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Doo-wop acappella : a story of street corners, echoes, and three-part harmonies / Lawrence Pitilli.
Author
Pitilli, Lawrence
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Format
Book
Language
English
Published/Created
Lanham, Maryland : Rowman & Littlefield, [2016]
Description
xvi, 223 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm
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Mendel Music Library - Stacks
ML3527 .P55 2016
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Subject(s)
Doo-wop (Music)
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History and criticism
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Library of Congress genre(s)
Criticism, interpretation, etc
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Series
American popular music
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Summary note
"[This] is the tale of urban change, mass migrations, ethnic acculturation, a changing radio and recording industry, and the dynamics of cultural change in the "sounds"--Sonic and linguistic--that every generation seeks to make and re-make for itself"--Page 4 of cover.
Bibliographic references
Includes bibliographical references (pages 209-214) and index.
Contents
History in the making : a cappella and now
acappella!
Harmony on an urban stage
Nonsense syllables, echoes, and the sweet science of it all
Where the boys were and the girls weren't : gender roles in the acappella community
From street corners to vinyl
Doo-wop acappella as folk art, folk music, and performance art
Who's got talent?
Doo-wop acappella and popular culture
Why the Persuasions matter
Those oldies but goodies : ah
which ones to choose?
Where do we go from here
or
Where have we been going?
Glossary of terms.
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ISBN
9781442244290 ((hardcover ; : alk. paper))
1442244291
LCCN
2016016329
OCLC
946140932
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