Anglo concertina history

Subject: Anglo concertina history
From: Desert Dancer
Date: 15 Nov 07 - 04:19 PM

[Yes, in case somebody's watching, it's pretty quiet at work lately!!]

Concertina.com, the online library of documentation on everything about concertinas has a couple of articles that detail the history of the anglo concertina in the United States and Ireland. (This info thanks to a tip from Musical Traditions.)

Though the author, Dan Worrall, calls the U.S. article a "Brief History of...", it's quite lengthy, and there's an amazing amount of detail there, including quotes from newspapers, advertising, examples of pictures, etc.

~ Becky in Tucson

Subject: RE: English concertina history
From: Desert Dancer
Date: 15 Nov 07 - 04:20 PM

Actually, now that I peek at that one, the article about Ireland is concertinas in general. English instruments are mentioned in the U.S. history article as well, of course, in notes of comparison.

~ B in T