French music and French cafe. 1 Hour of best of French cafe music and French cafe accordion traditional music. Collection 1 with beautiful video of French music playing in french cafe is here: Hear the 'Modern French Music' collection here: New French Accordion French Cafe album: New Happy French music here: Bal-musette is a style of French music and dance that first became popular in Paris in the 1880s. Auvergnats settled in large numbers in the 5th, 11th, and 12th districts (arrondissements) of Paris during the 19th century, opening cafés and bars where patrons danced the bourrée to the accompaniment of the cabrette (a bellows-blown bagpipe locally called a “musette“) and often the vielle à roue (hurdy-gurdy). Parisian and Italian musicians who played the accordion adopted the style and established themselves in Auvergnat bars
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