection "Accordion Quartet Arrangements" score p. 13 The John J. Serry Sr. Collection archived at the University of Rochester
  240. ^ The Library of Congress Copyright Office, Top Ten Accordion Solos - Easy To Play, Publisher Broadcaste Music Inc. (BMI), Arranger John Serry, 12 July 1954, Copyright # A146305 Catalog of Copyright Entries Vol 8 Pt.1 Books and Pamphlets July-December 1954, p. 1405
  241. ^ Junior Accordion Band Series by John Serry on ebay.com
  242. ^ a b c d "BMI - Repertoire Search". Repertoire.bmi.com. Retrieved 26 November 2018.
  243. ^ a b c d BMI-Songview Catalogue - songs by John Serry on repertoire.bmi.com
  244. ^ Eastman School of Music - University of Rochester - Sibley Music Library: John J. Serry Sr. Collection "Tango of Love" score p. 13 John J. Serry Collection archived at the University of Rochester
  245. ^ The Library of Congress Copyright Office, The Lost Tango, m. John Serry, Words Edward Steinfeld, New York, New York, 14 June 1956 Copyright #EU440575 Library of Congress Catalog of Copyright Entries 1956 Unpublished Music Jan-Dec. Vol. 10, Part 5a, Pg. 134 on archive.org
  246. ^ Eastman School of Music - University of Rochester - Sibley Music Library: John J. Serry Sr. Collection "Garden in Monaco" score p. 14 John J. Serry Collection archived at the University of Rochester
  247. ^ Eastman School of Music - University of Rochester - Sibley Music Library: John J. Serry Sr. Collection "Rockin' the Anvil" score p. 14 John J. Serry Collection archived at the University of Rochester
  248. ^ Eastman School of Music - University of Rochester - Sibley Music Library: John J. Serry Sr. Collection "Cocktails in Spain" score p. 14 John J. Serry Collection archived at the University of Rochester
  249. ^ Eastman School of Music - University of Rochester - Sibley Music Library: John J. Serry Sr. Collection "Spooky Polka" score p. 10 John J. Serry Collection archived at the University of Rochester
  250. ^ Eastman School of Music - University of Rochester - Sibley Music Library: John J. Serry Sr. Collection "Reeds in a Rush" draft score p. 10 John J. Serry Collection archived at the University of Rochester
  251. ^ Eastman School of Music - University of Rochester - Sibley Music Library: John J. Serry Sr. Collection "American Rhapsody" score p. 10 The John J. Serry Sr. Collection archived at the University of Rochester
  252. ^ Eastman School of Music - University of Rochester - Sibley Music Library: John J. Serry Sr. Collection Series 2: Oversized Manuscripts: Folder 4 p. 14 archived at the University of Rochester Eastman School of Music
  253. ^ Eastman School of Music - University of Rochester - Sibley Music Library: John J. Serry Sr. Collection Series 2: Oversized Manuscripts: Folder 5 p. 14 archived at the University of Rochester Eastman School of Music
  254. ^ Eastman School of Music - University of Rochester - Sibley Music Library: John J. Serry Sr. Collection Series 2: Oversized Manuscripts: Folder 6 p. 14 archived at the University of Rochester Eastman School of Music
  255. ^ Eastman School of Music - University of Rochester - Sibley Music Library: John J. Serry Sr. Collection Series 2: Oversized Manuscripts: Folder 7 p. 14 archived at the University of Rochester Eastman School of Music
  256. ^ Eastman School of Music - University of Rochester - Sibley Music Library: John J. Serry Sr. Collection Series 2: Oversized Manuscripts: Folder p. 14-15 archived at the University of Rochester Eastman School of Music
  257. ^ a b c "Rochester Review" July-August 2008, Vol 70, No. 6 University of Rochester Alumnus magazine: River Campus (See Class of 1980) - Son of John Serry notes that his father's compositions and recordings have been submitted into the Sibley Library for archive
  258. ^ Eastman School of Music - University of Rochester - Sibley Music Library: John J. Serry Sr. Collection "Processional March" score p. 10 John J. Serry Sr. Collection archived at the University of Rochester
  259. ^ The Library of Congress Copyright Office,Falling Leaves, Composer: John Serry Sr., May 21, 1976, Copyright # EU 233726
  260. ^ Eastman School of Music - University of Rochester - Sibley Music Library: John J. Serry Sr. Collection "Falling Leaves" score p. 11 John J. Serry Sr. Collection archived at the University of Rochester
  261. ^ Eastman School of Music - University of Rochester - Sibley Music Library: John J. Serry Sr. Collection "Elegy" score p. 10 The John J. Serry Collection archived at the University of Rochester
  262. ^ Eastman School of Music - University of Rochester - Sibley Music Library: John J. Serry Sr. Collection "Three Songs of Love" pp. 11-12 The John J. Serry Sr Collection archived at the University of Rochester
  263. ^ The Library of Congress Copyright Office, A Savior Is Born, Composer: John Serry Sr., November 18, 1991, Copyright # PAU 1-575-137 A Savior is Born on THe United States Copyright Office Online Catalog cocatalog.loc.gov
  264. ^ Eastman School of Music - University of Rochester - Sibley Music Library: John J. Serry Sr. Collection "A Savior Is Born" score p. 12 The John J. Serry Sr. Collection archived at the University of Rochester
  265. ^ Eastman School of Music - University of Rochester - Sibley Music Library: John J. Serry Sr. Collection "Dreams Trilogy" score p. 11 The John J. Serry Sr. Collection archived at the University of Rochester
  266. ^ The Library of Congress Copyright Office, The Lord's Prayer, Composer: John Serry Sr., September 2, 1992, Copyright # PAU 1-665-838 The Lord's Prayer on The United States Copyright Office Online Catalog cocatalog.loc.gov
  267. ^ Eastman School of Music - University of Rochester - Sibley Music Library: John J. Serry Sr. Collection "The Lord's Prayer" score p. 12 The john Jerry Sr Collection archived at the University of Rochester
  268. ^ Eastman School of Music - University of Rochester - Sibley Music Library: John J. Serry Sr. Collection "Lamb of God" score p. 12 The John J. Serry Sr. Collection archived at the University of Rochester
  269. ^ Eastman School of Music - University of Rochester - Sibley Music Library: John J. Serry Sr. Collection "Five Children's Pieces For Piano" score p. 11 The John J. Serry Sr. Collection archived at the University of Rochester
  270. ^ "Ruth T. Watanabe Special Collections Home". Sibley Music Library. 13 November 2019. Retrieved 12 December 2022. Performers can locate the scores to "American Rhapsody" and "Concerto For Free Bass Accordion" which were donated to the Eastman School of Music's Sibley Music Library's - Ruth T. Watanabe Special Collections Department by contacting the archivist here.
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  275. ^ Squeeze play. 26 November 2018. OCLC 12935411.
  276. ^ Eastman School of Music - University of Rochester - Sibley Music Library: John J. Serry Sr. Collection "Squeeze Play" audio recording of compositions and arrangements by John Serry in "The John J. Serry Sr. Collection" p. 19 archived at the University of Rochester on esm.rochester.edu
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  278. ^ Eastman School of Music - University of Rochester - Sibley Music Library: John J. Serry Sr. Collection "John Serry Sextette" audio recording for RCA Thesaurus of arrangements and performances by John Serry at the RCA Victor Sudios in 1954 p. 18 The John J. Serry Sr. Collection archived at the University of Rochester
  279. ^ Radio Daily-Television Daily. Publisher: Radio Daily Corporation 29 October 1954, p. 8 - "RCA Thesaurus cut a session of Latin-American music, polkas, and novelties with the John Serry Accordion Quartet", RCA Thesaurus John Serry on Google Books
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  282. ^ Pietro Deiro, Joe Biviano The Accordion Orchestra (Coral, CRL-57323). See the notes on the album cover. Photograph of the album on Discogs.com
  283. ^ The Coral Album Discography. Edwards, David. Callahan, Mike. Eyrles, Patrice. Watts, Randy. Neely, Timothy. April 27, 2014. CRL-57323 "Pietro Deiro Presents the Accordion Orchestra" (1960) "The Coral Album Discography" on bsnpubs.com
  284. ^ Music Trades: "Accordion Orchestra Featured on New Coral 12" Record" Vol. 109, 1961 p. 84 John Serry listed as a member of the accordion orchestra on the new Coral record. John Serry on Google Books
  285. ^ Accordion capers. 26 November 2018. OCLC 48679834.
  286. ^ Billboard. Alpha's 12" Latin-Vinylites, New York, Vol. 58 No. 13 30 March 1946, P. 22 Alpha Records release of Alfredo Antonini and Viva America Orchestra in Billboard on books.google.com
  287. ^ Nestor Chayres; Agustin Lara; Alfredo Antonini (30 April 1946). "Granada". Archive.org. Retrieved 26 November 2018.
  288. ^ "Chiquita Banana" performed by the Alfredo Antonini Viva America Orchestra & vocalist Elsa Miranda on archive.org
  289. ^ Discography of American Historical Recordings: By the Cradle, John Serry accordionist on uscb.edu
  290. ^ Discography of American Historical Recordings: Katusha, John Serry accordionist on uscb.edu
  291. ^ Discography of American Historical Recordings: Hobo Song, John Serry accordionist on uscb.edu
  292. ^ Discography of American Historical Recordings: Dark Night, John Serry accordionist on uscb.edu
  293. ^ John Serrapica as instrumentalist in the Charles Magnante Accordion Band in 1941 at the University of California Santa Barbara Library's Discography of American Historical Recordings at adp.library.ucsb.edu
  294. ^ a b c John Serrapica as a member of the Charles Magnante Accordion Band on the University of California Santa Barbara Library's Discography of American Historical Recordings at adp.library.ucsb.edu
  295. ^ Luis G. Roldan; Alfredo Antonini y su Orquesta Pan-Americana C.B.S.; Osvaldo Farres. "Tres Palabras". Archive.org. Retrieved 26 November 2018.
  296. ^ Luis G. Roldan; Alfredo Antonini y su Orquesta Pan-Americana C.B.S.; M. Sabre Marroquin. "Esta Noche Ha Pasado". Archive.org. Retrieved 26 November 2018.
  297. ^ "Asi - Frontera Project". Frontera.library.ucla.edu. Retrieved 26 November 2018.
  298. ^ "Somos Diferentes - Frontera Project". Frontera.library.ucla.edu. Retrieved 26 November 2018.
  299. ^ Los Panchos Trio; Alfredo Antonini and His Viva America Orchestra. "La Palma; Rosa Negra". Archive.org. Retrieved 26 November 2018.
  300. ^ a b c Juan Arvizu and the C. B. S. Tipica Orchestra; Lavidada; DelMoral; Alfredo Antonini; Juan Arvizu; Grever; Juan Arvicu and the C. B. S. Tipica Orchestra; Cortazar; Juan Arvizu and the C. B. S Tipica Orchestra; Valie (28 January 1942). "Viva Sevilla!; Noche de Amor; Mi Sarape; Que Paso?; El Bigote de Tomas; De Donde?". Archive.org. Retrieved 26 November 2018.
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  302. ^ Audio recording with the Shep Fields Orchestra - "An Old Curiosity Shop" (1938) on the Discography of American Historical Records adp.library.ucsb.edu
  303. ^ The big broadcast of 1938. 26 November 2018. OCLC 934654999.
  304. ^ Protective Shield For Collapsible Paste Tubes #US 3269604 A Inventor John Serry as listed on Google.com/patents
  305. ^ "Official Gazette: United States Patent Office" : # 3,269,604 -Protective Shield For Collapsible Paste Tubes filed by John Serry, August 30, 1966, p. 1973 on google.com/books
  306. ^ Canadian Patent Office Record 1967 Vol 95, p. 7659 -"Protective Shield for Collapsible Paste Tubes...John Serry, USA...May 1966 Serial # 980,449 on Google Books
  307. ^ a b Accordion News & John Serry on Google Books
  308. ^ Accordion News & John Serry on Google Books
  309. ^ Accordion World Vol. 26 No. 1, April 1961, p. 2 "Jazz and the Student Accordionist" by John Serry on Google Books
  310. ^ Eastman School of Music - University of Rochester - Sibley Music Library: John J. Serry Sr. Collection archived at the University of Rochester Eastman School of Music
  311. ^ Discograph of American Historical Recordings - University of California Santa Barbara: Audio recordings of John Serry in the Shep Fields Rippling Rhythm Orchestra
  312. ^ "Requiem - Associated Musicians of Greater New York – Local 802". Associated Musicians of Greater New York - Local 802. January 2004. Retrieved 26 November 2018.

