Squeeze this! a cultural history of the accordion in America /
Jacobson, Marion S.
Squeeze this! a cultural history of the accordion in America / Marion Jacobson. - Urbana : University of Illinois Press, (c)2012. - 1 online resource (xi, 256 pages, 20. pages of plates) : illustrations (some color). - Folklore studies in a multicultural world .
Includes bibliographies and index.
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.
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.
9780252093852
Accordion--History.--United States
Accordionists--United States.
Electronic Books.
ML1083 / .S684 2012
Squeeze this! a cultural history of the accordion in America / Marion Jacobson. - Urbana : University of Illinois Press, (c)2012. - 1 online resource (xi, 256 pages, 20. pages of plates) : illustrations (some color). - Folklore studies in a multicultural world .
Includes bibliographies and index.
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.
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.
9780252093852
Accordion--History.--United States
Accordionists--United States.
Electronic Books.
ML1083 / .S684 2012