Word: cappella
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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From madrigals to Mozart to Motown to modern, the freshman coed singing group--which has already had 60 people try out for the 16 sports--is going head-to-head with the four other Harvard a cappella singing groups...
...cataloge also includes works such as Americana, a five-part choral work, and Allcuia for a cappella chorus, which was labeled by critics as one of the most celebrated works in American choral literature...
...Krokodiloes, an all-male a cappella group, was founded 38 years ago and has 12 members, all of whom are upperclassmen. The Whiffenpoofs are one of five all-male a cappella singing groups at Yale. The 14 members are all seniors...
...this joy is infectious, and, combined with their refined style often makes for superb concerts. A cappella singing is an acquired taste, but the Kroks' impeccable song selection (mostly Cole Porter, Irving Berlin and Richard Rodgers stories of love and destruction), pleasing harmonies and prissily risque patter, all in the sensuous acoustics of Sanders create an enticing package. The Kroks don't just sing, they perform, with that Preppie obsession about sex used occasionally to roaring success, and never, in my experience, to disappointment...
...concert, noses tilted ever so slightly skyward, vowels stretched to aristocratic dimension, the Kroks still satiate the regulars. (They play Lowell House tonight at 8:15.) For others, repulsed either by the endless references to Bermuda, the heavy Porcellian-Krok alliance, or by a cappella singing in general, the Krok music and spirit remains anathema. Yet the Kroks should be seen, and their unique talent appreciated, if not savored. Watching those immaculate dandies preen, one can imagine, just for a moment, how the other half lives, sings--and sometimes--flourishes...