External links edit

  • John J. Serry Sr. Collection - archive of scores, compositions, arrangements and recordings by John Serry at the University of Rochester's Eastman School of Music - Sibley Music Library- Ruth T. Watanabe Special Collections
  • Chicago Musette - John Serry et son Accordeon - sound recording of Serry performing "Granada" by Agustin Lara on BnF Gallica.bnf.fr (in French)
  • Tres Palabras - sound recording of Serry performing "Tres Palabras" by Osvaldo Farres - CBS Pan American Orchestra, Vocalist Luis G. Roldan on Archive.org
  • Asi, Esta Noche Ha Pasado, Somos Differentes, and Tres Palabras - Sound recordings of John Serry Sr. performing as accordionist in the Orquesta Pan Americana with Alfredo Antonini conducting with vocalist Luis G. Roldan at the University of California Los Angeles on fronter.library.ucla.edu
  • It's a Grand Night for Singing - CBS radio program excerpt from Program of the Three Americas -Viva America Orchestra sound recording at the New York City Public Library Online Catalog at catalog.nypl.org
  • Latin American Music - Viva America Orchestra 78 RPM sound recordings at The Library of Congress Online Catalog at catalog.loc.gov
  • Copies of selected radio broadcasts by the Office of the Coordinator of Inter-American Affairs - Radio Division as archived at the United States National Archive www.archives.gov
  • Discography of American Historical Recordings: University of California Santa Barbara - Audio recordings online of John Serry and the Shep Fields Rippling Rhythm Orchestra 1937 - 1938
  • Discography of American Historical Recordings: University of California Santa Barbara - Audio recordings online of John Serrapica (aka John Serry) and the Charles Magnante Accordion Band 1941
  • The Syncopated Accordionist, Rhythm-Airs, The Bugle Polka, Consolation Waltz - Musical scores by John Serry on WorldCat.org
  • Fantasy In F - Musical score by John Serry on WorldCat.org
  • Glissando - Musical score by John Serry on worldCat.org
  • Tarantella - Musical score by John Serry on WorldCat.org

January 01, 1970
john, serry, this, article, about, accordionist, jazz, pianist, composer, john, serry, american, electronic, music, composer, jonn, serrie, born, john, serrapica, january, 1915, september, 2003, american, concert, accordionist, arranger, composer, organist, ed. This article is about the accordionist For the jazz pianist and composer see John Serry Jr For the American electronic music composer see Jonn Serrie John Serry Sr born John Serrapica January 29 1915 September 14 2003 was an American concert accordionist arranger composer organist and educator He performed on the CBS Radio and Television networks and contributed to Voice of America s cultural diplomacy initiatives during the Golden Age of Radio He also concertized on the accordion as a member of several orchestras and jazz ensembles for nearly forty years between the 1930s and 1960s 1 2 John SerryJohn Serry in 1967Born 1915 01 29 January 29 1915Brooklyn United StatesDiedSeptember 14 2003 2003 09 14 aged 88 Long Island United StatesOccupation s Accordionist Organist Educator ComposerYears active1930 2002 External audioYou may hear John Serry Sr performing Agustin Lara s bolero Granada with the lyric tenor Nestor Mesta Chayres and the Alfredo Antonini Orchestra in 1946 Here Contents 1 Biography 2 Career 2 1 The 1930s The big band era 2 2 The 1940s The golden age of radio 2 3 The 1950s Broadway and television 2 4 The 1960s Liturgical organ music 3 Performance style 4 Works 4 1 Compositions and arrangements 4 2 Advanced compositions 5 Discography 6 Filmography 7 Invention 8 Publications 9 Archived works 10 Professional affiliations 11 See also 12 References 13 External linksBiography editSerry s career spanned over seven decades As a proponent of Latin American music and the free bass accordion he performed as the piano accordionist on the radio music program Viva America which was broadcast live to South America under the United States Department of State s Office of the Coordinator of Inter American Affairs cultural diplomacy initiative for Voice of America during World War II 3 4 5 6 7 8 Broadcasts of this show have been cited as helping to introduce Latin American music and the Mexican bolero to large audiences in the United States in the 1940s 9 10 Serry performed with big bands symphony orchestras radio and television orchestras and Broadway orchestras at the Radio City Music Hall 11 the Rainbow Room at Rockefeller Center 1935 12 the Starlight Roof at the Waldorf Astoria Hotel 1936 1937 13 14 the Palmer House in Chicago 1938 15 the Stevens Hotel in Chicago 1938 16 the Biltmore Hotel in Los Angeles 1938 15 Carnegie Hall with Alfredo Antonini conducting 1946 17 the Plaza Hotel 1940s The Town Hall 1941 1942 18 19 20 the Waldorf Astoria Hotel s Wedgewood Room 1948 21 The Rajah Theatre 1953 22 the Ed Sullivan Theater 1959 for CBS television the Empire Theater New York 1953 23 and such New York cafe society nightspots as El Morocco El Chico and The Riviera in the 1930s During the course of these performances he appeared under the musical direction of several noted conductors including Alfredo Antonini Mischa Borr Percy Faith Shep Fields Mitch Miller 24 and Andre Kostelanetz 25 26 27 nbsp Carnegie Hall Serry was born John Serrapica in Brooklyn New York to Pasquale Serrapica and Anna Balestrieri 2 the fourth born of thirteen siblings 28 29 30 31 His Italian father immigrated to America from Gragnano Italy after passing through Ellis Island in 1904 and 1914 32 33 The family owned a grocery store after initially moving to Navy Street in 1905 34 and subsequently taking up residence on 18th Avvenue in the Bensonhurst section 35 His formal musical education included studies with the accordionist Joseph Rossi from 1926 to 1929 at the Pietro Deiro School in New York At the age of fifeteen he performed live on the Italian radio station WCDA 36 By the age of nineteen Serrapica was already enrolled as a member of the American Federation of Musicians in 1934 37 In addition he undertook studies in piano and harmony with Albert Rizzi from 1929 to 1932 and in harmony and counterpoint with Gene Von Hallberg for two years 38 Von Hallberg served as a cofounder of the American Accordionists Association in 1938 39 Hallberg later appeared in the Magnante Quartet before an audience of three thousand concertgoers at Carnegie Hall in 1939 40 41 A lifelong friendship with the accordionist Louis Del Monte was established as a result of these studies Del Monte awakened Serry s interest in Latin American music 38 Advanced studies in harmony and orchestration were completed under the instruction of the composer Robert Strassburg in the 1940s Career editThe 1930s The big band era edit nbsp Rainbow Room in Rockefeller Center New York City The period from 1938 to 1960 has been described as a unique period of prestige for the accordion in the United States when it attained more widespread acceptance by the public as a serious instrument on the concert hall stage 42 43 At the age of sixteen Serrapica had already performed as a soloist on the AM radio station WOV in New York City during several live broadcasts in 1931 44 45 46 With the help of Del Monte in the 1930s Serry continued his professional career by making appearances with the Ralph Gomez Tango Orchestra at The Rainbow Room at the RCA Building in Rockefeller Center 12 leading to an extended engagement there in 1935 12 He also played with the Hugo Mariani Tango Orchestra at the Waldorf Astoria Hotel in New York 38 and once again in Chicago with Frank Pruslin and Syd Fox 1936 47 and with Alfred Brito a Cuban orchestra leader in New York 1936 and Misha Borr conductor of the Waldorf Astoria Orchestra 38 He appeared as a soloist for society functions at the Waldorf Astoria Hotel s Waldorf Towers and at its Starlight Roof with the Lester Lanin Orchestra In addition he performed regularly at clubs such as El Morocco the Rainbow Room El Chico and the Riviera in New York City 12 The golden age of the accordion continued to evolve in America from 1910 to 1960 and some piano accordionists suddenly enjoyed acceptance as performers within the best known dance bands jazz ensembles and big band ensembles such as the Paul Whiteman orchestra 48 49 As the decade came to a close Serry acquired a position with the jazz ensemble Shep Fields and His Rippling Rhythm during a nationwide tour which included live radio broadcasts from the Palmer House Hotel in Chicago Illinois and the Millennium Biltmore Hotel in Los Angeles California over the NBC network 1937 1938 15 50 These big band remote broadcasts used Zenith s Radiogran technology In 1937 he also recorded the distinctive Shep Fields theme song with the Shep Fields Rippling Rhythm Orchestra for Eli Oberstein on RCA Victor s Bluebird label Victor BS 017494 1937 51 His performances as a member of the orchestra are also documented in the film The Big Broadcast of 1938 This Little Ripple Had Rhythm and Thanks for the Memory which won the Academy Award for Best Original Song in 1939 While touring with Shep Fields he also recorded several popular songs of the time for Bluebird Records including With a Smile and a Song Whistle While You Work and Now It Can Be Told 52 53 At the young age of only 23 in 1938 Serry was already collaborating on stage with several noted accordionists of the early 20th century including Andy Arcari Anthony Mecca Domenic Mecca Pietro Deiro and Joe Biviano 54 55 The six accordionists joined forces at the north ballroom of the legendary Stevens Hotel in Chicago for an Accordion Jamfest before an audience of over 1000 concertgoers in September 1938 56 The concert occurred soon after Andy Arcari s noted accordion recital at Philadelphia s Academy of Music in May 1938 where critics praise him for his brilliance 57 In a few short months both Biviano and the Mecca brothers would appear with Charles Magnante Gene Von Hallberg and Abe Goldman to introduce the accordion in recital for the first time to an audience of classical music concertgoers in Carnegie Hall April 1939 58 59 60 The 1940s The golden age of radio edit Serry married Julia Trafficante in the 1940s and moved to Nassau County New York on Long Island to raise a family of four children which included John Serry Jr 61 The original family name of Serrapica was shortened by John to Serry 62 He simultaneously undertook private studies with Joscha Zade in piano 1945 1946 Arthur Guttow an organist at the Radio City Music Hall 1946 63 and Robert Strassburg in Orchestration and Advanced Harmony 1948 1950 He specialized in the works of Gershwin Debussy and Ravel 64 nbsp Town Hall in New York City During the 1930s and 1940s many accordionists emerged as performers on American radio the new mass entertainment medium of the time 65 Building upon his concert experiences of the 1930s Serry entered the golden age of radio performing on the CBS radio network and assisted several concert artists in New York City including the French diseuse Marianne Oswald aka Marianne Lorraine in her English speaking debut of One Woman Theatre performing the poem Mr Lincoln and His Gloves by Carl Sandburg Never Before by Archibald MacLeish and poems by Jean Cocteau and Jacques Prevert at Town Hall 1942 66 19 67 The concert was hosted by the Free World Association and presented with the patronage of Eleanor Roosevelt 68 69 This performance was praised in The Players Magazine National Journal of Educational Dramatics as a fresh experience and intriguing in its uniqueness 70 The New York Times described it as being skillfully presented 71 67 For ten years Serry performed as an original member of Alfredo Antonini s CBS Pan American Orchestra 1940 1949 72 73 74 75 on the Viva America program for the Department of State s Office of Inter American Affairs OCIAA in support of its cultural diplomacy initiatives 76 77 38 74 78 79 80 He also worked with Antonini Nestor Mesta Chayres and members of the New York Philharmonic in the Night of the Americas Concert gala at Carnegie Hall in 1946 17 81 During this period several international concert musicians also appeared on Viva America or recorded music with Antonini s Viva America Orchestra including 82 Terig Tucci 1942 83 84 85 86 87 Juan Arvizu 1940s 88 Nestor Mesta Chayres 1940s 89 Eva Garza 1940s 90 10 Elsa Miranda 1940s 91 92 93 Los Panchos Trio 1946 94 95 96 and Manuolita Arriola 1946 97 Under the supervision of Edmund Chester these performances were beamed over CBS Network of the Americas La Cadena de las Americas across the Latin America continent to over twenty countries 98 99 and rebroadcast by the United States Office of War Information and the United States Armed Forces Radio Service 100 101 98 Performances by members of Antonini s CBS Pan American Orchestra on Viva America have been credited with helping to introduce Latin American music and the Mexican bolero to large audiences in the United States in the 1940s 9 10 External image nbsp Photograph of John Serry on the CBS radio network circa 1940s in the John J Serry Sr Collection Archive Here on Esm rochester edu In addition Serry also recorded examples of music unrelated to the bolero During the 1940s he collaborated with the Mischa Borr