Four Parts, No Waiting: A Social History of American Barbershop Quartet

by Gage Averill

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Four Parts, No Waiting investigates the role that vernacular, barbershop-style close harmony has played in American musical history, in American life, and in the American imagination. Starting with a discussion of the first craze for Austrian four-part close harmony in the 1830s, Averill traces the popularity of this musical form in minstrel shows, black recreational singing, vaudeville, early recordings, and in the barbershop revival of the 1930s...

Format:Paperback

Language:English

ISBN:0195328930

ISBN13:9780195328936

Release Date:September 2010

Publisher:Oxford University Press

Length:320 Pages

Weight:0.80 lbs.

Dimensions:0.6" x 6.0" x 9.0"

Related Subjects

Arts, Music & Photography Ethnic & International Ethnomusicology Music Musical Genres Social Science Social Sciences Voice

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