Collegiate a cappella, part of a long tradition of unaccompanied
singing, is known to date back on American college campuses to at
least the colonial era. Considered in the context of college glee
clubs, barbershop quartets, early-twentieth-century vocal pop
groups, doo-wop groups, and late-twentieth-century a cappella
manifestations in pop music, collegiate a cappella is an extension
of a very old tradition of close harmony singing---one that
includes but also goes beyond the founding of the Yale
Whiffenpoofs. Yet despite this important history, collegiate a
cappella has until now never been the subject of scholarly
examination.
In "Powerful Voices: The Musical and Social World of Collegiate
A Cappella," Joshua S. Duchan offers the first thorough accounting
of the music's history and reveals how the critical issues of
sociability, gender, performance, and technology affect its music
and experience. Just as importantly, Duchan provides a vital
contribution to music scholarship more broadly, in several
important ways: by expanding the small body of literature on
choruses and amateur music; by addressing musical and social
processes in a field where the vast majority of scholarship focuses
on individuals and their products; and by highlighting a musical
context long neglected by musicologists---the college campus.
Ultimately, "Powerful Voices" is a window on a world of amateur
music that has begun to expand its reach internationally, carrying
this uniquely American musical form to new global audiences, while
playing an important role in the social, cultural, and musical
education of countless singers over the last century.
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