the country. Its popularity declined drastically beginning around 1960. A revival of bals has begun, especially in larger cities, and a modern form of the musette is establishing itself. Notes Bibliography Amandine Dewaele (1995), Les origines du bal musette, Paris 8e: Mémoire de maîtrise d'anthropologie. Roger Chenault (1995), La danse musette, Courbevoie: Author edition. External links web site of Jo Privat, a French musette accordion player French styles of music French dances 19th-century music genres