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 contemporary 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 musics 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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