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The British Barbershopper: A Study in Socio-Musical Values Hardcover - 2005
by Liz Garnett
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These words, spoken casually by a friend about a mutual acquaintance, have stayed with me over a period of years, since they encapsulate so much that is both fascinating and utterly intractable in the study of barbershop singing.
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- Title The British Barbershopper: A Study in Socio-Musical Values
- Author Liz Garnett
- Binding Hardcover
- Pages 216
- Volumes 1
- Language ENG
- Publisher Routledge, United Kingdom
- Date March 2005
- Illustrated Yes
- Features Bibliography, Glossary, Illustrated, Index
- ISBN 9780754635598 / 0754635597
- Library of Congress Catalog Number 2004006875
- Dewey Decimal Code 783.144
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Hardback. New. Barbershop singing is a distinctive and under-documented facet of Britain's musical landscape. Imported from the USA in the 1960s, it has developed into an active and highly organized musical community characterized by strong social support structures and a proselytizing passion for its particular style. This style is defined, within the community, in largely music-theoretical terms and is both highly prescriptive and continually contested, but there is also a host of performance traditions that articulate barbershop's identity as a distinct and specific genre. Liz Garnett documents and analyses the social and musical practices of this specialized community of music-makers, and extends this analysis to theorize the relationship between music and self-identity. The book engages with a range of sociological and musicological theoretical frameworks in order to explore the role of harmony, ritual, sexual politics, performance styles and 'tag-singing' in barbershop. This…
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Ashgate Pub Ltd, 2005. Hardcover. New. illustrated edition. 201 pages. 9.25x6.25x0.75 inches.
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