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10 linear feet (in 13 boxes) — 1 oversize folder — 5 GB (online) — 62 digital audio files

Research materials used by Laurie Palazzolo in writing of her book Horn Man: the Polish-American Musician in Twentieth-Century Detroit (Detroit, Mich.: American-Polish Music Society, 2003). The collection sheds light on the history of 20th century Polish-American musical landscape of greater Detroit.

The collection documents the history and repertoire of Polish folk music bands in the greater Detroit area as well as professional careers of musicians. The records date primarily from the 1940's until 1980s. Materials dated 1990s-2000s are primarily transcripts of interviews taken by Gomulka Palazzolo. Records include correspondence, business contracts, performance schedules and programs, sheet music, scanned copies of photographs, copies of Keynote magazine, biographical information and interviews of musicians, performance advertisements, and recordings. The records are arranged into five series as follows: Research files, Detroit Federation of Musicians, Sheet music, Sound recordings, and Visual materials.

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The Sound recordings series contains 78-rpm, 45-rpm, and 33 1/2- rpm records of dances and compositions performed by various Polish folk music orchestras, as well as audio cassettes and digital recordings of radio shows, performances, and interviews. Material in this series is arranged in alphabetical order by author or performer. Many of these recordings have been digitized and reissued in the CD collection "American Polish Music from Detroit."