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 ipedia.com: Quartet Article
A string quartet is a form of instrumentation in Western music tradition that consists of two violins, a viola, and a cello playing a multi-movement musical composition utilizing the sonata form.
Another common instrumentation is the piano quartet, consisting of violin, viola, cello, and piano.
In music, a quartet is a method of instrumentation (or a medium) used to perform a musical composition, consisting of four parts.
http://www.ipedia.com/quartet.html   (443 words)

  
 NPR : Barbershop Quartets, Present at the Creation
Barbershop quartet expert David Wright and NPR's Jim Wildman listen to barbershop tunes and discuss the barbershop style
But barbershop quartets soon became associated with white performers when the recorded version of the music became widely distributed, Averill says.
Billy Murray and the Haydn Quartet sing "By the Light of the Silvery Moon." The group was making records for Edison Records as early as 1894.
http://www.npr.org/programs/morning/features/patc/barbershop   (741 words)

  
 St. James Encyclopedia of Pop Culture: Barbershop Quartets
Most barbershops had a radio, and the term "barbershop singing" is said to have originally referred to the way in which customers would improvise or "woodshed" harmonies to whatever popular song might be playing on the radio as they waited their turns for a haircut or shave.
A barbershop quartet is any four-person vocal music group that performs a cappella&; without instrumental accompaniment--the popular American music of the late nineteenth and early twentieth centuries.
The barbershop style of singing has its roots in an old American pastime known as "woodshedding," in which one person would lead a group in song by taking up the melody of a popular tune, and the rest of the group would then improvise harmonies to that melody.
http://www.findarticles.com/p/articles/mi_g1epc/is_tov/ai_2419100090   (973 words)

  
 Barbershop Quartets on Early 78s
Quartet singing was incredibly popular in the acoustic era, but no quartets of the acoustic era were known as barbershop quartets.
The song does not actually refer to barbershop quartets but "barbershop" is used as a musical term (it is a type of harmony).
William Tracey is given credit on sheet music for lyrics, but Ballard Macdonald successfully argued in court that he was the song's originator, which resulted in the song's publisher paying Macdonald $37,500, forcing the publisher into bankruptcy.
http://www.garlic.com/~tgracyk/barbershop.html   (528 words)

  
 An Information Manual for Barbershop Quartets
Barbershop harmony is a style of unaccompanied vocal music characterized by consonant four-part chords for every melody note in a predominantly homophonic texture.
Barbershop is still, however, a music of the people.
The primary hallmark of barbershop music is its consonant harmony.
http://www.spebsqsa.org/web/groups/public/documents/pages/pub_cb_00025.hcsp   (13073 words)

  
 Barbershop quartets surprise area sweethearts with singing valentines
Barbershop history: According to the Barbershop Harmony Society, barbershop music is a product of African-American musical devices, European hymn-singing culture and an American tradition of recreational music.
Southern Splendor's goal: Allen Neely, a member of the chorus, said barbershop music is in a lull now.
Barbershop decline: Barbershop music's popularity subsided in black and white society by the late 1930s, according to historians.
http://www.decaturdaily.com/decaturdaily/news/050215/quartet.shtml   (814 words)

  
 Barbershop Quartets to compete in local event
Barbershop, said members of the Columbia singing group, is more than just a style of music: It’s a lifestyle.
In the mid-1800s, the music was often sung by white singers in blackface and later by black singers in music sketches depicting plantation life.
According to the Society for the Preservation of Barbershop, the music form has its roots in African-American musical devices, European hymn singing and an American tradition of recreational music.
http://www.showmenews.com/2002/Apr/20020407Ovat003.asp   (613 words)

  
 JS Online: Making its pitch for barbershop quartets
What is known as barbershop singing, according to the society, actually has its roots in African-American music as early as the 1870s, when black quartets such as The American Four and The Hamtown Students helped to establish the improvisational nature of four-part harmony.
I'm at the home of barbershop music in America, and a more harmonious way of getting here would be hard to find.
Interest rose and fell through the years but barbershop music outlasted all of those.
http://www.jsonline.com/dd/destmid/feb02/20069.asp   (1029 words)

  
 Barbershop Quartets and Chorus - EntsWeb Directory
A male acappella chorus of 35 performers singing mainly in the barbershop style.
Award-winning talented and entertaining 'a capella' quartet singing popular songs from the 20th century
The current line up consists of Mike and Steve who are two of the founder members, and Mick and Tom.
http://www.entsweb.co.uk/musicians/barbershop   (137 words)