Orchestra and the vocalist Sidor Belarsky to record several Russian and Ukrainian folk songs for Victor records including Dark Night Victor 26 5037 1946 by Nikita Bogoslovsky 102 Hobo Song aka Mother Victor 26 5036 1946 by Valery Zhelobinsky 103 By the Cradle Victor 26 5035 1946 104 Katusha Victor 26 5035 1946 by Hy Zaret 105 106 In 1946 he also made a guest appearance as the outstanding accordionist of the year on Gordon Macrae s Skyline Roof broadcast on the WABC CBS network and as a guest on the Danny O Neil Show 107 108 By 1948 he also appeared in concert with Mischa Borr s Orchestra at the Waldorf Astoria Hotel s Wedgewood Room 21 Serry recorded his work Leone Jump as a member of the Biviano Accordion amp Rhythm Sextette with Tony Mottola on guitar and Angelo Delleria on accordion for Sonora Records in 1945 109 110 111 112 The album includes performances of Little Brown Jug Golden Wedding Swing Low Sweet Chariot That s a Plenty and The Jazz Me Blues 113 110 His composition Fantasy in F was completed during this decade in 1946 114 The critic Henry Doktorski has described it as a novelty piece and likened it to Zez Confrey s composition Dizzy Fingers 115 In 1946 he also appeared in the Accordion World concert at Manhattan Center with the accordionists Angello Dellairia and Joeseph Biviano 116 Later in 1949 the accordionist Joe Biviano collaborated with the RCA Victor Accordion Orchestra to record Serry s composition Manhattan Hop for RCA Victor 117 118 He also recorded several popular songs for Victor Records as a member of the noted Charles Magnante Accordion Band in 1941 including Clarinete Polka Halli Hallo Halli Le Secret and Swing Me A Polka 119 Both Magnante and Biviano were cofounders of the American Accordionists Association several years earlier in 1938 120 121 By the end of the 1930s an accordion craze had swept the nation 122 Numerous accordion studios soon emerged within the major ethnic population centers of the East coast as well as within the rural South and West with an estimated enrollment of over 35 000 students in 1938 123 124 As an educator Serry founded and operated a music studio in Jamaica Queens in New York City 125 and Long Island New York 126 Between 1945 and the late 1980s he provided instruction on accordion piano and organ 83 127 His pupils included Anthony Ettore president of the American Accordionist s Association 128 and Robert Davine an accordionist and educator at the Lamont School of Music at the University of Denver 129 as well as his son John Serry Jr 130 131 During the 1950s one of his students Roy Appey emerged as the first prize winner in a performance competition hosted by the American Accordionists Association 132 In addition Serry was invited to contribute to the annual series of Master Accordion Classes and seminars sponsored by the American Accordionists Association in New York City in August 2000 133 He also published several method books for his elementary intermediate and advanced grade students between 1945 and 1955 38 134 135 In addition he took note of the limitations imposed by the Stradella bass system during performances of classical music In an effort to circumvent these limitations he designed and developed a working model of a free bass system for the accordion during this decade It incorporated dual keyboards for the soloist s left hand while incorporating two sets of reeds which were tuned in octaves This gave the soloist access to a range of tones which exceeded three and one half octaves 136 43 The 1950s Broadway and television edit nbsp Shubert Theatre in New York CityShubert Theatre NYC During the early days of network television in the 1950s Serry performed at CBS as a staff member of the original CBS Orchestra 1949 1960 64 and an accompanist on several live network television programs including The Jackie Gleason Show in 1953 64 The Frank Sinatra Show in the 1950s 64 and on the prime time drama I Remember Mama in 1953 starring Peggy Wood 137 64 Following introductions by his young son Robert he was also featured as a soloist on the talent show Live Like A Millionaire on the NBC radio network in 1951 138 139 In 1951 he also arranged his compositions La Culebra and African Bolero for solo flute He dedicated the scores to his close friend Julius Baker who subsequently performed them on a demo recording 140 141 142 143 144 In the same year his photograph was featured within an article about the accordion which was published by the journal International Musician the official publication of the International Federation of Musicians 145 along with photographs of such noted accordionists as Louis Del Monte Pietro Frosini Anthony Galla Rini Charles Magnante Charles Nunzio and Art Van Damme 146 By 1953 he was also photographed by the Bell accordion company as one of several leading accordion artists along with Tony Lavelli and Vince Geraci 147 During this time he also performed under the musical direction of Andre Kostelanetz at CBS 148 As the first accordionist in the Serry Sextette he recorded his own arrangements of several popular melodies and classical themes for the RCA Thesaurus electrical transcriptions 149 catalog in 1954 150 151 during Ben Selvin s tenure as A amp R Manager for RCA Victor 152 153 Performances on the radio also continued during this period and included appearances as a member of the Magnante Accordion Quartet on The Lucky Strike Hour Waltz Time and The American Melody Hour 1940s He occasionally substituted for the quartet s founder Charles Magnante 38 On the Broadway stage he performed under director Harold Clurman in a production of Arthur Laurents play The Time of the Cuckoo with Shirley Booth and Dino Di Luca 23 154 155 By 1953 he had also arranged music which was edited by Lawrence Welk and utilized in a course of study for the piano accordion by the U S School of Music 156 which was described years later as the oldest home study music school chartered by the Board of Regents in New York State with a total worldwide enrollment of over one million students 157 The school also utilized his photograph to encourage enrollment in its course of study for the piano accordion 158 In the same year he appeared as a featured soloist at an accordion concert hosted at the Rajah Theatre in Reading Pennsylvania 22 154 He also completed arrangements of popular songs for Seeburg s jukeboxes featuring three accordions violins vibes guitar bass percussion and piano Included among them were I Get a Kick Out of You Mimi The One I Love Swingin Down the Lane and Tico Tico 159 In 1956 Serry composed arranged and performed several compositions for Dot Records DLP3024 160 with Al Caiola and Bernie Leighton on his album Squeeze Play 161 162 during Billy Vaughn s tenure as music director at Dot Records 163 164 165 166 167 The production received a critical review as a new popular album in The Billboard in 1956 and was cited for establishing a beautiful soothing mood 168 The album was also critically reviewed in Cash Box magazine later that year 169 It features his original composition Garden In Monaco which is adapted from the theme of an ancient Italian serenade 170 171 Serry was applauded for establishing a wide variety of musical moods with grace while simultaneously emphasizing a relaxed performance style 169 In 1958 several songs from the album were released once again in France by Versailles records 90 M 178 as Chicago Musette John Serry et son Accordeon 172 173 174 Dot Records also released several songs from the album in Japan as part of a compilation recording including the John Serry Orchestra and the Billy Vaughn Orchestra Ballroom in Dreamland Dot 5006 175 176 These activities led to Serry s nomination to the Who Is Who In Music International in 1958 64 His advanced grade composition for accordion American Rhapsody was completed and published during 1955 177 The 1960s Liturgical organ music edit In 1960 Serry emerged as a performer in one of the first stereo recordings of an accordion orchestra on a major label for Coral Records with such noted instrumentalists as Joe Biviano Carmen Carrozza Angelo Di Pippo and Eugene Ettore 178 179 180 181 The ensemble of sixteen accordionists utilized modified piano accordions to recreate the orchestral sounds of several instruments while performing classical works by Rimsky Korsakov Karl Maria von Weber Nicolo Paganini and Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky 182 183 184 The recording was cited in Billboard Magazine for its high level of musicality 185 Several years later Serry completed his Concerto For Free Bass Accordion in 1966 and subsequently transcribed it for piano in 2002 186 187 188 As the decade of the 1960s unfolded however the general public s interest in the accordion began to diminish in the United States while the popularity of rock music continued to grow 43 189 190 The ensuing revolution in popular music induced many young people to view the accordion as a square relic from their parents generation which should be replaced by the electric guitar electric piano and electronic organ 191 192 As a result many established accordion studios either diversified or closed down entirely 193 189 nbsp C W Post College Brookville Long Island LOC gsc 5a29157 With this in mind Serry devoted the remaining thirty five years of his professional career to the performance of wedding music and liturgical music of the Catholic and Jewish faiths as a freelance organist at the Interfaith Chapel of Long Island University C W Post Campus in Brookville N Y 1968 2002 194 195 196 197 198 As more rabbis sought to unite couples of different faiths without first requiring conversions in the 1960s and 1970s 199 he collaborated with several clergymen of both the Jewish and Catholic religious traditions including Rabbi Nathaniel Schwartz 198 and the Rev John Heinlein 200 201 202 During this period he also transcribed his composition Processional March 1951 from piano for use on the organ in 1968 203 In the years which followed he composed several additional liturgical works for the choir of Notre Dame Parish on Long Island including A Savior Is Born 1991 organ and solo voice The Lord s Prayer 1992 organ and chorus and Lamb of God 1994 for choir flute and brass 204 Serry died after a brief illness on Long Island New York in 2003 age 88 205 Performance style editSeveral of John Serry s early live performances and recordings were reviewed by critics in such noted magazines as The Billboard Cash Box and The Players Magazine National Journal of Educational Dramatics 168 169 70 His recording with the Biviano Accordion and Rhythm Sextette for Sonora Records in 1945 Accordion Capers was reviewed by Billboard magazine which noted that the music on the album was strictly for listening as opposed to dancing 112 While accompanying a dramatic vocalist he was cited for contributing to an intriguing and nuanced performance 206 His recording of Latin American music with the Alfredo Antonini Viva America Orchestra was described as as amongst the most attractive by critics at The New Records in 1946 207 In addition his recording of classical compositions by Rimsky Korsakov Nicolo Paganini Carl Maria von Weber and Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky as a member of Pietro Deiro s Accordion Orchestra was cited by critics in The Billboard for its high level musicality 208 His musical arrangements were also cited for using the accordion to convey a variety of musical moods with easy going grace intended for low pressure listening 169 Above all else he was applauded on his album Squeeze Play for utilizing the accordion to establish a beautiful relaxed and soothing mood while avoiding a more common type of show off performance 168 169 Works editCompositions and arrangements edit External audio nbsp You may hear John Serry Sr performing his Leone Jump with the Joe Biviano Accordion Rhythm Sextette and Tony Mottola in 1945 Here on Archive org nbsp You may hear John Serry Sr and the Shep Fields Orchestra performing Whistle While You Work in 1937 Here on Archive org His compositions include Desert Rumba for accordion 1939 publisher Antobal Music 1951 209 Glissando for accordion publisher Biviano Music 1942 210 211 Tarantella for accordion 1942 publisher Alpha Music 1955 212 Valse Composer Pytor Ilych Tchaikovsky Opus 39 No 8 arr for accordion publisher Viccas Music 1946 213 214 Fantasy in F for accordion publisher Viccas Music 1946 215 114 216 217 Invitation to Jive for three accordions guitar and bass 1946 218 Consolation Waltz for accordion publisher O Pagani amp Bro 1948 219 Uncle Charlie s Polka for accordion publisher O Pagani Bro 1948 220 The Bugle Polka for accordion publisher O Pagani Bro 1948 221 222 Leone Jump for accordion publisher Pietro Deiro 1956 113 223 224 225 La Culebra for accordion 1950 arr accordion amp flute 1950 arr flute solo 1991 publisher Antobal Music 1951 226 227 228 229 African Bolero for accordion 1950 arr accordion amp flute 1950 arr flute solo 1991 publisher Antobal Music 1951 230 231 232 233 234 The Syncopated Accordionist for accordion publisher editor Charles Colin 1952 235 236 237 The First Ten Lessons for Accordion for accordion publisher Alpha Music 1952 Accordion Method Books I II III IV for accordion