1930), a bolero singer and the only female in the collective, sang "Veinte Años" on the record and duetted with Segundo and Ibrahim Ferrer during live performances.
Though few of us would call ourselves singers, we do enjoy a good collective sing-song.
The gay issue was not the only one hovering at the Last Night of the Proms — a hugely popular annual event that involves much flag-waving and collective singing.
For community-oriented orders like the Benedictines, collective singing, tilling the soil and shared meals were as crucial as divine reading.
The Ghost Dance involved collective singing and dancing without instrumental accompaniment; the songs followed the general musical style associated with the area, using paired-phrase structure, moderate tempos, narrow melodic ranges, and blended unison.
"Apparently, karaoke caught on much quicker in Scotland and Ireland where they had the tradition of collective singing," adds Frith, "and where they had more of a tradition of the ballad".
In particular, women from the circum-Caribbean area perform in collective rituals alongside men, sing their own repertories of ceremonial songs, and play musical instruments.
Songwriting is just such a storm of calling and answering voices, one song connected to and inspired by the last, all of them galloping forward as we sing the collective song of our species.
Wondemagegnehu is also the co-founder of Justice Choir, a grassroots movement dedicated to collaborative and collective power through singing.
Mr. Dutoit led a plush, shimmering performance of Ravel's 50-minute "Daphnis et Chloé," scored for a large orchestra and a chorus that juices the erotic moments by singing collective "ahs," here performed effectively by the Philadelphia Singers Chorale (David Hayes, music director).
It also permitted collective amnesia: Italians still often sing partisan songs at parties, perhaps choosing to forget that their grandparents embraced fascism.
