Bandoneon
（重定向自Bandoneonists）
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![Early bandoneon, c. 1905](/Images/godic/202412/23/Early-bandonion1634.jpg")
![Alfred Arnold bandoneon, c. 1949](/Images/godic/202412/23/Aa-bandoneon1634.jpg")
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The bandoneon (or bandonion, Spanish:bandoneón) is a type of concertina particularly popular in Argentina, Uruguay, and Lithuania. It is an essential instrument in most tango ensembles from the traditional orquesta típica of the 1910s onwards, and in folk music ensembles of Lithuania.