Motor City music : a Detroiter looks back / Mark Slobin.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Slobin, Mark, author.

Series:

Oxford scholarship online

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Music--Michigan--Detroit--History and criticism.

Music.

Music--Social aspects--Michigan--Detroit--History.

Music--Social aspects.

History.

Michigan--Detroit.

Physical Description:

1 online resource : illustrations (black and white).

Place of Publication:

New York, NY : Oxford University Press, 2018.

System Details:

text file

Summary:

This work combines memoir, interview, and archival sources to survey the musical life of the author's hometown, Detroit, in his youth during the city's heyday, 1940s-1960s. After an opening chapter on the formation of personal musical identity, the focus shifts to the formative role of the public school system in educating and shaping the careers of waves of highly talented youth, many of whom became leading figures in African American and classical music nationally. Next comes a panorama of the 'neighbourhood' subcultural musics of European, southern white, and southern black immigrants to Detroit, followed up by a close-up of the Jewish community's special case.

Notes:

Previously issued in print: 2018.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Description based on online resource; title from home page (viewed on October 23, 2018).

Other Format:

Print version :

ISBN:

9780190882112

Access Restriction:

Restricted for use by site license.