Another "voice" instead of "vocals"

[Jonathan Lighter]

> On voice, on clarinet, what's the difference?

Only in today's degenerate age do people say "on voice."  Like it's the
"choir" setting on a Moog.

JL

On Sun, Dec 9, 2012 at 1:40 PM, Joel S. Berson <Berson at att.net> wrote:

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> At 12/9/2012 01:20 PM, Jonathan Lighter wrote:
> >I thought the real cause for concern was "on voice."
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> On voice, on clarinet, what's the difference?  They're both
> instruments.  I would be more concerned if I saw "on vocals".
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> Or am I not remembering the previous concerns?
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> Joel
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> >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."
> > >
> > > 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
> > > >
> > > >Eric
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