Stebbins, Robert A. <br/><br/>
The Barbershop Singer :  Inside the Social World of a Musical Hobby. 

 - 1st ed. 
 - 1 online resource (149 pages) 
<br/><br/>Intro -- Contents -- Preface -- Acknowledgments -- 1 The Social Worlds of American Music -- 2 The Old Songs -- 3 Organized Barbershop -- 4 Becoming a Barbershop Singer -- 5 Why Sing? -- 6 Work in Leisure -- 7 Dissonance in Close Harmony -- 8 Musical Lifestyles -- Appendix: Interview Guide for the Study of Barbershop Singers -- Notes -- Bibliography -- Index -- A -- B -- C -- D -- E -- F -- G -- H -- J -- K -- L -- M -- N -- O -- P -- R -- S -- T -- U -- V -- W -- Y -- Z. 
<br/><br/> Although barbershop singing is clearly a circumscribed social world, understanding how it works expands current knowledge of the variant forms of social participation available to citizens of the modern world. 
<br/><br/><label>ISBN: </label>9781442680524 
<br/><br/><label>Subjects--Topical Terms: </label><br/>Barbershop singing.<br/>Music-Social aspects.
<br/><br/><label>Index Terms--Genre/Form: </label><br/>Electronic books.
<br/><br/><label>LC Class. No.: </label>ML3516 .S743 1996 
<br/><br/><label>Dewey Class. No.: </label>306.4/84