| Description |
xiv, 162 p. : ill., music ; 26 cm. |
| Series |
Detroit monographs in musicology/Studies in music ; no. 43
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| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references (p. [145]-157) and index. |
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Includes discography: p. 157-158. |
| Contents |
Jostling for a place in the crowd : pre- and post-war Polish-American settlements -- The Polish church, the sum of all its members : music and identity in the church -- We brought what we could, we'll keep what's good : cultural clubs and secular choirs, Polish or English? -- Lutnia : the story of one choir -- You wanna dance, or something? : the polka in the mainstream and the ethnic market -- We'll have a little swing with that polka : dance bands from the 1920s to the 1950s -- So what'll it be (rock, country, or Polish?) : dance bands since the 1950s -- United we stand : the establishment of a polka industry -- I'm not with him : music and identity. |
| Subject |
Polish Americans -- Michigan -- Detroit -- Music -- History and criticism.
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Polish American musicians -- Michigan -- Detroit.
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| Added Title |
Polish American music in Detroit |
| ISBN |
0899901263 |
| OCLC # |
56532579 |
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