The accordion in the Americas klezmer, polka, tango, zydeco, and more! / edited by Helena Simonett.
| Other author | Simonett, Helena. |
| Format | Electronic |
| Publication Info | Urbana : University of Illinois Press, [2012] |
| Description | 330 pages : illustrations ; 25 cm. |
| Supplemental Content | Full text available from Ebook Central - Academic Complete |
| Subjects |
| Series | Music in American life |
| Contents | From old world to new shores / Helena Simonett -- Accordion jokes : a folklorist's view / Richard March -- From chanky-chank to Yankee chanks : the Cajun accordion as identity symbol / Mark F. DeWitt -- Garde ici et garde lá-bas : Creole accordion in Louisiana / Jared Snyder -- "Tejano and proud" : regional accordion traditions of South Texas and the border region / Cathy Ragland -- Preserving territory : the changing language of the accordion in Tohono O'odham waila music / Janet Sturman -- Accordions and working-class culture along Lake Superior's South Shore / James P. Leary -- Play me a tarantella, a polka, or jazz : Italian Americans and the currency of piano accordion music / Christine Zinni -- The klezmer accordion : an outsider among outsiders / Joshua Horowitz -- Beyond Vallenato : the accordion traditions in Colombia / Egberto Bermúdez -- "A hellish instrument" : the story of the tango bandoneón / Maria Susana Azzi -- No ma' se oye el fuinfuán : the noisy accordion in the Dominican Republic / Sydney Hutchinson -- Between the folds of Luiz Gonzaga's sanfona : forré music in Brazil / Megwen Loveless -- The accordion in new scores : paradigms of authorship and identity in William Schimmel's musical "realities" / Marion S. Jacobson. |
| Bibliography note | Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| Access restriction | Available only to authorized users. |
| Technical details | Mode of access: World Wide Web |
| Genre/form | Electronic books. |
| LCCN | 2012008976 |
| ISBN | 9780252037207 (cloth) |
| ISBN | 9780252078712 (pbk.) |
| ISBN | 9780252094323 e-book |
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| Electronic Resources | Access Content Online | ✔ Available |