  
 My stores planet - barbershop quartets
Barbershop Quartet Music,1994,1996,1997 Top 20 Barbershop Quartets,26 to 28 songs per tape,Oh You Beautiful Doll,Seems Like Old Times,Son Of The...
Title: The treasury of barbershop quartets [sound recording].
WHAT IS...mainly men, were often heard singing improvised barbershop harmonies at parties and picnics.
http://mystoresplanet.info/barbershop-quartets   (930 words)

  
 Barbershop harmony music CDs - singing a cappella
Alberta, BC (Canada)-based RealTime is an a cappella vocal group that sings and performs in a wide variety of vocal music, from Contemporary to Barbershop and everything in between.
In 1987 a St. Louis, MO municipal band was looking for a barbershop group to sing "Lida Rose" for the "Music Man" section of their Broadway tribute.
They went on to record extensively and seek professional bookings outside of barbershop circles, causing them to perfect their act, and helping to create a world of possibilities for top-drawer barbershop groups in the entertainment industry.
http://www.singers.com/barbershop   (2558 words)

  
 the BARBERSHOP HARMONY WebRing index
St.Louis quartet known for doo-wop 1950's hits as well as classic turn of the century songs.
Barbershop Internet Radio Show that plays tracks of international quartets and choruses, both male, female and mixed.
The City of Sails Chorus in Auckland is a group of around 70 like-minded, singing men from a wide variety of backgrounds who meet on a weekly basis to practice and sing a broad repertoire of traditional and contemporary barbershop-style a cappella music.
http://tricospeb.net/ringsites.shtml   (4787 words)

  
 Barbershop harmony Christmas music CD recordings
Though considered a barbershop group for the most part, some of the fourteen carols on this CD are sung in the traditional manner.
On this recording we listen to a quartet who achieves the tightest harmonies humanly possible apply those talents to traditional Christmas music.
For those listeners who prefer Acoustix to stay close to their barbershop origins, the locked-in chords of "O Little Town Of Bethlehem" and "Mary Had A Baby" will be a treat.
http://www.singers.com/barbershop/barberchristm.html   (2745 words)

  
 Jumpword Handler for
Barbershop radio shows share music city by city — and now, nationwide on XM Satellite Radio.
Half the fun of listening at home is chatting along with other webcast listeners.
Let's put the very best barbershop harmony in front of discerning listeners of a capella music.
http://barbershop.org/web/groups/public/documents/webassets/jump.hcst?...   (3964 words)

  
 Free Saxophone Quartets
music so the quartet was free to move about on stage, adding...
Perfect for a variety of playing situations: concert and stage bands, sax quartets...
music, Clarinet choir, Saxophone music, Saxophone quartets, Saxophone choir, Trumpet music, Woodwind...
http://www.musical-instruments-guide.com/OPG/free-saxophone-quartets.html   (377 words)

  
 Black Canyon Barbershop Chorus -- Quartets
This quartet is made up of dedicated nonprofessional singers who are willing to share their talents and songs with you.
Often a group of four men will gather together before or after one of our meetings or special events to sing one of "The Old Songs" which have been sung by thousands of Barbershop Quartets over the years.
Imagine blending your voice with three other parts to produce the beautiful four-part music which features close harmony and fellowship.
http://www.harmonize.com/Montrose/quartets.html   (184 words)

  
 Ragtime, Cakewalks, Coon Songs and Vaudeville, Barbershop Quartets & etc. MetaFilter
Then there is Ragtime Music; more Ragtime Music; a review of Allen Lowe's American Pop from Minstrel to Mojo: On Record 1893 to 1957 and Ragtime: The Music That Gave Birth To Jazz for more background.
Tim is the bomb when it comes to encyclopedically informed discourse on the topic of early American popular music at the dawn of the age of sound recording--consider Barbershop Quartets on Early 78s, for example.
The Musical Origins of The Piano Rag is one and another is The Ragtime Story, that a gift from WNUR-FM's JazzWeb while Early Recordings of African Americans - Early Ragtime comes from the wonderful Tim Gracyk's Home Page.
http://www.metafilter.com/mefi/38843   (1361 words)

