The British Barbershopper: A Study in Socio-Musical Values Tapa dura - 2005

A-10: Routledge. Very Good. 2005. Hardcover. DJ has light shelf-wear present to the DJ extremities. No ownership marks present. Text is clean and free of marks, binding tight and solid, boards clean with no wear present. A-10; Ashgate Popular And Folk Music Series; 9.3 X 6.0 X 0.6 inches; 216 pages .

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… Leer más

Ashgate Pub Ltd, 2005. Hardcover. New. illustrated edition. 201 pages. 9.25x6.25x0.75 inches.

hardcover. Good. Access codes and supplements are not guaranteed with used items. May be an ex-library book.