Gage Averill is Professor of Ethnomusicology and Chair of the Music Department at New York University.

• Preface: "I Don't Know Why (I love You Like I Do)" ; Introduction: Past Perfect ; 1. "A Little Close Harmony": A medley of nineteenth-century harmony ; 2. The "golden era": Quartets, show business, & the music industry ; 3. The lost chords: The early barbershop revival ; 4. On Main Street, U.S.A. ; 5. Romancing the Tone: Song, sound & significance in barbershop harmony ; Conclusion Afterglow

Averill generally manages to strike the necessary balance among the needs of disparate audiences: scholars, college students, and barbershop singers themselves. In Four Parts, No Waiting Gage Averill has given us an elegantly written volume that should be read by anyone interested in the history of American popular music.

Gage Averill is Professor of Ethnomusicology and Chair of the Music Department at New York University.

• Preface: "I Don't Know Why (I love You Like I Do)" ; Introduction: Past Perfect ; 1. "A Little Close Harmony": A medley of nineteenth-century harmony ; 2. The "golden era": Quartets, show business, & the music industry ; 3. The lost chords: The early barbershop revival ; 4. On Main Street, U.S.A. ; 5. Romancing the Tone: Song, sound & significance in barbershop harmony ; Conclusion Afterglow

Averill generally manages to strike the necessary balance among the needs of disparate audiences: scholars, college students, and barbershop singers themselves. In Four Parts, No Waiting Gage Averill has given us an elegantly written volume that should be read by anyone interested in the history of American popular music.

Gage Averill is Professor of Ethnomusicology and Chair of the Music Department at New York University.

• Preface: "I Don't Know Why (I love You Like I Do)" ; Introduction: Past Perfect ; 1. "A Little Close Harmony": A medley of nineteenth-century harmony ; 2. The "golden era": Quartets, show business, & the music industry ; 3. The lost chords: The early barbershop revival ; 4. On Main Street, U.S.A. ; 5. Romancing the Tone: Song, sound & significance in barbershop harmony ; Conclusion Afterglow

Averill generally manages to strike the necessary balance among the needs of disparate audiences: scholars, college students, and barbershop singers themselves. In Four Parts, No Waiting Gage Averill has given us an elegantly written volume that should be read by anyone interested in the history of American popular music.