publisher Alpha Music 1953 134 238 Rhythm Airs for Accordion editor John Serry publisher Charles Colin amp Bugs Bower 1953 239 La Cinquantaine m Gabriel Marie arr accordion quartet publisher Alpha Music 1954 240 Allegro m Joseph Hayden arr accordion quartet publisher Alpha Music 1954 241 Top Ten Accordion Solos Easy to Play editor John Serrapica publisher Alpha Music 1954 135 242 External audio nbsp You may hear John Serry Sr with the tenor Luis G Roldan and the Alfredo Antonini CBS Pan American Orchestra performing the boleros Esta Noche Ha Pasasdo Sabre Marroquin and Tres Palabras Osvaldo Farres in 194 Here on Archive org nbsp You may hear John Serry Sr with the Shep Fields Rippling Rhythm Orchestra performing In The Merry Month of May Ed Haley in 1938 Here on Archive org Junior Accordion Band Series arr accordion quartet publisher Alpha Music 1955 243 Tango Verde m Romero arr accordion quartet publisher Alpha Music 1955 Holiday in Rio m Terig Tucci arr accordion quartet publisher Alpha Music 1955 En Tu Reja m Romero arr accordion quartet publisher Alpha Music 1955 Tango of Love for accordion quartet publisher Alpha Music 1955 244 245 246 Manolas m Escobar arr accordion quartet publisher Alpha Music 1955 Petite Tango for accordion quartet publisher Alpha Music 1955 244 245 The Lost Tango for accordion Words by Edward Steinfeld 1956 247 Garden in Monaco for accordion publisher Alpha Music 1956 244 245 248 Rockin the Anvil for accordion publisher Alpha Music 1956 244 245 249 Selected Accordion Solos arr accordion publisher Alpha Music 1956 Cocktails in Spain for marimba percussion guitar bass and organ 1957 250 Spooky Polka for accordion publisher Alpha Music 1957 251 Reeds in a Rush for accordion publisher Alpha Music 1957 252 American Rhapsody for accordion publisher Rumbasher Alpha Music 1957 253 I Get a Kick Out of You m Cole Porter arr violins three accordions vibes guitar bass drums piano 195 254 Mimi m Richard Rodgers arr violins three accordions vibes guitar bass drums and piano 195 255 The One I Love m Isham Jones arr violins three accordions vibes guitar bass drums and piano 195 256 Swingin Down the Lane m Isham Jones arr violins three accordions vibes guitar bass drums and piano 195 257 Tico Tico m Zequinha de Abreu arr three accordions guitar bass and piano 195 258 Processional for Organ liturgical bridal march for organ 1968 259 260 Falling Leaves for piano 1976 261 262 Elegy for piano or organ 1984 Rev 1994 263 Three Songs of Love for voice and piano poems by David Napolin 1986 264 A Savior Is Born Christmas liturgical for organ amp voice 1991 265 266 Dreams Trilogy for solo piano 1991 267 The Lord s Prayer liturgical Lord s Prayer for organ and chorus 1992 268 269 Lamb of God liturgical hymn for choir flute and bass 1994 270 Five Children s Pieces For Piano for piano 1996 271 Advanced compositions edit Serry s compositions in the symphonic jazz and classical music genres include 272 259 273 American Rhapsody for accordion 1955 published by Alpha Music 1957 transcribed for piano 2002 177 274 Concerto For Free Bass Accordion for accordion 1966 transcribed for piano 1995 2002 unpublished a k a Concerto in C Major for Bassetti Accordion 186 275 276 Discography editExternal audio nbsp You may hear John Serry Sr with Juan Arvizu and the Alfredo Antonini CBS Tipica Orchestra performing the boleros Viva Sevilla Mi Sarape Que Paso El Bigote de Tomas and De Donde in 1942 Here on Archive org nbsp You may hear selections from the album Squeeze Play Dot Records 1956 in the album Chicago Musette Here on Gallica bnf fr Squeeze Play Dot Records catalogue DLP 3024 1956 64 162 277 278 RCA Thesaurus RCA Victor Transcriptions series of over thirty works John Serry Sr as a contributing arranger and soloist with The Bel Cordions accordion Sextette ensemble and Ben Selvin Music Director 1954 64 279 280 281 List of musical arrangements Allegro Joseph Haydn The Golden Wedding La Cinquantaine Jean Gabriel Marie Tango of Love John Serry Sr Shine On Harvest Moon Jack Noworth amp Nora Bayes My Melancholy Baby Ernie Burnett amp George A Norton Singin in the Rain Arthur Freed amp Nacio Herb Brown Nobody s Sweetheart Elmer Schoebel Gus Kahn Chicago Fred Fisher If You Knew Susie Buddy DeSylva amp Joseph Meyer Somebody Stole My Gal Leo Wood Ta ra ra Boom de ay Paul Stanley composer Old McDonald children s music Beer Barrel Polka Jaromir Vejvoda Eduard Ingris I Love Louisa Arthur Schwartz Howard Dietz Oh You Beautiful Doll Seymour Brown Nat D Ayer Chinatown My Chinatown William Jerome Jean Schwartz Ballroom in Dreamland Dot Records catalogue 5006 a compilation album released in Japan featuring performances of Jazz Latin and Classical music by the John Serry Orchestra and the Billy Vaughn Orchestra 175 Pietro Deiro Presents the Accordion Orchestra Coral Records catalogue CRL 57323 as a member of an orchestra of sixteen accordionists interpreting the sounds of a traditional orchestra in performances of transcriptions from classical music under the direction of Joe Biviano 282 283 284 285 286 List of musical selections Danse des Bouffons Nikolai Rimsky Korsakov Beguine di Roma Joe Biviano Invitation to the Dance Carl Maria Von Weber La Cumparsita musical arrangement by Joseph Biviano La Chasse Niccolo Paganini Danse Chinoise Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky Three Blind Mice musical arrangement by Joseph Biviano Danse de Marlitens Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky Walse de Fleur Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky The Flight of the Bumble Bee Nikolai Rimsky Korsakov The Rooster Joe Biviano Careless one cha cha cha Joe Biviano Accordion Capers Sonora Records catalogue MS 476 as a member of the Biviano Accordion amp Rhythm Sextette 1947 112 287 113 List of musical selections Little Brown Jug Joseph Eastburn Winner The Golden Wedding La Cinquantaine Jean Gabriel Marie Leone Jump John Serry Swing Low Sweet Chariot Wallace Willis That s a Plenty Lew Pollack Scotch Medley folk music The Jazz Me Blues Tom Delaney Latin American Music Alpha Records catalogue 12205A 12205B 12206A 12206B as a member of the Viva America Orchestra Conductor Alfredo Antonini 1946 288 List of recordings Caminito de tu Casa Julio Alberto Hernandez Chapinita Miguel Sandoval Adios Mariquita Linda Marcos A Jimenez Mi Nuevo Amor La Zandunga Andres Gutierrez Maximo Ramo Ortiz La Mulata Tomasa Lazaro Quintero Tres Palabras Osvaldo Farres Noche de ronda Augustin Lara Granada Decca Records catalogue 23770A as a member of the Alfredo Antonini Orchestra with the lyric tenor Nestor Mesta Chayres 1946 289 Chiquita Banana Alpha catalogue 1001A as a member of the Alfredo Antonini Orchestra conductor Alfredo Antonini vocalist Elsa Miranda 1946 290 By the Cradle Victor Records catalogue 26 5035 accordionist in the Mischa Borr Orchestra vocalist Sidor Belarsky 1946 291 Katusha Victor Records catalogue 26 5035 accordionist in the Mischa Borr Orchestra vocalist Sidor Belarsky 1946 292 Hobo Song Victor Records catalogue 26 5036 accordionist in the Mischa Borr Orchestra vocalist Sidor Belarsky 1946 293 Dark Night Victor Records catalogue 26 5037 accordionist in the Mischa Borr Orchestra vocalist Sidor Belarsky 1946 294 Leone Jump Sonora Records catalogue 3001 B as a member of the Biviano Accordion amp Rhythm Sextette 1945 111 113 109 Clarinet Polka Bluebird catalogue B 11294 A John Serry aka John Serrapica as a member of the Charles Magnante Accordion Band 1941 295 Swing Me a Polka Victor matrix BS 067555 John Serry aka John Serrapica as a member of the Charles Magnante Accordion Band 1941 296 Le Secret Victor matrix BS 067556 John Serry aka John Serrapica as a member of the Charles Magnante Accordion Band 1941 296 Halli Hallo Halli Victor matrix BS 067556 John Serry aka John Serrapica as a member of the Charles Magnante Accordion Band 1941 296 Tres Palabras and Esta Noche Ha Pasado Columbia Records catalogue 6201 X as a member of the CBS Pan American Orchestra Conductor Alfredo Antionini Vocalist Luis G Roldan 194 297 298 List of songs Tres Palabras Osvaldo Farres Esta Noche Ha Pasado M Sabre Marroquin Asi and Somos Diferentes Columbia Records catalogue 6202 X as a member of the CBS Pan American Orchestra Conductor Alfredo Antonini Vocalist Luis G Roldan 194 299 300 List of songs Asi Maria Grever Somos Diferentes Pablo Beltran Ruiz External audio nbsp You may hear John Serry Sr with Los Panchos Trio and the Alfredo Antonini Viva America Orchestra performing a chilian cueca dance La Palma circa 1946 Here on Archive org nbsp You may hear John Serry with the Charles Magnante Accordion Band performing Clarinet Polka in 1941 Here on Archive org La Palma and Rosa Negra Pilotone Records catalogue 5067 amp 5069 as a member of Alfredo Antonini s Viva America Orchestra Vocalists Los Panchos Trio 194 301 List of songs La Palma Chilian cueca dance Rosa Negra Conga El Bigote de Tomas and De Donde Columbia Records Catalogue 36666 as a member of the CBS Tipica Orchestra conducted by Alfredo Antonini with tenor Juan Arvizu 194 302 List of musical selections El Bigote de Tomas Valie De Donde Maria Grever Mi Sarape and Que Paso Columbia Records catalogue 36665 as a member of the CBS Tipica Orchestra conducted by Alfredo Antonini with tenor Juan Arvizu 194 302 List of musical selections Mi Sarape Maria Grever Que Paso Cortazar Viva Sevilla and Noche de Amor Columbia records catalogue 36664 as a member of the CBS Tipica Orchestra conducted by Alfredo Antonini with tenor Juan Arvizu 194 302 Musical selections Viva Sevilla Lavidad Delmoral Noche de Amor Tchaikovsky arr Arvizu Antonini Shep Fields and His Rippling Rhythm Orchestra Bluebird Records as the accordionist 1938 52 303 304 List of recordings 1938 A Stranger in Paree B 7566 I Wanna Go Back to Bali B 7566 Harry Warren Al Dubin Cathedral in the Pines B 7553 Charles Kenny Nick Kenney Somewhere with Somebody Else B 7555 That Feeling Is Gone B 7555 Good Evenin Good Lookin B 7553 My Walking Stick B 7592 Havin Myself a Time B 7581 Ralph Rainger Leo Robin Fare Thee Well Annie Laurie B 7581 This Time It s Real B 7579 If It Rains Who Cares B 7579 Now It Can Be Told B 7592 Irving Berlin I ve Got a Pocketful of Dreams B 7581 In Any Language B 7604 Where in the World B 7604 Any Little Girl That s a Nice Little Girl Is the Right Little Girl for Me B 7606 Thomas J Gray Fred Fisher In the Merry Month of May B 7606 Ed Haley Don t Let That Moon Get Away B 7697 Johnny Burke lyricist James V Monaco An Old Curiosity Shop B 10056 Sam Coslow Guy Wood Abner Silver External audio nbsp You may hear John Serry and the Shep Fields Rippling Rhythm Jazz Orchestra playing With a Smile and a Song in 1937 Here on Archive org nbsp You may hear John Serry and the Shep Fields Orchestra performing the fox trot There s a New Moon Over the Old Mill in 1937 Here on ucsb edu Shep Fields and His Rippling Rhythm Orchestra Bluebird Records as the accordionist 1937 52 303 List of recordings 1937 With a Smile and a Song B 7343 Frank Churchill Larry Morey Whistle While You Work B 7343 Frank Churchill Larry Morey It s Wonderful B 7333 I m the One Who Loves You B 7333 There s a New Moon Over the Old Mill B 7355 Allie Wrubel Herb Magidson Goodnight Angel B 7355 Allie Wrubel Herb Magidson Bob White Whatcha Gonna Swing Tonight B 7345 Bernard Hanighen Johnny Mercer Chicago Musette John Serry and His Accordion Versailles catalogue 90 M 178 released in France 1958 173 174 List of musical arrangements Rock and Roll Polka Mort Lindsey George Skinner My Heart Cries for You Percy Faith Carl Sigman Secret Love Paul Webster Sammy Fain Granada Agustin LaraFilmography editThe Big Broadcast of 1938 1938 as himself performing with the Shep Fields Orchestra 305 Invention editSerry was granted a patent in 1966 by the United States Patent Office for his design of a protective shield for collapsible toothpaste tubes US Patent US3269604 306 307 A patent for the same design was also granted to him by the Canadian Patent Office in 1966 Serial 998 449 May 14 1966 308 Publications editSerry John 1935 The Danzon The Bolero The Rumba The Substitute American Rhythm Emphasis Laid on Going Native Accordion News 309 Serry John 1935 Training Reading From Piano Scores Stumbling Cues Avoid Time Wasters Accordion News 309 Serry John 1936 Chorus Accordion News 310 Serry John November 1937 Accordions amp Orchestras Past Present amp Future Accordion World Serry John March 1939 Those Neglected Basses Accordion World Serry John 1947 What s Wrong With The Accordion Accordion World 43 Serry John 1961 Jazz And The Student Accordionist Accordion World 311 Serrapica John 1952 The Syncopated Accordionist Charles Colin 235 Archived works editThe John J Serry Sr Collection at the Eastman School of Music s Sibley Music Library within the Ruth T Watanabe Special Collections Department contains selected examples of Serry s original compositional scores arrangements LP recordings reel to reel recording tapes biographical articles and other biographical reference materials which have been donated for archival purposes to benefit both researchers and students The archive includes a copy of his album Squeeze Play and an audio recording of his arrangements for RCA Thesaurus Researchers may contact the staff archivist