Motor City Music

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Motor City Music is written by Mark Slobin and published by Oxford University Press. It's available with International Standard Book Number or ISBN identification 0190882107 (ISBN 10) and 9780190882105 (ISBN 13).

Motor City Music is a pioneering study of the musical life of an American metropolis. 1940s-60s Detroit produced prominent musicians, from jazz to classical to ethnic. Author Mark Slobin begins with a reflection on his life growing up in Detroit, stresses public-school music, surveys neighborhood musical life, and covers industry, labor, the counterculture, media, and the record industry, including Motown.