Squeeze This! : A Cultural History of the Accordion in America /

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Squeeze This! is the first history of the piano accordion and the first book-length study of the accordion as a uniquely American musical and cultural phenomenon.

Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Jacobson, Marion S.
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:Inglés
Published: Urbana : University of Illinois Press, 2012.
Series:Book collections on Project MUSE.
Subjects:
Accordionists.
Accordion.
MUSIC > History & Criticism.
MUSIC > Musical Instruments > Woodwinds.
Accordeonistes > États-Unis.
Accordeon > États-Unis > Histoire.
Accordionists > United States.
Accordion > United States > History.
United States.
History.
Electronic books.
Online Access:Texto completo
Table of Contents:
  • Advent of the piano accordion
  • Squeezebox Bach : the classical accordion
  • Squeezebox rock : rise and fall of the accordion in American popular culture
  • Crossover accordionists : Frank Yankovic, Viola Turpeinen, and John Brugnoli
  • New main squeeze : repositioning the accordion in the music industry
  • Out of the closet : reimagining the accordion in American popular culture.

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