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Most Happy Fellows
Most Happy Fellows is the Barbershop quartet that won the 1977 SPEBSQSA international competition in Philadelphia. Lead, Larry Hassler went on to marry the daughter of Baritone Jack Lyon. Tom Wilkie joined the quartet at Bass upon the passing of Ken Hawkinson (1996–2007). Since the 1990s, Matthew Rice became the lion in the Wizard of Oz Package, taking over the bass voice part. Discography *''Most Happy Fellows'', AIC Masterworks CD *''Most Happy Fellows & Chicago News'', Compact Cassette, cassette *''At Ease'', LP/cassette *''Thanks For The Memories'', LP/cassette *''We're Off To See The Wizard'', LP/cassette They also appear on ''Showtime at Seaside'' (1995; cassette) by QCED (Quartet Champions of the Evergreen District). See also *Barbershop music *Barbershop Harmony Society *List of quartet champions by year External links AIC entry(archived) fro Mike Barkley's Monster list Barbershop quartets Barbershop Harmony Society {{Barbershop-quartet-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Tenor
A tenor is a type of classical music, classical male singing human voice, voice whose vocal range lies between the countertenor and baritone voice types. It is the highest male chest voice type. The tenor's vocal range extends up to C5. The low extreme for tenors is widely defined to be B2, though some roles include an A2 (two As below middle C). At the highest extreme, some tenors can sing up to the second F above middle C (F5). The tenor voice type is generally divided into the ''leggero'' tenor, lyric tenor, spinto tenor, dramatic tenor, heldentenor, and tenor buffo or . History The name "tenor" derives from the Latin word ''wikt:teneo#Latin, tenere'', which means "to hold". As Fallows, Jander, Forbes, Steane, Harris and Waldman note in the "Tenor" article at ''Grove Music Online'': In polyphony between about 1250 and 1500, the [tenor was the] structurally fundamental (or 'holding') voice, vocal or instrumental; by the 15th century it came to signify the male voice that ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