directly for further assistance in obtaining copies of scores or reviewing LP recordings 279 259 312 The Discography of American Historical Recordings catalog at the University of California at Santa Barbara includes several of the master recordings of Serry s performances with the Shep Fields Rippling Rhythm Jazz Orchestra in New York City 1937 1938 which are accessible online via audio streaming 313 Professional affiliations editSerry was an active member of the BMI SESAC American Federation of Musicians Local 802 1933 2003 314 37 and The American Guild of Organists For a brief period he served as a charter member of the American Accordionists Association 1938 He pursued professional musical studies with Joseph Rossi accordion 1926 1929 Albert Rizzi piano and harmony 1929 1932 Gene Von Hallberg counterpoint and harmony 1933 1934 38 a founder of the American Accordionists Association Jascha Zade piano 1945 1946 38 Arthur Guttow organ 1946 and Robert Strassburg piano advanced harmony and orchestration 1948 1950 See also editAccordion music genres Bolero Easy listening Secular Jewish music Wedding music Portals nbsp Biography nbsp Music nbsp Latin music nbsp Classical music nbsp JazzReferences edit Allegro American Federation of Musicians New York January 2004 Vol CIV Obituary and the date of death for John Serry listed as Sept 14 2003 as posted by his son John Serry Jr No 1 Archived 2006 05 28 at the Wayback Machine a b John Serrapica from Assembly District 16 Brooklyn in 1940 Census District 24 1722 Archives com Settel Irving 1967 1960 A Pictorial History of Radio New York Grosset amp Dunlap p 146 LCCN 67 23789 OCLC 1475068 See photograph showing Serry seated as the accordionist in the orchestra above the caption The Latin American artist Juan Arvizu with the CBS Pan American Orchestra conducted by Alfredo Antonini The New York Times January 8 1941 p 18 The New York Times January 1 1942 p 27 The New York Times May 10 1942 p SM10 The New York Times February 28 1943 p X9 Time June 1 1942 a b Media Sound amp Culture in Latin America amp The Caribbean Editors Bronfman Alejandra amp Wood Andrew Grant University of Pittsburgh Press Pittsburgh PA 2012 p 49 ISBN 978 0 8229 6187 1 Alfredo Antonini s CBS Pan American Orchestra Viva America and Latin American music in the United States on Books Google Cmm See p 49 a b c Vargas Deborah R August 29 2012 Dissonant Divas in Chicana Music The Limits of la Onda U of Minnesota Press pp 153 157 ISBN 9780816673162 via Google Books The biographical profile on the album Squeeze Play shows John Serry appearing as a soloist at the Radio City Music Hall on archive org a b c d Accordion News March 1935 Accordion News November 1937 Accordion World March 1946 Vol 11 11 a b c The Los Angeles Examiner October 9 1938 p 1 Tempo Accordionists Stage a Jam Session Vol 6 No 3 1938 p 4 Photograph and caption identifying John Serry in concert at the Stevens Hotel See the link on this page to EmPO World Radio History at https worldradiohistory com Archive All Music Music Miscellaneous Tempo 1938 09 pdf a b The New York Times May 12 1946 p 42 The Nation March 7 1942 Vol 154 10 a b Diseuse in Debut Here The New York Times March 1 1942 p 36 The New York Times May 28 1941 p 32 a b Accordion World Gerstner Publications 1948 Vo 14 p 6 John Serry accordioinst with the Mischa Borr Orcehstra at the Waldorf Astoria Hotel on Google Books a b Current Attratcions Theatre Timetable Rajah Accordion Concert featuring John Serry Reading Eagle May 3 1953 p 38 on Books Google a b New York Journal American see the photograph of Serry s signature inscribed with signatures of other members of the cast on the stage door of the Empire Theatre at the closing of the play The Time of the Cuckoo May 25 1953 p 15 Pietro Deiro Presents The Accordion Orchestra Under Direction of Joe Biviano Coral Records CRL 57323 1960 See the album cover s credits for performers including John Serry who has worked under such eminent conductors as Alfredo Antonini Mitch Miller and Shep Fields Phonograph album photographed on Discogs com The biographical profile on the album Squeeze Play shows John Serry toured the United States with Shep Fields Orchestra and appeared under the direction of Andre Kostelanetz Percy Faith and Alfredo Antonini and others on archive org Accordion World Gerstner Publications 1948 Vo 14 p 6 John Serry accordioinst with the Mischa Borr Orcehstra at the Waldorf Astoria Hotel on Google Books Pietro Deiro Presents The Accordion Orchestra Under Direction of Joe Biviano Coral Records CRL 57323 1960 See album cover for the performers credits including John Serry who has worked under such eminent conductors as Alfredo Antonini Mitch Miller and Shep Fields Phonograph of album cover as photographed on Discogs com John Serrapica son of Pasquale amp Anna Serrapica and his siblings Louis Carmela Silvie Ida Nancy Romeo Julio Rose in the US Census of 1940 Kings County NY on archives com Benito Serrapica son of Pasquale amp Anna Serrapica and his siblings Louis John Carmela Silvie Ida Nancy Romeo Julio in the US Census of 1940 Kings County NY on archives com Madeline Serrapic daughter of Pasquale amp Anna Serrapica and her siblings Louis John Carmela Silvie Ida Nancy Romeo Julio in the US Census of 1940 Kings County NY on archives com Enrollment of Pasquale and Anna Serrapicia and their children Vincent Louis Adolf John Carmela Sylvia Ida listed on lines 33 41 in the Records of the Bureau of the Census 1920 Population Kings County New York National Archives No 91851107 in the National Archives Catalog at https catalog archives gov id 91851107 The Statue of Liberty Ellis Island Foundation Passenger Search Pasquale Serrapica on heritage statueofliberty org Encyclopedia of Jazz Musicians John Serry biography of John Serry Jr the original family name Serrapica is from Gragnano Italy on jazz com New York Court of Appeals Records and Briefs 1919 City of New York p 840 Entry 2519 Sworn testimony under oath in 1919 by Pasquale Serrapica that he is an Italian owner of a grocery store on Navy Street in Brooklyn NY where he has lived for fourteen years on Books Google com United States Census 1940 John Serrapica amp family members residing on 18th Avenue Brooklyn NY on archives com Today on the Radio The New York Times 2 December 1930 ProQuest 98745168 a b Directory and Instrumentation Local 802 American federation of Musicians Associated Musicians of Greater New York Publisher American Federation of Musicians Local 802 New York 1934 p 398 John Serrapica on Google com books a b c d e f g h i Biography Accordion World March 1946 Vol 11 11 p 3 American Accordionists Association Photograph of founding members includes Gene Von Hallburg and Joe Biviano March 9 1938 on ameraccord com The Free Reed journal 1939 Magnante Concert at Carnegie Hall Part 3 As Thousands Cherred reprinted from Accordionin World New York NY May 1939 Gene Von Hallberg amp the Charles Magnante Quartet Abe Goldman amp Joe Biviano at Carnegie Hall 1939 on www ksanti net The Musician Thumbnail Reviews New York Recitals in Retrospect Carnegie Hall review of the Charles Magnanate Quartet with Gene Von Hallberg at Carnegie Hall May 1939 p 84 on Google Books Squeeze This A Cultural History of the Accordion in America Jacobson Marion University of Illinois Press 2012 p 50 51 Chapter Two SqueezeBox Bach The Classical Accordion on google com books a b c d Jacobson Marion S 2007 Searching for Rockordion The Changing Image of the Accordion in America American Music 25 2 216 247 doi 10 2307 40071656 JSTOR 40071656 Today on the Radio The New York Times 6 January 1931 ProQuest 99529553 Today on the Radio The New York Times 15 January 1931 ProQuest 99511360 Today on the Radio OUTSTANDING EVENTS ON THE AIR TODAY The New York Times 22 January 1931 ProQuest 99509304 Accordion News Vols 5 6 Louis Siquier 1936 p 4 John Serry Frank Pruslin and Sy Fox with Hugo mariani Orchestra at Chicago John Serry Copyright on Google Books A Passion for Polka Old Time Ethnic Music in America Greene Victor University of California Press 1992 p 124 Paul Whiteman featured the accordion on Google Books com Music in American Life An Encyclopedia of the Songs Styles Stars and Stories that Shaped Our Culture Edmondson Jacqueline ABC CLIO 2013 p 3 Accordion accordionists gain acceptance in dance bands jazz ensembles and big bands on GoogleBooks com Notes on the album Squeeze Play by John Serry John Serry toured the United States with Shep Fields Orchestra See the album on archive org Shep Fields Theme Song recorded for Mr Oberstein Shep Fields Rippling Rhythm Orchestra John Serry instrumentalist accordion on the Discography of American Historical Recordings a b c Rust Brian 1975 The American Dance Band Discography 1917 1942 Irving Aaronson to Arthur Lange Arlington House pp 516 517 ISBN 978 0 87000 248 9 Discography of American Historical Recordings John Serry on adp library ucsb edu Tempo Accordionists Stage a Jam Session Vol 6 No 3 1938 p 4 Photograph and caption identifying John Serry Andy Arcari Anthony Mecca Domenic Mecca Pietro Deiro and Joe Biviano in concert at the Stevens Hotel Google search for John Serry AFM and click on EmPo World Radio History or See the link on this page at https worldradiohistory com Archive All Music Music Miscellaneous Tempo 1938 09 pdf A Passion for Polka Old Time Ethnic Music in America Greene Victor University of California Press 1992 p 124 Pietro Deiro amp Joe Biviano virtuoso accordionists of the decade following the mid 1920s on Google Books com Tempo Accordionists Stage a Jam Session Vol 6 No 3 1938 p 4 Photograph and caption identifying John Serry Andy Arcari Anthony Mecca Domenic Mecca Pietro Deiro and Joe Biviano in concert at the Stevens Hotel Google search for John Serry AFM and click on EmPo World Radio History or See the link on this page to at https worldradiohistory com Archive All Music Music Miscellaneous Tempo 1938 09 pdf Time Music Accordionist Andy Arcari in recital at the Philadelphia Academy of Music in May 1938 on content time com The Musician Thumbnail Reviews New York Recitals in Retrospect Carnegie Hall review of the Charles Magnanate Quartet with Gene Von Hallberg Abe Goldman Anthony Mecca Domenic Mecca Joe Biviano at Carnegie Hall May 1939 p 84 on Google Books The Free Reed Journal 1939 Magnante Concert at Carnegie Hall Part 3 As thousands Cheered Mganante Biviano Anthony Mecca Domenic Mecca Gene Von Hallberg Abe Goldman in the first accordion recital held at Carnegie Hall on 4 18 1939 on ksanti net free reed essays cheered html Jacobson Marion S 2012 Squeezebox Bach The Classical Accordion Squeeze this a cultural history of the accordion in America Urbana University of Illinois Press ISBN 978 0 252 03675 0 OCLC 826684860 Encyclopedia of Jazz Musicians John Serry biography of John Serry Jr one of four children raised by John and Julia Serry on jazz com Encyclopedia of Jazz Musicians John Serry biography of John Serry Jr the family name of Serrapica was shortened by John Serry Sr to Serry on jazz com The New York Times November 18 1945 p 50 a b c d e f g h Who Is Who In Music International 1958 Who Is Who In Music International Chicago IL Biographical File B11719 See International Biographical Center Cambridge England as current publisher Music Around The World A Global Encyclopedia Andrew Martin amp Matthew Mihalka editors Accordion Americas p 3 Accordion performers on the radio Charles Magnante on Google Books Marianne Lorraine performs at Town Hall The Nation March 7 1942 p 10 on archive ph a b DISEUSE IN DEBUT HERE Marianne Lorraine Presents One Woman Theatre at Town Hall The New York Times 1 March 1942 ProQuest 106170249 Free World Vol 2 p 94 The Free world Association presents Marianne Oswald John Serry accordionist Patroness Mrs Franklin D Roosevelt Free World Association Eleanor Roosevelt Feb 1942 on Google Books Free World A Monthly Magazine devoted to Democracy p 94 The Free World Association presents Marianne Oswald John Serry accordionist Town Hall February28 1942 Free World Association Marianne Oswald 1942 on Google Books a b Players Magazine The National Journal of Educational Dramatics Vols 18 21 Review of Miss Lorraine s rendition of poems against a background of music by distinguished contemporary musicians John Serry on the accordion on Books Google The Players Magazine National Journal of Educational Dramatics Vol 18 19 National Collegiate Players 1941 p 25 Retrieved 25 July 2018 Settel Irving 1967 1960 A Pictorial History of Radio New York Grosset amp Dunlap p 146 LCCN 67 23789 OCLC 1475068 See the photograph showing Serry seated as the accordionist in the orchestra above the caption The Latin American artist Juan Arvizu with the CBS Pan American Orchestra conducted by Alfredo Antonini A Pictorial History of Radio by Irving Settel Caption for the photograph of the CBS Pan American Orchestra with Juan Arvizu conducted by Alfredo Antonini on Page 146 on Books Google Accessed December 29 2022 a b The New York Times November 5 1983 p 34 Notes on the album Squeeze Play by John Serry John Serry appeared under the direction of Alfredo Antonini See the album on archive org Eastman School of Music University of Rochester Sibley Music Library John J Serry Sr Collection Photograph