  
 ABC 4 - Barbershop Quartets To Perform With The Mormon Tabernacle Choir
The Barbershop Quartet Convention is in Salt Lake City showcasing their talents until July 10th.
The Barbershop Harmony Society was thrilled when they received an invitation to perform with the Mormon Tabernacle Choir, during their Sunday morning broadcast of the Spoken Word.
How often do you get to sing with the Mormon Tabernacle Choir?"
http://www.abc4.com/local_news/local_headlines/story.aspx?content_id=B25AF46B-1FE3-4CB9-A0F2-5DA1D9821015   (425 words)

  
 Barbershop Quartets
For the casual listener, barbershop quartets sound effortless, which Williams says is the whole point.
All that's required is they share the same goal — to make beautiful music — together.
Instead, he pleaded his case by hiring a barbershop quartet to serenade his wife, Linda, at her office.
http://www.thehumorwriter.com/My_Serious_Side/Barbershop_Quartets/barbershop_quartets.html   (992 words)

  
 All.info: Arts and Humanities / Performing Arts / Barbershop Quartets /
The Greater Portland Vocal Gentry Barbershop Chorus, of Vancouver, Washington, Bob Brock, music director, members of the Barbershop Harmony Society, SPEBSQSA, men's a cappella chorus
Recreation and Entertainment > Music > Vocal Topics > Barbershop Quartets
Recreation and Entertainment > Music > Barbershop Quartets
http://allinfo.com/directory/Arts_and_Humanities/Performing_Arts/Barbershop_Quartets   (241 words)

  
 Singing Valentines Page
songs sung in barbershop harmony, a card, a rose and perhaps a box of chocolates.
Nothing tells someone you care like a Singing Valentine sung by a barbershop quartet.
The cost will be around $45 for 2 timeless love songs, a card and a rose.
http://www.razorsedge.org.nz/valentines.htm   (593 words)

  
 CAPS APN Index
the first quartet named on records, and the most popular quartet of the acoustic era, November-December 2002, 5-7
http://www.capsnews.org/apnindex.htm   (963 words)

  
 Music : Sweet Georgia Brown: 1992 Top 20 Barbershop Quartets
Each year, SPEBSQSA puts out a recording of performances of the quartets who finish in the top 20.
All the singing is live, and all part of the competition, so there is no studio touching-up here.
But be advised, all 25 cuts on this disc really are authentic traditional barbershop.
http://www.feasyjet.com/B000000BK2/Sweet_Georgia_Brown_1992_Top_20_Barbershop_Quartets.shtml   (250 words)

  
 U.S. barbershop quartets thriving:- - News - Webindia123.com
The rock group Phish performed barbershop arrangements and featured the quartet FRED on their 2001 Phish tribute album Sharin' in the Groove.
Barbershop quartets and choruses contribute more than 100,000 hours of labor per year singing for more than half a million people, says the Barbershop Harmony Society.
There are 800 chapters dedicated to preserving and encouraging barbershop harmony.
http://news.webindia123.com/news/showdetails.asp?id=91782&cat=World   (172 words)

  
 Barbershop quartets in the Nevada-Placer chapter
Quartets are available for performance, casual singing or formal show package.
If interested contact persons above or e-mail Nevada-Placer Chapter
http://www.nccn.net/~sing/quartets.html   (82 words)

  
 buffalo bills barbershop quartet
… 5031C, Buffalo Bills, The: AIC Masterworks Series (2-CD) Our Price: $24.97 The barbershop quartet stars of "The Music Man" almost need no introduction.
1950's BARBERSHOP'S BEST w/ BUFFALO BILLS (Quartet) LP For Sale
Barbershop quartets, a type of music group fashionable in early twentieth-century America, had a dramatic influence on American popular music......(Continue Reading)
http://www.joemaxwell.com/buffalo-bills-barbershop-quartet.html   (301 words)

  
 Gordon Lightfoot - Biography
Later he studied classical piano, performed in plays, operettas, and barbershop quartets, played drums and sang in a dance band, and, finally, taught himself the basics of folk guitar.
Born in Orillia, Ontario, on November 17, 1938, Lightfoot displayed vocal ability early on, noticed by his mother, who encouraged him to sing before women's clubs and at Kiwanis festivals.
http://www.corfid.com/gl/biography.htm   (2403 words)

