The accordion in the Americas : klezmer, polka, tango, zydeco, and more! /
The accordion in the Americas : klezmer, polka, tango, zydeco, and more! /
edited by Helena Simonett.
- Urbana : University of Illinois Press, (c)2012.
- 1 online resource.
- Music in American life .
Includes bibliographies and index.
From old world to new shores / Accordion jokes : a folklorist's view / From chanky-chank to Yankee chanks : the Cajun accordion as identity symbol / Garde ici et garde lá-bas : Creole accordion in Louisiana / "Tejano and proud" : regional accordion traditions of South Texas and the border region / Preserving territory : the changing language of the accordion in Tohono O'odham waila music / Accordions and working-class culture along Lake Superior's South Shore / Play me a tarantella, a polka, or jazz : Italian Americans and the currency of piano accordion music / The klezmer accordion : an outsider among outsiders / Beyond Vallenato : the accordion traditions in Colombia / "A hellish instrument" : the story of the tango bandoneón / No ma' se oye el fuinfuán : the noisy accordion in the Dominican Republic / Between the folds of Luiz Gonzaga's sanfona : forré music in Brazil / The accordion in new scores : paradigms of authorship and identity in William Schimmel's musical "realities" / Helena Simonett -- Richard March -- Mark F. DeWitt -- Jared Snyder -- Cathy Ragland -- Janet Sturman -- James P. Leary -- Christine Zinni -- Joshua Horowitz -- Egberto Bermúdez -- Maria Susana Azzi -- Sydney Hutchinson -- Megwen Loveless -- Marion S. Jacobson.
This collection considers the accordion and its myriad forms, from the concertina, button accordion, and piano accordion familiar in European and North American music to the exotic-sounding South American bandoneón and the sanfoninha. Capturing the instrument's spread and adaptation to many different cultures in North and South America, contributors illuminate how the accordion factored into power struggles over aesthetic values between elites and working-class people who often were members of immigrant and/or marginalized ethnic communities. Specific histories and cultural contexts discussed include the accordion in Brazil, Argentine tango, accordion traditions in Colombia, cross-border accordion culture between Mexico and Texas, Cajun and Creole identity, working-class culture near Lake Superior, the virtuoso Italian-American and Klezmer accordions, Native American dance music, and American avant-garde.
9780252094323
2019716467
Accordion--History.--United States
Accordionists--United States.
Accordion music--Social aspects--United States.
Immigrants--Music--History and criticism.--United States
Electronic Books.
ML1083 / .A236 2012
Includes bibliographies and index.
From old world to new shores / Accordion jokes : a folklorist's view / From chanky-chank to Yankee chanks : the Cajun accordion as identity symbol / Garde ici et garde lá-bas : Creole accordion in Louisiana / "Tejano and proud" : regional accordion traditions of South Texas and the border region / Preserving territory : the changing language of the accordion in Tohono O'odham waila music / Accordions and working-class culture along Lake Superior's South Shore / Play me a tarantella, a polka, or jazz : Italian Americans and the currency of piano accordion music / The klezmer accordion : an outsider among outsiders / Beyond Vallenato : the accordion traditions in Colombia / "A hellish instrument" : the story of the tango bandoneón / No ma' se oye el fuinfuán : the noisy accordion in the Dominican Republic / Between the folds of Luiz Gonzaga's sanfona : forré music in Brazil / The accordion in new scores : paradigms of authorship and identity in William Schimmel's musical "realities" / Helena Simonett -- Richard March -- Mark F. DeWitt -- Jared Snyder -- Cathy Ragland -- Janet Sturman -- James P. Leary -- Christine Zinni -- Joshua Horowitz -- Egberto Bermúdez -- Maria Susana Azzi -- Sydney Hutchinson -- Megwen Loveless -- Marion S. Jacobson.
This collection considers the accordion and its myriad forms, from the concertina, button accordion, and piano accordion familiar in European and North American music to the exotic-sounding South American bandoneón and the sanfoninha. Capturing the instrument's spread and adaptation to many different cultures in North and South America, contributors illuminate how the accordion factored into power struggles over aesthetic values between elites and working-class people who often were members of immigrant and/or marginalized ethnic communities. Specific histories and cultural contexts discussed include the accordion in Brazil, Argentine tango, accordion traditions in Colombia, cross-border accordion culture between Mexico and Texas, Cajun and Creole identity, working-class culture near Lake Superior, the virtuoso Italian-American and Klezmer accordions, Native American dance music, and American avant-garde.
9780252094323
2019716467
Accordion--History.--United States
Accordionists--United States.
Accordion music--Social aspects--United States.
Immigrants--Music--History and criticism.--United States
Electronic Books.
ML1083 / .A236 2012