of John Serry accordionist on CBS C de Las A program circa 1940s p 3 Series 3 Collection Box 3 Item 1 The John J Serry Sr Collection archived at the University of Rochester Eastman School of Music Goldin J David Copyright 2018 J David Goldin Radiogoldindex com Archived from the original on February 6 2012 Retrieved July 25 2018 The New York Times June 9 1946 p 49 Vargas Deborah R November 26 2018 Dissonant Divas in Chicana Music The Limits of la Onda University of Minnesota Press p 166 ISBN 9780816673162 Retrieved November 26 2018 via Google Books Media Sound amp Culture in Latin America amp The Caribbean Editors Bronfman Alejandra amp Wood Andrew Grant University of Pittsburgh Press Pittsburgh PA 2012 p 49 ISBN 978 0 8229 6187 1 Pan Americanism amp CBS amp Viva America on Books Google com See pp 48 49 New York Philharmonic archives nyphil org Retrieved December 29 2022 CBS Pan American Orchestra Alfredo Antonini Terig Tucci Juan Arvizu Nestor Chayres Elsa Miranda Viva America on Books Google com See p 49 a b Biography Accordion World Vol 11 no 11 Bedford Hills New York March 1946 p 3 The New York Times January 18 1942 p 27 The New York Times January 17 1942 p 30 The New York Times January 16 1942 p 19 The New York Times January 14 1942 p 24 The New York Times May 5 1941 p 32 The New York Times April 23 1944 p X5 The New York Times January 23 1944 p X9 Bronfman Alejandra Wood Andrew Grant eds 2012 Media Sound and Culture in Latin America and the Caribbean Pittsburgh PA University of Pittsburgh Press p 49 ISBN 978 0 8229 6187 1 Banana E T Proves Good Eating for Elsa Miranda Billboard February 2 1946 pp 3 Retrieved July 25 2018 Bratkovich Colin May 8 2014 Just Remember This Xlibris p 173 ISBN 978 1 4836 4519 3 Retrieved July 25 2018 Beyond the Black and White TV Asian and Latin American Spectacle in Cold War America Han Benjamin M Rutgers University Press 2022 Viva America Edmund Chester and Los Panchos on Google Books The Billboard Music Popularity Charts Alfredo Antonini and his Viva America Orchestra record album with Los Panchos Trio Pilotone 5067 November 16 1946 p 29 on books google Photograph of Los Panchos Trio and Manolita Arriola on the Viva America Show 1946 on Getty Images Photograph of Manolita Arriola and Nestor Chayres for Viva America 1946 CBS on Getty Images a b OCIAA CBS Cadena de las Americas Edmund Chester Viva America Office of War Information amp Armed Forces Radio Service Dissonant Divas in Chicana Music the Limits of La Onda Vargas Deborah University of Minnesota Press Minneapolis MN 2012 p 152 155 on Google Books Time Radio La Cadena June 1 1942 William S Paley Edmund Chester La Cadena de las Americas CBS broadcast network to South America for news and cultural programs on Content time com Mackenzie Harry 26 November 1999 The Directory of the Armed Forces Radio Service Series Greenwood Publishing Group p H 21 ISBN 9780313308123 Retrieved 26 November 2018 via Google Books The Directory of the Armed Forces Radio Service Series H 21 VIVA AMERICA on Google Book Victor matrix D6FB 2220 Audio recording of Dark Night vocalist Sidor Belarsky accordionist John Serry on Discography of American Historical Recordings University of California Santa Barbara Library Accessed December 29 2022 Victor Matrix D6FB 2221 Audio recording of Hobo Song vocalist Sidor Belarsky accordionist John Serry on Discography of American Historical Recordings University of California Santa Barbara Library Accessed December 29 2022 Victor Matrix D6FB 2222 Audio recording of By the Cradle vocalist Sidor Belarsky accordionist John Serry on Discography of American Historical Recordings University of California Santa Barbara Library Accessed December 29 2022 Katusha Victor Matrix D6FB 2223 Audio recording of By the Cradle vocalist Sidor Belarsky accordionist John Serry on Discography of American Historical Recordings University of California Santa Barbara Library Accessed December 29 2022 John Serry accordionist Sidor Belarsky vocalist amp Mischa Borr Orchestra recordings listed on The University of California Santa Barbara Library s Discography of American Historical Recordings Accessed December 29 2022 Eastman School of Music University of Rochester Sibley Music Library John J Serry Sr Collection Item 8 audio disc p 18 in The John J Serry Sr Collection archived at the University of Rochester Eastman School of Music Eastman School of Music University of Rochester Sibley Music Library John J Serry Sr Collection Series 4 Recordings Item 9 p 18 12 audio disk of John Serry s guest appearance on the Danny O Neil Show in the John J Serry Sr Collection archived at the University of Rochester Eastman School of music on esm rochester edu a b Joe Biviano his Accordion and Rhythm Sextette Tom Delaney John Serry Leone Jump Swing Low Sweet Chariot The Jazz Me Blues Nursery Rhymes Archive org Retrieved November 26 2018 a b Joe Biviano his Accordion and Rhythm Sextette November 26 2018 Accordion Capers Archive org Retrieved 26 November 2018 a b The Sonora Label Campber people clemson edu Retrieved November 26 2018 a b c Record Reviews Billboard April 27 1946 p 124 ISSN 0006 2510 a b c d Classic Jazz Guitar Albums November 7 2002 Archived from the original on 2002 11 07 Retrieved November 26 2018 a b The Library of Congress Copyright Office Fantasy In F Fantasia Accordion F Major Composer John Serry 1946 Copyright EP7274 Catalog of Copyright Entries 1946 Musical Compositions Title Index New Series Vol 41 Pt 3 Pg 153 The Free Reed Review CD Review The K Trio by Henry Doktowski Fantasy in F by John Serry likened to Zez Confrey s Dizzy Fingers on ksanti net The Music Magazine Musical Courier Volumes 133 134 1946 p 34 Acordion World Concert at Manhattan Center Joe Biviano Angelo Dellairia John Serry accordionists on Google Books BnF Catalogue general Catalogue bnf fr in French Retrieved 25 July 2018 Manhattan Hop by Joe Biviano RCA Victor Accordion Orchestra 20 3388 B John Serry Archive org Retrieved 8 December 2021 John Serry aka John Serrapica as a member of the Magnante Accordion Band on the University of California Santa Barbara Library s Discography of American Historical Recordings at adp library ucsb edu Accessed December 29 2022 American Accordionists Association Photograph of founding members including Charles Magnante and Joe Biviano March 9 1938 on ameraccord com The Accordion of the Americas Klezmer Polka Tango Zydeco and More Simonett Helena University of Illinois Press 2012 p 169 ISBN 9780252037207 Citation for Charles Magnanate and Joe Biviano identified as cofounders of the American Accordionists Association 1939 on Google Books A Passion for Polka Old Time Ethnic Music in America Greene Victor University of California Press 1992 pp 124 125 Accordion craze nationwide on Google Books com A Passion for Polka Old Time Ethnic Music in America Greene Victor University of California Press 1992 pp 124 125 Accordion craze and accordion studio enrollments soar on Google Books com Music in American Life An An Encyclopedia of the Songs Styles Stars and Stories that Shaped Our Culture Edmondson Jacqueline ABC CLIO 2013 p 3 Accordion accordion schools appear nationwide enrolling hundreds of thousands of young students on GoogleBooks com Accordion USA A Boy and His Box by Joe De Clemente John Serry identified as an accordion teacher in Jamaica Queens in 1961 on accordionusa com The biographical profile on the album Squeeze Play shows John Serry devoted himself to the teaching of his chosen instrument on archive org Auricle is Gliding with Good Reviews Democrat and Chronicle Rochester New York 7 July 1978 p 13 Retrieved 25 July 2018 2005 Honoree Tony Ettore Archived from the original on 2011 07 07 Retrieved 2011 07 07 Robert Davine 1924 2001 Ksanti net Retrieved July 25 2018 Interview with John Serry Can Jazz be a creative progressive art form February 7 2018 John Serry Jr identifies his father John Serry as his first instructor on the accordion at the age of 4 11 on jazzbluesnews com Democrate and Chronicle July 7 1978 p 13 John Serry Jr pianist is the son of John Serry an instructor of piano and accordion studies accordion at the age of four with his father on democrateandchronicle newspapers com American Accordionists Association Newsletter AAA Competitions in the 50s May June 2020 p 13 John Serry music studio on ameraccord com search php Accordion Weekly News Accordions com May 19 2000 Retrieved July 25 2018 a b John Serry s Accordion Method Book 3 Intermediate Course 1955 on worldcat org a b LC Catalog Item Information Full Record Retrieved 26 November 2018 via lccn loc gov Jacobson Marion 2012 Squeeze This A Cultural History of the Accordion in America Urbana IL University of Illinois Press p 61 ISBN 978 0 252 03675 0 Mama Classicthemes com Retrieved 26 November 2018 Eastman School of Music Sibley Music Library Special Collections John J Serry Sr Collection Archive Series 4 Recordings Item 5 p 18 Audio Recording of John Serry and his son Robert on the show Live Like A Millionaire October 22 1951 the John J Serry Sr Collection on Google com Radio A Complete Guide to the Industry Richter William A P Lang Publisher 2006 p 50 Radio Talent Shows Live Like A Millionaire ISBN 978 08204 76339 Live Like A Millionaire Radio Show on google Books African Bolero Desert Rhumba Musical Scores Composer John Serry Dedicatee Julius Baker See John Serry on Worldcat org La Culebra Musical Score Composer John Serry Dedicatee Julius Baker See John Serry on worldcat org See hand written dedication notes written for and dedicated to my friend Julius Baker 1951 on Page 3 of the score Library juilliard edu Retrieved 26 November 2018 See handwritten dedication notes written for and dedicated to my friend Julius Baker 1951 on Page 3 of the score Library juilliard edu Retrieved 26 November 2018 Eastman School of Music University of Rochester Sibley Music Library John J Serry Sr Collection Series 4 Item 6 p 18 10 audio disc recording of Desert Rhumba amp The Rattlesnake La Culebra composer John Serry flautist Julie Baker in the John J Serry Sr Collection archived at the University of Rochester Eastman School of Music Sibley Music Library Special collections on esm rochester edu International Musician Accordion Instrument Played with A Smile Hope Stoddard May 1951 p 10 11 Contributing writers Charles Nunzio amp Sergei Matsusewitch Photograph of John Serry within the article published in the journal International Musician by the American Federation of Musicians posted on worldradiohistory com International Musician Accordion Instrument Played with A Smile Hope Stoddard May 1951 p 10 11 Contributing writers Charles Nunzio amp Sergei Matsusewitch Photographs of Louis Del Monte Pietro Frosini Charles Nunzio Charles Magnante Anthony Galla Rini Art Van Damme within the article as published in the journal International Musician by the American Federation of Musicians posted on worldradiohistory com PTM Piano trade Publishing Vol 50 1953 p 46 John J Serry accordionist on Google books Notes on the album Squeeze Play show John Serry appearing under the musical direction of Andre Kostelanetz See the album on archive org William Howland Kenney November 2003 Recorded Music in American Life The Phonograph and Popular Memory 1890 1945 Oxford University Press pp 191 ISBN 978 0 19 517177 8 Radio Daily Television Daily Publisher Radio Daily Corporation 29 October 1954 p 8 RCA Thesaurus cut a session of Latin American music polkas and novelties with the John Serry Accordion Quartet RCA Thesaurus John Serry on Google Books Eastman School of Music Sibley Music Library Ruth T Watanabe Special Collections Dept The John Serry Sr Collection Items donated to the library for archive include an audio recording by the Serry Sextette and his Bel Cordions for RCA Thesaurus on www esm rochester edu The Billboard Selvin to Quit Peer for RCA Ben Selvin appointed as A amp R Manager for RCA Victor Custom Records Division Thesaurus Library February 14 1953 p 17 on Google Books The Billboard Friends Fete Ben Selvin As He Leaves Industry In 1953 he started his decade with RCA Victor March 23 1963 p 3 amp p 6 on Google Books a b Celebrating National Music Week Accordion Concert John Serry p 12 appearing with award winner Shirly Booth in Time of the Cuckoo See photograph and caption of John Serry in the Reading Eagle April 19 1953 p 12 on Google Books Eastman School of Music University of Rochester Sibley Music Library John J Serry Sr Collection Series 3 Scrapbook contains a clipping with a photograph from the New York Journal American May 25 1953 p 15 showing the stage cast door from the Empire Theater with Shirley Booth pointing to signatures of the cast of The Time of the Cuckoo which includes John Serry s signatue The John J Serry Sr Collection p 17 Series 3 Scrapbook Box 3 Item 1 archived at the University of Rochester Eastman School of Music on esm rochester edu Library of Congress Music and Phonorecords Catalog 1953 p 881 U S School of Music John Serry arranger Lawrence Welk editor on google com books Statement of George R Kemp President U S School of Music The United States Congress Senate Committee on Post Office and Civil Service 1962 p 739 on Google Books U S Music School Music Lessons From Fine Teachers John Serry piano