  
 Barbershop Quartets - Art- Novels - Astronomy - Science - Nature - Community Events
Surprise your sweetheart with a red rose and two of our love songs in Barbershop harmony, sung with tenderness and style.
If you'd like to help, here are just two of the relief organizations you can contact:
Barbershop Quartets - Art- Novels - Astronomy - Science - Nature - Community Events
http://home.earthlink.net/~glennjac   (74 words)

  
 Omniseek: /Music /Artists /By Genre /A Cappella /Barbershop Quartets
Check out our site to find out more about us, our upcoming concerts, and how to order our recordings.
Omniseek: /Music /Artists /By Genre /A Cappella /Barbershop Quartets
The Liftlock City Aces of Harmony: Barbershop Quartets and VLQs in Peterboroug
http://www.omniseek.com/srch/{99684}   (105 words)

  
 Inside of David's Barbershop
Last Updated Sunday April 11, 2000 10:43 A.M. You are Visitor Number
Check out How the Choruses and Quartets Line up for New Orleans
So How are the Quartets Lining up for
http://web2.airmail.net/davidwag/inside.htm   (70 words)

  
 Vintage Barbershop
To hear RealAudio and MP3 files of vintage records made by quartets performing in the traditional a capella barbershop style, complements of The Virtual Gramophone, click on the following selections and enjoy!
The beautiful four-part harmony of quartet singing was very much in vogue during the early days of the phonograph.
This page created using the webpage creation facilities of Webspawner.
http://www.webspawner.com/users/vintagebarbershop   (70 words)

  
 Bidwell Generals - Barbershop Quartets
We invite you to visit us any Wednesday evening to just listen...or better yet...sing along and help us accomplish our purpose, as stated in our Society's Theme Song, "Keep the Whole World Singing!"
After our chorus rehearsal, some of the chorus members form quartets and sing just for the fun of it.
To every man who reads this, we say, "Come join the world's largest singing organization, The Society for the Preservation and Encouragement of Barber Shop Quartet Singing in America, Inc."...and treat yourself by being part of the Bidwell Generals chorus!
http://www.bidwellgenerals.org   (217 words)

  
 Medialunchbox - Music : Old Mill Stream: The 1991 Top Twenty Barbershop Quartets
Medialunchbox - Music : Old Mill Stream: The 1991 Top Twenty Barbershop Quartets
Take a look around for the perfect gift for that special someone.
Music : Old Mill Stream: The 1991 Top Twenty Barbershop Quartets
http://www.medialunchbox.com/ItemId/B000000C9H   (92 words)

  
 Barbershop FAQ Pointers
How do you know if a song is good for contest?
Expanded Sound quartet was on Jerry Lewis's '97 MDA Telethon!
The Simpsons episode: Homer's Barbershop Quartet [summary & pics]
http://arneberg.com/harmonet   (107 words)

  
 Barbershop Quartets to perform at TWU
The concert is part of a four-day camp with Harmony Explosion — quartets for young men in high school, and Harmony Ranch — adult men’s barbershop quartets.
TWU Conference Services coordinates a number of camps each summer, including music, cheerleading, academic and enrichment camps.
DENTON — The a cappella sounds of four-part harmonies will fill the air as barbershop quartets perform Saturday, June 11 at Texas Woman’s University.
http://www.twu.edu/twunews/press_releases/05quartet.htm   (169 words)

  
 Mixed Harmony Barbershop Quartet Association
Mixed Harmony FAQ -- How to create a mixed quartet-- who sings which part, selecting arrangements, balance etc.
Voicing and the "good sounding areas" (Ann Minihane, Renee Craig)
The "Good Sounding Range" -- Why It Works, by Ken Hatton
http://mixedbarbershop.com   (147 words)

  
 Edmonton's Barbershop Quartets
Some of our members sing in Quartets both within the competitions and at performances.
Some of the quartets listed below use these techniques and if you use them and you're not yet a member of our chapter, call us today (780) 988-1311 or email
Some performances are open to the public, and you're most welcome to check us out at our
http://www.evg.org/~megacity/Edmonton/Quartets.html   (93 words)

  
 The Friends of Harmony Barbershop Quartets
Barbershop just wouldn't be the same without the Society for the Preservation of Barbershop Quartet Singing in America (SPEBSQSA)…and this great society would not exist without quartets!
This quartet features an extensive repertoire and never fails to entertain.
These gentlemen are retired and available for daytime performances.
http://friendsofharmony.freeservers.com/quartets.htm   (106 words)

