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UNINA9910786362903321 |
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Titolo |
The accordion in the Americas [[electronic resource] ] : klezmer, polka, tango, zydeco, and more! / / edited by Helena Simonett |
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Urbana, : University of Illinois Press, [2012] |
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ISBN |
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1-283-71262-8 |
0-252-09432-8 |
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Descrizione fisica |
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Collana |
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Altri autori (Persone) |
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Disciplina |
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Soggetti |
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Accordion - United States - History |
Accordionists - United States |
Accordion music - Social aspects - United States |
Immigrants - United States - Music - History and criticism |
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Formato |
Materiale a stampa |
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Livello bibliografico |
Monografia |
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Note generali |
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Nota di bibliografia |
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Includes bibliographical references and index. |
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Nota di contenuto |
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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 DeWitt -- Garde ici et garde lá-bas : Creole accordion in Louisiana / Jared Snyder -- "Tejano and proud" : the 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 / Mara 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 : forre music in Brazil / Megwen Loveless -- The accordion in new scores : paradigms of authorship and identity in William Schimmel's musical "realities" / Marion Jacobson. |
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Sommario/riassunto |
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An invention of the Industrial Revolution, the accordion provided the |
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less affluent with an inexpensive, loud, portable, and durable 'one-man-orchestra' capable of producing melody, harmony, and bass all at once. This collection considers the accordion and its myriad forms. |
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