Andrew Flory is an Assistant Professor of Music at Carleton College.
[Flory’s] access to Motown archival materials, his scrutiny of the
Michigan Chronicle, and his encyclopedic familiarity with seemingly
every form of Motown’s output and public circulation—recordings,
covers, film, television appearances, commercials—brings readers
closer than ever before to an understanding of the operations of
the company and the sheer scope of Motown’s presence in global
popular culture."" - Mark Burford, Associate Professor of Music at
Reed College
""I Hear a Symphony is a superb musicological investigation of
Motown as a force in the pop marketplace over the past five
decades. It presents a one-of-a-kind, multifaceted narrative whose
themes include industrial history, cultural history, race, musical
style and practice, repertory, intertextual influence, technology,
marketing and branding, and pop music’s transnational currents, all
woven into a sophisticated history of one of pop’s most fascinating
and enduring institutions."" - Albin Zak, Professor of Musicology
at the University at Albany
""[I Hear a Symphony] makes a substantial contribution to academic
literature on Motown . . . [Flory] certainly takes an approach to
Motown that is significantly different from any previous work on
the subject."" - Rob Bowman, Associate Professor of
Ethnomusicology, York University
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