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No other instrument has witnessed such a dramatic rise to popularity--and precipitous decline--as the accordion. 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. Ethnomusicologist a... Read More about Squeeze This!: A Cultural History of the Accordion in America (Folklore Studies in Multicultural World)

An invention of the Industrial Revolution, the accordion provided the less affluent with an inexpensive, loud, portable, and durable "one-man-orchestra" capable of producing melody, harmony, and bass all at once. Imported from Europe into the Americas, the accordion with its distinctive sound became... Read More about The Accordion in the Americas: Klezmer, Polka, Tango, Zydeco, and More! (Music in American Life)

No other instrument has witnessed such a dramatic rise to popularity--and precipitous decline--as the accordion. 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. Ethnomusicologist a... Read More about Squeeze This!: A Cultural History of the Accordion in America (Folklore Studies in Multicultural World)

An invention of the Industrial Revolution, the accordion provided the less affluent with an inexpensive, loud, portable, and durable "one-man-orchestra" capable of producing melody, harmony, and bass all at once. Imported from Europe into the Americas, the accordion with its distinctive sound became... Read More about The Accordion in the Americas: Klezmer, Polka, Tango, Zydeco, and More! (Music in American Life)