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2012

Format:	Book
Author:	Jacobson, Marion S.
Title:	Squeeze this! : a cultural history of the accordion in America / Marion Jacobson.
Publisher, Date:	Urbana : University of Illinois Press, ©2012.
Description:	xi, 256 pages, 20 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations (some color) ; 25 cm.
Summary:	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.
Series:	Folklore studies in a multicultural world Folklore studies in a multicultural world.
Subjects:	Accordion -- United States -- History. Accordionists -- United States.
Notes:	Includes bibliographical references and index. English.
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.
LCCN:	2011034681
ISBN:	9780252036750 0252036751
Other Number:	747331997
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Control Number:	329987
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Call Number:	788.865 Jacobson

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