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barbershop quartetPopular vocal ensemble consisting of four unaccompanied male voices. The voice parts are tenor, lead, baritone, and bass, with the lead normally singing the melody and the tenor harmonizing above. The emphasis is on close harmony, synchronization of word sounds, and variation of tempo, volume, diction, and phrasing. Barbershop apparently originated in the U.S. in the late 19th century, when American barbershops formed social and musical centres for neighbourhood men, though the term may derive from “barber's music,” the British term for an extemporized performance by patrons waiting to be shaved and referring to a barber's traditional role as a musician. How to thank TFD for its existence? Tell a friend about us, add a link to this page, add the site to iGoogle, or visit webmaster's page for free fun content. |
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| It could be the neighborhood theater troupe and barbershop quartet. Musical vocal sounds are a regular routine for Linda Grant De Pauw and her Little Ol' Ladies From Pasadena, a barbershop quartet of elderly women that makes the rounds at senior centers and long term care facilities in and around Pasadena, Md. While triumphing in this darkling spectacle of aftershock, done to Donald York's anguished score, he also achieved an opposite triumph in 2002's Dream Girls, performed to recordings of the barbershop quartet file Buffalo Bills. |
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