Concertina!
Clip: Season 2006 Episode 26 | 7m 38sVideo has Closed Captions
A professor at St. Olaf College --Vern Rippley-- has written a book about the...
A professor at St. Olaf College --Vern Rippley-- has written a book about the concertina: "The Chemnitzer Concertina" for the St. Olaf College Press. Minnesota and Wisconsin are among the last places you can hear this music being played. We'll talk to Vern and then hear some concertina music courtesy of Jerry Minar.
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Concertina!
Clip: Season 2006 Episode 26 | 7m 38sVideo has Closed Captions
A professor at St. Olaf College --Vern Rippley-- has written a book about the concertina: "The Chemnitzer Concertina" for the St. Olaf College Press. Minnesota and Wisconsin are among the last places you can hear this music being played. We'll talk to Vern and then hear some concertina music courtesy of Jerry Minar.
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