The barbershop singer : inside the social world of a musical hobby /

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Barbership singing is often dismissed by its critics as merely an enjoyable hobby. Though long popular with both its public and participants, it has been relatively neglected in the field of music studies. Robert A. Stebbins demonstrates that barbershop singing is an elaborate and complicated form o...

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Bibliographic Details
Call Number:Libro Electrónico
Main Author: Stebbins, Robert A., 1938-
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:Inglés
Published: Toronto, Ont. : University of Toronto Press, 1996.
Subjects:
Barbershop singing > Social aspects.
Music > Social aspects.
Barbershop singing > Alberta > Calgary.
Barbershop singing > Aspect social.
Musique > Aspect social.
POLITICAL SCIENCE > Public Policy > Cultural Policy.
SOCIAL SCIENCE > Anthropology > Cultural.
SOCIAL SCIENCE > Popular Culture.
SOCIAL SCIENCE > Sociology > General.
Barbershop singing.
Barbershop harmony
A cappella.
Zangverenigingen.
Alberta > Calgary.
Online Access:Texto completo
Table of Contents:
  • Contents
  • Preface
  • Acknowledgments
  • 1 The Social Worlds of American Music
  • 2 The Old Songs
  • 3 Organized Barbershop
  • 4 Becoming a Barbershop Singer
  • 5 Why Sing?
  • 6 Work in Leisure
  • 7 Dissonance in Close Harmony
  • 8 Musical Lifestyles
  • Appendix: Interview Guide for the Study of Barbershop Singers
  • Notes
  • Bibliography
  • Index
  • A
  • B
  • C
  • D
  • E
  • F
  • G
  • H
  • J
  • K
  • L
  • M
  • N
  • O
  • P
  • R
  • S
  • T
  • U
  • V
  • W
  • Y
  • Z

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