Wednesday, June 15, 2022

cclxxxvii. MUSIC MAN, THE (soundtrack): Sincere

cclxxxvii. MUSIC MAN, THE (soundtrack)

Sincere (1957)
(1:38)


from The Music Man (soundtrack).


I was seven or eight when my parents took us to New York to see this musical. The result was my demanding a trombone when we got back home, even though I wasn't old enough for the school's music program yet. So I taught myself the basics before starting 4th grade.

The barbershop quartet completely fascinated me. In the play/movie, Hill teaches them to sing by "talking low." They are soon bursting out in the most glorious four-part harmony:




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