It's De-Lovely

Writer: 
Cole Porter
Year: 
1936
Voices: 
Women's four part
Ranges: 

Tenor: E4 - E5
Lead: A3 - C5
Bari: A3 - C5
Bass: D3 - F#4

Cole Porter's classic song sparkles with joie de vivre, and the virtuosity of his lyric-writing requires a similar level of nimbleness and sparkle from the singers delivering it. The song lends itself well to contest barbershop as the lyrical interest invites a primarily homophonic treatment that lets the poetry through to carry the rhythmic narrative.

Here it is at its contest premiere:

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