Another "voice" instead of "vocals"

[Joel S. Berson]

At 12/9/2012 01:20 PM, Jonathan Lighter wrote:
>I thought the real cause for concern was "on voice."

On voice, on clarinet, what's the difference?  They're both
instruments.  I would be more concerned if I saw "on vocals".

Or am I not remembering the previous concerns?

Joel



>JL
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>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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