'Arguably the most important historian in his field...' (PANM360 Cardin) Mr. Petric's first book The Concert Accordion - Contemporary Perspectives (2017, 350p) documents the only confirmation in the literature of the origins of the concert accordion, the recovery of Giovanni Gagliardi’s forgotten 1911 treatise Manualetto del Fisharmonicista and 54 unknown instruments and builders 1890-1940, inter alia. 'A towering achievement and a model of scholarship...' (J.Goldman, ethnomusicologist, UdeMontréal) the monograph delivers treatises, interpreters, correspondance, photographs unprecedented in the literature.
Petric's Manifesto - A Holistic Accordion (2022, 54p) warrants authentic interpretation in the contemporary concert hall 'exploring perspectives applicable to ... other performance traditions with a tone of inclusivity that contrasts sharply with restricted (reductivist) perspectives...' (John Rea, Prof. Emeritus, Schulich McGill Music).
In Accordion Dialogues (2025,135p) Mr. Petric examines the ironic translations documented by accordion 'interpreters, its repertoire, and ideological and academic agendas...that have led to the greatest postmodernly subversive instrument of musical adaptation.'(L.Hutcheon, Prof. Emeritus, UofToronto). Petric positions his examination of ironic translation in the broadest historic horizons in the works of Josquin, J.S. Bach, Mozart, Mahler, Mozetich, Morin and Hatzis inter alia and its significance for the contemporary accordionist in the concert hall.
Petric is published exclusively by Augemus Press, here, www.augemus.de .