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Squeeze This

by Chloe Veltman

One of the great delights of working at The Library of Congress is being able to attend all manner of lectures on marvelously obscure subjects.Yesterday's fascinating jaunt through the cultural history of the piano accordion by musicologist Marion Jacobson was no exception.Jacobson, who plays the accordion herself, has just published a book on the subject entitled Squeeze This: A Cultural History of the Accordion in …

SOURCE: Chloe Veltman at 11:13am on July 13, 2012