  
 NW Sound Barbershop Chorus - Quartets
NW Sound has many quartets available for a show, office party, birthday, singing valentine, or other event.
Click on the links below for details and contact information for a specific quartet.
http://www.nwsound.org/quartets/quartets.htm   (31 words)

  
 Here are some barbershop quartets that I'
Here are some barbershop quartets that I' Here are some barbershop quartets that I've been a part of.
We plan to stay together for a good long time.
Camelot" and you can see some of those pictures here.
http://www2.cecomet.net/pspinks/quartets.htm   (47 words)

  
 Teammates form Barbershop Quartets - Baseball Fever
I understand thru the grapevine that in the early years, baseball teammates formed barbershop quartets to pass the "dead" time while at the ballpark.
If any of you have commented on this subject before, please advise.
http://www.baseball-fever.com/showthread.php?t=23928   (81 words)

  
 Find in a Library: Sweet Georgia Brown the 1992 top-20 barbershop quartets.
by Society for the Preservation and Encouragement of Barbershop Quartet Singing in America.
Find in a Library: Sweet Georgia Brown the 1992 top-20 barbershop quartets.
Sweet Georgia Brown the 1992 top-20 barbershop quartets.
http://worldcatlibraries.org/wcpa/ow/01bcc46c905d9fcfa19afeb4da09e526.html   (62 words)

  
 Barbershop Quartets do it harmoniously! » ABC Brisbane
Barbershop quartets have been around entertaining in acappella style for more than two hundred years, but what do we REALLY know about them?
The boys bravely invited me along to one of their practise sessions, where I discovered that good barbershop isn't really about the haircuts!
Pitchblend is a Brisbane quartet, featuring Steve on lead, Nick as tenor, Cliff the bass and Tony the baritone.
http://www.abc.net.au/brisbane/stories/s542316.htm   (111 words)

  
 Olean Barbershop Chorus & Quartets
If you like to sing, come check out our Men's Chorus and Barbershop Society Chapter
http://home.adelphia.net/~tednorton/Barbershop.htm   (50 words)

  
 FACULTY
He enjoys skiing, back-packing and singing in barbershop quartets.
http://www.colostate.edu/Depts/Philosophy/phil3.htm   (1538 words)

  
 Tower Records - Old Mill Stream: 1991 Top 20 Barbershop Quartets - Various Artists
Tower Records - Old Mill Stream: 1991 Top 20 Barbershop Quartets - Various Artists
Down By The Old Mill Stream - 139th Street Quartet
When The Red, Red Robin Comes Bob, Bob Bobbin' Along - The Ritz
http://www.towerrecords.com/product.aspx?pfid=1110696   (208 words)

  
 Columnists
There are books that collect, organize and present facts (and maybe lists) about a given subject —"insects of Michigan's upper peninsula," or "barbershop quartets from 1875 to 1912." And there are science books, straight or with delicious side paths on subjects like forensic medicine or dinosaurs in Wyoming's past.
http://onceuponatimemag.com/excerpts.html   (2293 words)

  
 chorus of the atlantic - red bank NJ - barbershop quartets - barbershopping
chorus of the atlantic - red bank NJ - barbershop quartets - barbershopping
http://www.harmonize.com/RedBank   (13 words)

  
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They're here for the Society for the Preservation and Encouragement of Barber Shop Quartet Singing in America's Dixie District Spring Convention.
Almost 1,000 barbershop quartet members are in Knoxville this weekend.
Fulmer announces major change in UT coaching staff
http://www.wbir.com/liveatfive/laf.aspx?storyid=24009   (136 words)

  
 Sheet Music Plus Results
Search within the 24 results for Barbershop by entering additional words above, then clicking Go!
Two Encores (Sitting By The Fire; Uncle Johnny's Mule Barbershop Harmony [Hairston] (6-PACK) By Two Encores (Sitting By The Fire; Uncle Johnny's Mule Barbershop Harmony [Hairston].
Them There Eyes [Tauber/Stevens] (6-PACK) Barbershop Quartets for Women (SSAA).
http://www.sheetmusicplus.com/a/phrase.html?id=59440&phrase=Barbershop   (381 words)

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