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The Accordion in the Americas : Klezmer, Polka, Tango, Zydeco, and More!

By: Contributor(s): Material type: TextTextSeries: Music in American Life SeriesPublisher: Champaign : University of Illinois Press, 2012Copyright date: ©2012Edition: 1st edDescription: 1 online resource (346 pages)Content type:
  • text
Media type:
  • computer
Carrier type:
  • online resource
ISBN:
  • 9780252094323
Subject(s): Genre/Form: Additional physical formats: Print version:: The Accordion in the AmericasDDC classification:
  • 788.8/6097
LOC classification:
  • ML1083
Online resources:
Contents:
Cover -- Title Page -- Copyright -- Contents -- Introduction Helena Simonett -- Chapter 1 From Old World to New Shores Helena Simonett -- Chapter 2 Accordion Jokes: A Folklorist's View Richard March -- Chapter 3 From Chanky-Chank to Yankee Chanks: The Cajun Accordion as Identity Symbol Mark F. DeWit -- Chapter 4 'Garde ici et 'garde lá-bas: Creole Accordion in Louisiana Jared Snyder -- Chapter 5 "Tejano and Proud": Regional Accordion Traditions of South Texas and the Border Region -- Chapter 6 Preserving Territory: The Changing Language of the Accordion in Tohono O'odham Waila -- Chapter 7 Accordions and Working-Class Culture along Lake Superior's South Shore James P. Leary -- Chapter 8 Play Me a Tarantella, a Polka, or Jazz: Italian Americans and the Currency of Piano- -- Chapter 9 The Klezmer Accordion: An Outsider among Outsiders Joshua Horowitz -- Chapter 10 Beyond Vallenato: The Accordion Traditions in Colombia Egberto Bermúdez -- Chapter 11 "A Hellish Instrument" The Story of the Tango Bandoneón María Susana Azzi -- Chapter 12 No ma' se oye el fuinfuán: The Noisy Accordion in the Dominican Republic Sydney -- Chapter 13 Between the Folds of Luiz Gonzaga's Sanfona: Forró Music in Brazil Megwen Loveless -- Chapter 14 The Accordion in New Scores: Paradigms of Authorship and Identity in William Schimmel's -- Glossary -- Contributors.
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Cover -- Title Page -- Copyright -- Contents -- Introduction Helena Simonett -- Chapter 1 From Old World to New Shores Helena Simonett -- Chapter 2 Accordion Jokes: A Folklorist's View Richard March -- Chapter 3 From Chanky-Chank to Yankee Chanks: The Cajun Accordion as Identity Symbol Mark F. DeWit -- Chapter 4 'Garde ici et 'garde lá-bas: Creole Accordion in Louisiana Jared Snyder -- Chapter 5 "Tejano and Proud": Regional Accordion Traditions of South Texas and the Border Region -- Chapter 6 Preserving Territory: The Changing Language of the Accordion in Tohono O'odham Waila -- Chapter 7 Accordions and Working-Class Culture along Lake Superior's South Shore James P. Leary -- Chapter 8 Play Me a Tarantella, a Polka, or Jazz: Italian Americans and the Currency of Piano- -- Chapter 9 The Klezmer Accordion: An Outsider among Outsiders Joshua Horowitz -- Chapter 10 Beyond Vallenato: The Accordion Traditions in Colombia Egberto Bermúdez -- Chapter 11 "A Hellish Instrument" The Story of the Tango Bandoneón María Susana Azzi -- Chapter 12 No ma' se oye el fuinfuán: The Noisy Accordion in the Dominican Republic Sydney -- Chapter 13 Between the Folds of Luiz Gonzaga's Sanfona: Forró Music in Brazil Megwen Loveless -- Chapter 14 The Accordion in New Scores: Paradigms of Authorship and Identity in William Schimmel's -- Glossary -- Contributors.

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