accordion on Google Books Eastman School of Music University of Rochester Sibley Music Library John J Serry Sr Collection Series 2 Oversized Manuscripts Folder 4 Folder 8 p 14 as archived at the University of Rochester Eastman School of Music Dot Album Discography DLP 3024 Squeeze Play John Serry 1956 on bsnpubs com Dot into Pkgs Billboard 8 September 1956 pp 22 ISSN 0006 2510 a b Review of album Squeeze Play p 22 in The Billboard 1 December 1956 Colin Larkin ed 2002 The Virgin Encyclopedia of Fifties Music Third ed Virgin Books pp 466 7 ISBN 1 85227 937 0 Billy Vaughn is Dead Jazz Musician was 72 New York Times Obituary Billy Vaughn was music director for Dot Records September 28 1991 on Google Books Billy Vaughn Biography on encyclopedia com Gilliland John 1969 T Z Interview Index audio Pop Chronicles University of North Texas Libraries Biography of Billy Vaughn Vaughn becomes music director of Dot Records in 1954 on grandorchestras com a b c Billboard December 1 1956 p 22 via Google Books a b c d e Review of the album Squeeze Play in The Cash Box magazine See Album Reviews column on December 8 1956 p 38 on americanradiohistory com Notes on the album Squeeze Play describe Serry s oringinal composition Garden In Monaco See the album on archive org Garden in Monaco composer John Serry on BMI Songview catalog Chicago Musette John Serry Vintagemusic fm Retrieved 26 November 2018 a b BnF Catalogue general Catalogue bnf fr 26 November 2018 Retrieved 26 November 2018 a b John Serry Topic YouTube Retrieved 26 November 2018 a b Album Ballroom in Dreamland featuring music by the Billy Vaughn Orchestra and the John Serry Orchestra on discogs com Ballroom in Dreamland Audio album featuring performances by the Billy Vaughn Orchestra and John Serry on cdandlp com a b Library of Congress Copyright Office American Rhapsody Composer John Serry Sr Copyright Alpha Music New York New York 1957 Music Trades Accordion Orchestra Featured on New Coral 12 Record Vol 109 1961 p 84 John Serry on Google Books Pietro Deiro Presents The Accordion Orchestra Under Direction of Joe Biviano Coral Records CRL 57323 1960 See album cover for performers credits including John Serry Eugene Ettore Carmen Carrozza and Angelo Di Pippo Pietro Deiro on Discogs com Pietro The Billboard Reviews and Ratings of New albums Pietro Deiro Presents The Accordion Orchestra Coral CRL 57323 27 June 1960 p 33 Pietro Deiro Presents the Accordion Orchestra on Google Books The Coral Album Discography Edwards David Callahan Mike Eyrles Patrice Watts Randy Neely Timothy April 27 2014 CRL 57323 Pietro Deiro Presents the Accordion Orchestra 1960 on bsnpubs com Pietro The Billboard Reviews and Ratings of New albums Pietro Deiro Presents The Accordion Orchestra Coral CRL 57323 27 June 1960 p 33 Pietro Deiro Presents the Accordion Orchestra on Google Books Pietro Deiro Presents the Piano Accordion See album cover notes on Worldcat org Pietro Deiro Joe Biviano The Accordion Orchestra Coral CRL 57323 See credits on album Audio recording on Discogs com Pietro The Billboard Reviews and Ratings of New albums Pietro Deiro Presents The Accordion Orchestra Coral CRL 57323 27 June 1960 p 33 Pietro Deiro Presents the Accordion Orchestra on Google Books a b The library of Congress Copyright Office Concerto for Bassetti Accordion Composer John Serry Sr June 4 1968 Copyright EP 247602 The Library of Congress Copyright Office Public Catalog 1978 Present Concerto in C major for Free Bass Accordion Revised for Piano Composer John Serry Sr Cocatalog loc gov 2002 Copyright PAU 3 336 024 Eastman School of Music University of Rochester Sibley Music Library John J Serry Sr Collection score Concetro in C Major 1967 for Free Bass Accordion Folder 15 amp 16 p 10 archived at the University of Rochester Eastman School of Music Sibley Music Library Special collections on esm rochester edu a b Music in American Life An Encyclopedia of the Songs Styles Stars and Stories that Shaped Our Culture Edmondson Jacqueline ABC CLIO 2013 p 3 Accordion Accordion amp rock and roll on GoogleBooks com Music Around The World A Global Encyclopedia Andrew Martin amp Matthew Mihalka editors Accordion Americas p 4 Accordion and rock and roll music on Google Books Music Around The World A Global Encyclopedia Andrew Martin amp Matthew Mihalka editors Accordion Americas p 4 Accordion the accordion is seen as a square relic and replaced by the guitar during the 1960s on GoogleBooks com Music in American Life An An Encyclopedia of the Songs Styles Stars and Stories that Shaped Our Culture Edmondson Jacqueline ABC CLIO 2013 p 3 Accordion In the late 1950s young people reject the accordion as old fashioned amp take up the electric guitar electric piano and electronic organ on GoogleBooks com Squeeze This A Cultural History of the Accordion in America Jacobson Marion University of Illinois Press 2012 p 67 on google com books The New York Times 21 June 1964 p 84 The New York Times 9 June 1965 p 47 The New York Times 14 June 1987 p LI22 The New York Times14 June 1987 P New York Region a b Mitchell Ellen 14 June 1987 Interfaith Chapels in Demand The New York Times Retrieved 26 November 2018 Beyond Chrismukkah the Christian Jewish Interfaith Family Mehta Samira K university of North Carolina Press 2018 p 22 on google com books Rabbi Nathaniel Schwart officiates at the C W Post Interfaith Chapel Rabbi Nathaniel Schwartz and Rev John Heinlein officiate at the C W Post Interfaith Chapel Eastman School of Music University of Rochester Sibley Music Library John J Serry Sr Collection Series 3 p 6 Scrapbook containing musical programs as archived at the University of Rochester Eastman School of Music Sibley Music Library Special collections on esm rochester edu Eastman School of Music University of Rochester Sibley Music Library John J Serry Sr Collection score Processional March 1951 Revised for Organ 1968 Folder 18 p 10 archived at the University of Rochester Eastman School of Music Sibley Music Library Special collections on esm rochester edu Eastman School of Music University of Rochester Sibley Music Library John J Serry Sr Collection score Concetro in C Major 1967 for Free Bass Accordion Folders 26 27 28 p 12 archived at the University of Rochester Eastman School of Music Sibley Music Library Special collections on esm rochester edu Allegro American Federation of Musicians New York January 2004 Vol CIV No 1 Archived 2006 05 28 at the Wayback Machine Players National Collegiate Players 26 November 2018 Retrieved 26 November 2018 via Google Books The New Records Latin American Music Alfredo Antonini and Viva America orchestra H Royer Smith Co Philadelphia PA Vol 14 No 8 October 1946 P 6 7 Latin American Music Alfredo Antonini and Viva America Orchestra critical review of the album in The New Records P 6 7 on archive org Pietro The Billboard Reviews and Ratings of New albums Pietro Deiro Presents The Accordion Orchestra Coral CRL 57323 27 June 1960 p 33 Pietro Deiro Presents the Accordion Orchestra on Google Books Eastman School of Music University of Rochester Sibley Music Library John J Serry Sr Collection Desert Rumba score p 10 John J Serry Collection archived at the University of Rochester The Library of Congress Copyright Office Glissando Composer John Serry 1946 Copyright EP8078 Catalog of Copyright Entries 1946 Musical Compositions Title Index New Series Vol 41 Pt 3 Pg 179 Eastman School of Music University of Rochester Sibley Music Library John J Serry Sr Collection Glissando score p 9 John J Serry Collection archived at the University of Rochester Tarantella by John Serry archived at Oxford University London worldcat org 1946 Retrieved 20 July 2023 Tchaikovsky Peter Ilich 1946 Valse Arranged by John Serry Accordion Solo The europeanlibrary org Retrieved 26 November 2018 Tchaikovsky Peter Ilich 1946 Valse arranged by John Serry Accordion Solo worldcat org Retrieved 20 July 2023 CD Review The K Trio Images The Free Reed Review Henry Doktorski Fantasy in F by John Serry archived at Oxford University London worldcat org 1946 Retrieved 20 July 2023 Eastman School of Music University of Rochester Sibley Music Library John J Serry Sr Collection Fantasy in F score p 9 orchestral arrangement score p 13 John J Serry Collection archived at the University of Rochester Eastman School of Music University of Rochester Sibley Music Library John J Serry Sr Collection Invitation to Jive score p 8 John J Serry Collection archived at the University of Rochester The Library of Congress Copyright Office Consolation Waltz Composer John Serry O Pagani amp Bro New York 29 November 1949 Copyright EP58852 Library of Congress Copyright Office Catalog Published Music 1951 Vol 5 Part 5a 1 P 605 on Books google com The Library of Congress Copyright Office Uncle Charlie s Polka Composer John Serry O Pagani amp Bro New York 29 November 1949 Copyright EP58854 Library of Congress Copyright Office Catalog Published Music 1951 Vol 5 Part 5a 1 P 605 on Books google com The Library of Congress Copyright Office Bugle Polka Composer John Serry O Pagani Bro New York 29 November 1949 Copyright EP5883 Library of Congress Copyright Office Catalog Published Music 1951 Vol 5 Part 5a 1 P 605 on Books google com The Bugle Polka by John Serry 1949 on Worldcat org Sonora Records 78rpm numerical listing discography 78discography com Retrieved 26 November 2018 The Library of Congress Copyright Office Leone Jump Composer John Serry 1946 Copyright EP8079 Catalog of Copyright Entries 1946 Musical Compositions Title Index New Series Vol 41 Pt 3 Pg 355 Eastman School of Music University of Rochester Sibley Music Library John J Serry Sr Collection Leona Jump orchestral score for 3 accordions bass rhythmic guitar amp electric guitar p 8 John J Serry Collection archived at the University of Rochester The Library of Congress Copyright Office La Culebra Composer John Serry Sr March 7 1951 Copyright EU 233726 John Serry Sr 1915 2003 La Culebra Worldcat org Retrieved 26 November 2018 La Culebra Flute solo composer John Serry amp dedicated on the score as written for and dedicated to my friend Julius Baker 1951 in the Julius Baker Music Collection Archive on Julicat at library juilliard edu Eastman School of Music University of Rochester Sibley Music Library John J Serry Sr Collection La Culebra acore p 8 amp p 9 score John J Serry Collection archived at the University of Rochester The Library of Congress Copyright Office African Bolero Composer John Serry Sr March 7 1951 Copyright EU 233725 John Serry Sr 1915 2003 African Bolero Worldcat org Retrieved 26 November 2018 Peter Jay Sharp Special Collections Julius Baker Collection African Bolero Flute solo composer John Serry amp dedicated on the score as written for and dedicated to my friend Julius Baker 1951 in the Julius Baker Music Collection Archive on Julicat at library juilliard edu Eastman School of Music University of Rochester Sibley Music Library John J Serry Sr Collection African Bolero score p 9 John J Serry Collection archived at the University of Rochester a b LC Catalog Item Information Full Record Retrieved 26 November 2018 via lccn loc gov The Library of Congress Copyright Office The Syncopated Accordionist Composer John Serry a k a John Serrapica Charles Colin New York 2 March 1953 Copyright EP69650 Catalog of Copyright Entries 1953 Published Music Jan Dec Vol 7 Pt 5A Pg 257 The Syncopated Accordionist Studies in Syncopation 1953 by John Serry on Worldcat org Accordion Method Book 1 amp 2 by John Serry on reverb com The Library of Congress Copyright Office Rhythm airs for the Accordionist Charles Colin amp Bigs Bower editor John Serry Charles Colin New York Vol 1 2 2 March 1953 Copyright EP69648 69649 Catalog of Copyright Entries 1953 Published Music Jan Dec Vol 7 Pt 5a Pg 58 Eastman School of Music University of Rochester Sibley Music Library John J Serry Sr Collection Accordion Quartet Arrangements score p 13 The John J Serry Sr Collection archived at the University of Rochester Eastman School of Music University of Rochester Sibley Music Library John J Serry Sr Collection Accordion Quartet Arrangements score p 13 The John J Serry Sr Collection archived at the University of Rochester The Library of Congress Copyright Office Top Ten Accordion Solos Easy To Play Publisher Broadcaste Music Inc BMI Arranger John Serry 12 July 1954 Copyright A146305 Catalog of Copyright Entries Vol 8 Pt 1 Books and Pamphlets July December 1954 p 1405 Junior Accordion Band Series by John Serry on ebay com a b c d BMI Repertoire Search Repertoire bmi com Retrieved 26 November 2018 a b c d BMI Songview Catalogue songs by John Serry on repertoire bmi com Eastman School of Music University of Rochester Sibley Music Library John J Serry Sr Collection Tango of Love score p 13 John J Serry Collection archived at the University of Rochester The Library of Congress Copyright Office The Lost Tango m John Serry Words Edward Steinfeld New York New York 14 June 1956 Copyright EU440575 Library of Congress Catalog of Copyright Entries 1956 Unpublished Music Jan Dec Vol 10 Part 5a Pg 134 on archive org Eastman School of Music University of Rochester Sibley Music Library John J Serry Sr Collection Garden in Monaco score p 14 John J Serry Collection archived at the University of Rochester