Talk:Glee club

Resources for future expansion of this article
As time allows I am planning on adding a significant section to this article on the American collegiate men's glee club tradition. I am starting this section of talk as a place to collect resources to support this effort. If someone else wants to use these before I have time to get to it, please feel free.

The Development of Collegiate Male Glee Clubs in America: An Historical Overview (Doctoral dissertation)

‘Powerful Voices’ from Inside Higher Ed

Princeton University Glee Club - “Why is it called a Glee Club?”

Intercollegiate Men's Choruses (Formerly Intercollegiate Musical Council) “A Bit of History” by Marshall Bartholmew

— Ray Trygstad (talk) 21:17, 6 April 2019 (UTC)

how to link to show choir
Given the popularity of the Glee (TV series) it seems appropriate to link to show choir. — Preceding unsigned comment added by Markhu (talk • contribs) 07:30, 21 June 2019 (UTC)


 * I think you have a little bit of misunderstanding. A glee club is rarely a show choir, and a lot of show choir participants would scoff at the notion that they are in a glee club, as the traditional definition is quite a bit off of what modern-day show choir is. The TV show, while named glee, portrayed a glee club in a way that's not really prevalent. Personally, I believe that the intermediary link through the TV series works as a well enough segway to show choir.  Willsome 4 29  (say hey or see my edits!) 15:50, 23 June 2019 (UTC)

Do they perform glees, or not?
There is a seeming contradiction between the first and second paragraphs. In the first it implies that glee clubs specialize in "glees" but later it says that they "rarely perform glees." Which is it? Do glee clubs perform glees, or do they not? Coldham10 (talk) 13:01, 25 August 2021 (UTC)
 * , It notes that the name derives from choirs that typically sang "glees" but that the meaning has transformed to have a contemporary meaning of any mens choir, where most do not perform glees. Etzedek24 (I'll talk at ya) (Check my track record) 13:22, 25 August 2021 (UTC)

Yes I did read the article and do realise the name derives from choirs that typically sang "glees" but my point is that the phrasing of the article implies a contradiction. Given that they do not perform glees (at least, any more) then the offending sentence is "which traditionally specializes in the singing of short songs - glees - [...]". I propose the parenthetical "-glees-" be removed from this sentence for the easiest way to remove the contradiction. It therefore stands that they traditionally sing short songs (more factual), and no information is lost since the glee is described in the following paragraph. Coldham10 (talk) 20:21, 5 September 2021 (UTC)

Alternately, "traditionally" could be replaced with a word that better captures the fact that glees have been discontinued. Perhaps "historically" is better Coldham10 (talk) 20:28, 5 September 2021 (UTC)

Geography confusion
Why are there different dates for Great Britain and the United Kingdom? Does this mean to imply that glees arrived a century later in (then British-ruled) Ireland? The source at the end of the next sentence does not shed any light and it seems like these dates may be original research anyway. I propose cutting most of the first sentence in the second paragraph: "The name glee club derives from the singing of glees - a specific form of English part song popular between 1650 and 1900."

Please let me know your thoughts or suggested rephrasings, or if the original author can provide a source so we can untangle this geographic and historical confusion.

Coldham10 (talk) 21:23, 5 November 2021 (UTC)