SHEET MUSIC, BOOKS, AND ODDITIES
19 Essex Street New York, NY 10002 212-614-3109

  • "Accordion Course #1 to #10" by Palmer Hughes. General course books for different levels of comprehension.

  • "Contemporary Accordion" by Louis Giampetruzzi. Bound booklet, 95 pages with b/w photos. Survey of new styles for accordion, over 30 tunes in different styles. Sections on buying an accordion, care and maintenance and an informative discography. $15.95.

  • "Il Tango di Astor Piazzolla." Bound booklet 26 pages. A Main Squeeze exclusive, imported from Italy. $29.95.

  • "Jazz Theory and Improvisation Studies for Accordion" by Ralph Stricker. The best accordion Jazz instruction ever written.

  • An extensive range of new and used sheet music for the accordion. Too many titles to list. $3.50

  • "Les As du Musette." A lovely set of 36 accordion trading cards designed by famous artist, R. Crumb. Beautiful color illustrations of the players on one side and a short biography of their illustrious lives on the other. All packaged in a printed cardboard case. A must-have! $19.95. (Currently not in stock.)

  • "Accordion Crimes" by E. Annie Proulx. Excellent novel about the life of one accordion in a world of deceit and disaster. $20.

  • "Das Akkordeon, Eine Wilde Karriere" by Christoph Wagner. German text, 237 pages with b/w photos and illustrations. 12 color photos. Beautifully illustrated book of the accordion in Germany in '20s and '30s.

  • "The Bandoneon - A Tango History" by Javier Garcie Mendez/Arturo Penon. 87 pages, 8 illustrations. A short, concise history of the origin of the bandoneon in relation to the tango. An exquisite book.

  • "The Classical Squeeze box" by Henry Doktorski. A short history of the accordion and other free reed instruments in classical music.

  • "Cajun Music: A Reflection of People Volume One" by Ann Allen Savoy. 422 pages, numerous b/w photos and scores. A comprehensive history of Cajun music. $36.
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