Another "voice" instead of "vocals"

[Jonathan Lighter]

I thought the real cause for concern was "on voice."

JL

On Sun, Dec 9, 2012 at 1:16 PM, Joel S. Berson <Berson at att.net> wrote:

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> I don't remember the discussion, but has "voice" been considered, in
> the classical arena, the proper term for the "instrument", here a
> person rather than an object (e.g., violin, piano, etc.)?  I cite
> OED, 6.a:  "A person considered as the possessor of a singing voice, a
> singer."
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> At 12/9/2012 11:55 AM, Eric Nielsen wrote:
> >I remember last spring there was some discussion of the use of "voice"
> >instead of the usual "vocals" in music credits. At the beginning of this
> >concert by the Uzbeki singer Monajat Yultchieva, she is credited as
> >the "voice".
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> >http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5mfYPwInot0
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> >Eric
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