An American Accordion Story
Author | : Joseph Petosa (Jr.) |
Publisher | : |
Total Pages | : 0 |
Release | : 2022 |
Genre | : Accordion |
ISBN | : 9781684899593 |
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"This beautiful (11"x 8.5") coffee table style book celebrates the remarkable legacy of four generations of an immigrant Italian-American artisans who have been hand-making accordions for one-hundred years. It chronicles American Accordion history, the musicians, and their unique place in American culture. A family's fulfillment of the American Dream is a footnote in the history of the contemporary accordion, whose development began in Europe in the 1800s. The "squeezebox" came to America with European immigrants, found a place on the Vaudeville stage, and enjoyed a wave of growing popularity in the first half of the twentieth century--until the arrival of rock 'n' roll caused the accordion's "fall from grace"."--Publisher's web site.