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Powerful voices : the musical and social world of collegiate a cappella / Joshua S. Duchan.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Duchan, Joshua S.
- Series:
- Tracking pop
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Vocal groups--United States.
- Vocal groups.
- Music in universities and colleges--United States.
- Music in universities and colleges.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (269 p.)
- Edition:
- 1st ed.
- Place of Publication:
- Ann Arbor : University of Michigan Press, c2012.
- Language Note:
- English
- Summary:
- The first scholarly account of the music and culture of collegiate a cappella.
- Contents:
- Intro
- Contents
- Introduction
- Part I. Collegiate A Cappella's Predecessors, Inception, and Historical Moment
- 1. From Nineteenth-Century Glee Clubs to Barbershop Harmony
- 2. The Whiffenpoofs: The "First" A Cappella Group
- 3. Doo-Wop and Late-Twentieth-Century Vocal Pop
- 4. The A Cappella Explosion
- Part II. Contemporary Collegiate A Cappella: Performance, Technology, and Community
- 5. Musical Components and Their Social Motivations
- 6. In Rehearsal: A Cappella's Social Performance
- 7. In Performance: Gender, Humor, Gesture, and Politics
- 8. Technology in Collegiate A Cappella Performance and Recording
- 9. Listening to Recordings: BOCA and Discourse
- Conclusion
- Notes
- Bibliography
- Index.
- Notes:
- Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph
- Includes bibliographical references (p. 223-249) and index.
- Description based on information from the publisher.
- ISBN:
- 9786613532480
- 9781280128608
- 1280128607
- 9780472028337
- 0472028332
- OCLC:
- 792819256
- Publisher Number:
- 10.3998/mpub.911758
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