University Of Illinois Press Squeeze this!: a cultural history of the accordion in america, paperback/marion jacobson

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The piano accordion experienced a roller coaster ride of popularity--rise to fame on the airwaves, stage and silver screen, then a deathly decline, followed by a pop culture resurgence.

Squeeze This rolls out a history of the squeezebox with the first book-length study of its fascinating role in twentieth-century American music and culture.

Focusing on key moments of transition, ethnomusicologist and accordion enthusiast Marion Jacobson shows how the instrument came to be cel.