Eastman School of Music University of Rochester Sibley Music Library John J Serry Sr Collection Rockin the Anvil score p 14 John J Serry Collection archived at the University of Rochester Eastman School of Music University of Rochester Sibley Music Library John J Serry Sr Collection Cocktails in Spain score p 14 John J Serry Collection archived at the University of Rochester Eastman School of Music University of Rochester Sibley Music Library John J Serry Sr Collection Spooky Polka score p 10 John J Serry Collection archived at the University of Rochester Eastman School of Music University of Rochester Sibley Music Library John J Serry Sr Collection Reeds in a Rush draft score p 10 John J Serry Collection archived at the University of Rochester Eastman School of Music University of Rochester Sibley Music Library John J Serry Sr Collection American Rhapsody score p 10 The John J Serry Sr Collection archived at the University of Rochester Eastman School of Music University of Rochester Sibley Music Library John J Serry Sr Collection Series 2 Oversized Manuscripts Folder 4 p 14 archived at the University of Rochester Eastman School of Music Eastman School of Music University of Rochester Sibley Music Library John J Serry Sr Collection Series 2 Oversized Manuscripts Folder 5 p 14 archived at the University of Rochester Eastman School of Music Eastman School of Music University of Rochester Sibley Music Library John J Serry Sr Collection Series 2 Oversized Manuscripts Folder 6 p 14 archived at the University of Rochester Eastman School of Music Eastman School of Music University of Rochester Sibley Music Library John J Serry Sr Collection Series 2 Oversized Manuscripts Folder 7 p 14 archived at the University of Rochester Eastman School of Music Eastman School of Music University of Rochester Sibley Music Library John J Serry Sr Collection Series 2 Oversized Manuscripts Folder p 14 15 archived at the University of Rochester Eastman School of Music a b c Rochester Review July August 2008 Vol 70 No 6 University of Rochester Alumnus magazine River Campus See Class of 1980 Son of John Serry notes that his father s compositions and recordings have been submitted into the Sibley Library for archive Eastman School of Music University of Rochester Sibley Music Library John J Serry Sr Collection Processional March score p 10 John J Serry Sr Collection archived at the University of Rochester The Library of Congress Copyright Office Falling Leaves Composer John Serry Sr May 21 1976 Copyright EU 233726 Eastman School of Music University of Rochester Sibley Music Library John J Serry Sr Collection Falling Leaves score p 11 John J Serry Sr Collection archived at the University of Rochester Eastman School of Music University of Rochester Sibley Music Library John J Serry Sr Collection Elegy score p 10 The John J Serry Collection archived at the University of Rochester Eastman School of Music University of Rochester Sibley Music Library John J Serry Sr Collection Three Songs of Love pp 11 12 The John J Serry Sr Collection archived at the University of Rochester The Library of Congress Copyright Office A Savior Is Born Composer John Serry Sr November 18 1991 Copyright PAU 1 575 137 A Savior is Born on THe United States Copyright Office Online Catalog cocatalog loc gov Eastman School of Music University of Rochester Sibley Music Library John J Serry Sr Collection A Savior Is Born score p 12 The John J Serry Sr Collection archived at the University of Rochester Eastman School of Music University of Rochester Sibley Music Library John J Serry Sr Collection Dreams Trilogy score p 11 The John J Serry Sr Collection archived at the University of Rochester The Library of Congress Copyright Office The Lord s Prayer Composer John Serry Sr September 2 1992 Copyright PAU 1 665 838 The Lord s Prayer on The United States Copyright Office Online Catalog cocatalog loc gov Eastman School of Music University of Rochester Sibley Music Library John J Serry Sr Collection The Lord s Prayer score p 12 The john Jerry Sr Collection archived at the University of Rochester Eastman School of Music University of Rochester Sibley Music Library John J Serry Sr Collection Lamb of God score p 12 The John J Serry Sr Collection archived at the University of Rochester Eastman School of Music University of Rochester Sibley Music Library John J Serry Sr Collection Five Children s Pieces For Piano score p 11 The John J Serry Sr Collection archived at the University of Rochester Ruth T Watanabe Special Collections Home Sibley Music Library 13 November 2019 Retrieved 12 December 2022 Performers can locate the scores to American Rhapsody and Concerto For Free Bass Accordion which were donated to the Eastman School of Music s Sibley Music Library s Ruth T Watanabe Special Collections Department by contacting the archivist here Eastman School of Music University of Rochester Sibley Music Library John J Serry Sr Collection archived at the University of Rochester Eastman School of Music University of Rochester Sibley Music Library John J Serry Sr Collection American Rhapsody score Folder 12 amp 19 p 10 The John J Serry Sr Collection archived at the University of Rochester Eastman School of Music The Library of Congress Copyright Office Public Catalog 1978 Present Concerto in C major for Free Bass Accordion Revised for Piano Composer John Serry Sr Cocatalog loc gov 2002 Copyright PAU 3 336 024 Eastman School of Music University of Rochester Sibley Music Library John J Serry Sr Collection score Concetro in C Major 1967 for Free Bass Accordion Folder 15 amp 16 p 10 archived at the University of Rochester Eastman School of Music Sibley Music Library Special collections on esm rochester edu Squeeze play 26 November 2018 OCLC 12935411 Eastman School of Music University of Rochester Sibley Music Library John J Serry Sr Collection Squeeze Play audio recording of compositions and arrangements by John Serry in The John J Serry Sr Collection p 19 archived at the University of Rochester on esm rochester edu a b Eastman School of Music Sibley Music Library Ruth T Watanabe Special Collections Dept at www esm rochester edu Eastman School of Music University of Rochester Sibley Music Library John J Serry Sr Collection John Serry Sextette audio recording for RCA Thesaurus of arrangements and performances by John Serry at the RCA Victor Sudios in 1954 p 18 The John J Serry Sr Collection archived at the University of Rochester Radio Daily Television Daily Publisher Radio Daily Corporation 29 October 1954 p 8 RCA Thesaurus cut a session of Latin American music polkas and novelties with the John Serry Accordion Quartet RCA Thesaurus John Serry on Google Books The Billboard Reviews and Ratings of New albums Pietro Deiro Presents The Accordion Orchestra Coral CRL 57323 27 June 1960 p 33 Pietro Deiro Presents the Accordion Orchestra Critical Review of the album on Google Books Pietro Deiro Presents the Piano Accordion See the performers credits and song listings on the record album on Worldcat org Pietro Deiro Joe Biviano The Accordion Orchestra Coral CRL 57323 See the notes on the album cover Photograph of the album on Discogs com The Coral Album Discography Edwards David Callahan Mike Eyrles Patrice Watts Randy Neely Timothy April 27 2014 CRL 57323 Pietro Deiro Presents the Accordion Orchestra 1960 The Coral Album Discography on bsnpubs com Music Trades Accordion Orchestra Featured on New Coral 12 Record Vol 109 1961 p 84 John Serry listed as a member of the accordion orchestra on the new Coral record John Serry on Google Books Accordion capers 26 November 2018 OCLC 48679834 Billboard Alpha s 12 Latin Vinylites New York Vol 58 No 13 30 March 1946 P 22 Alpha Records release of Alfredo Antonini and Viva America Orchestra in Billboard on books google com Nestor Chayres Agustin Lara Alfredo Antonini 30 April 1946 Granada Archive org Retrieved 26 November 2018 Chiquita Banana performed by the Alfredo Antonini Viva America Orchestra amp vocalist Elsa Miranda on archive org Discography of American Historical Recordings By the Cradle John Serry accordionist on uscb edu Discography of American Historical Recordings Katusha John Serry accordionist on uscb edu Discography of American Historical Recordings Hobo Song John Serry accordionist on uscb edu Discography of American Historical Recordings Dark Night John Serry accordionist on uscb edu John Serrapica as instrumentalist in the Charles Magnante Accordion Band in 1941 at the University of California Santa Barbara Library s Discography of American Historical Recordings at adp library ucsb edu a b c John Serrapica as a member of the Charles Magnante Accordion Band on the University of California Santa Barbara Library s Discography of American Historical Recordings at adp library ucsb edu Luis G Roldan Alfredo Antonini y su Orquesta Pan Americana C B S Osvaldo Farres Tres Palabras Archive org Retrieved 26 November 2018 Luis G Roldan Alfredo Antonini y su Orquesta Pan Americana C B S M Sabre Marroquin Esta Noche Ha Pasado Archive org Retrieved 26 November 2018 Asi Frontera Project Frontera library ucla edu Retrieved 26 November 2018 Somos Diferentes Frontera Project Frontera library ucla edu Retrieved 26 November 2018 Los Panchos Trio Alfredo Antonini and His Viva America Orchestra La Palma Rosa Negra Archive org Retrieved 26 November 2018 a b c Juan Arvizu and the C B S Tipica Orchestra Lavidada DelMoral Alfredo Antonini Juan Arvizu Grever Juan Arvicu and the C B S Tipica Orchestra Cortazar Juan Arvizu and the C B S Tipica Orchestra Valie 28 January 1942 Viva Sevilla Noche de Amor Mi Sarape Que Paso El Bigote de Tomas De Donde Archive org Retrieved 26 November 2018 a b John Serry s audio recordings with the Shep Fields Rippling Rhythm Orchestra on Discography of American Historical Recordings Audio recording with the Shep Fields Orchestra An Old Curiosity Shop 1938 on the Discography of American Historical Records adp library ucsb edu The big broadcast of 1938 26 November 2018 OCLC 934654999 Protective Shield For Collapsible Paste Tubes US 3269604 A Inventor John Serry as listed on Google com patents Official Gazette United States Patent Office 3 269 604 Protective Shield For Collapsible Paste Tubes filed by John Serry August 30 1966 p 1973 on google com books Canadian Patent Office Record 1967 Vol 95 p 7659 Protective Shield for Collapsible Paste Tubes John Serry USA May 1966 Serial 980 449 on Google Books a b Accordion News amp John Serry on Google Books Accordion News amp John Serry on Google Books Accordion World Vol 26 No 1 April 1961 p 2 Jazz and the Student Accordionist by John Serry on Google Books Eastman School of Music University of Rochester Sibley Music Library John J Serry Sr Collection archived at the University of Rochester Eastman School of Music Discograph of American Historical Recordings University of California Santa Barbara Audio recordings of John Serry in the Shep Fields Rippling Rhythm Orchestra Requiem Associated Musicians of Greater New York Local 802 Associated Musicians of Greater New York Local 802 January 2004 Retrieved 26 November 2018 External links editJohn J Serry Sr Collection archive of scores compositions arrangements and recordings by John Serry at the University of Rochester s Eastman School of Music Sibley Music Library Ruth T Watanabe Special Collections Chicago Musette John Serry et son Accordeon sound recording of Serry performing Granada by Agustin Lara on BnF Gallica bnf fr in French Tres Palabras sound recording of Serry performing Tres Palabras by Osvaldo Farres CBS Pan American Orchestra Vocalist Luis G Roldan on Archive org Asi Esta Noche Ha Pasado Somos Differentes and Tres Palabras Sound recordings of John Serry Sr performing as accordionist in the Orquesta Pan Americana with Alfredo Antonini conducting with vocalist Luis G Roldan at the University of California Los Angeles on fronter library ucla edu It s a Grand Night for Singing CBS radio program excerpt from Program of the Three Americas Viva America Orchestra sound recording at the New York City Public Library Online Catalog at catalog nypl org Latin American Music Viva America Orchestra 78 RPM sound recordings at The Library of Congress Online Catalog at catalog loc gov Copies of selected radio broadcasts by the Office of the Coordinator of Inter American Affairs Radio Division as archived at the United States National Archive www archives gov Discography of American Historical Recordings University of California Santa Barbara Audio recordings online of John Serry and the Shep Fields Rippling Rhythm Orchestra 1937 1938 Discography of American Historical Recordings University of California Santa Barbara Audio recordings online of John Serrapica aka John Serry and the Charles Magnante Accordion Band 1941 The Syncopated Accordionist Rhythm Airs The Bugle Polka Consolation Waltz Musical scores by John Serry on WorldCat org Fantasy In F Musical score by John Serry on WorldCat org Glissando Musical score by John Serry on worldCat org Tarantella Musical score by John Serry on WorldCat org Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title John Serry Sr amp oldid 1220743172, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,

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