[Ads-l] Antedating of "Barbershop" (Music)

[mr_peter_morris@outlook.com]

From "Music Trade Indicator"

https://www.google.co.uk/books/edition/Music_Trade_Indicator/BkLCsYzpB74C?hl=en&gbpv=1&bsq=sing+barbershop&dq=sing+barbershop&printsec=frontcover

This appears to be 1925, or earlier. Note that at the top of the
snippet it appears to list January 1926 as a future date.

"Any male quartet may enter this contest.... it must be able to sing
unaccompanied for this is the essence of "Barber-Shop Ballads" "

and

"Can you sing a Barber-Shop ballad?"

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https://www.google.co.uk/books/edition/The_Cosmopolitan/6_STCZp-fggC?hl=en&gbpv=1&dq=%22barber+-+shop+tenor+that+would+aggravate+the+average+wren+to+assault+a+rattlesnake+%22&pg=PA655&printsec=frontcover

The Cosmopolitan  Volume XLII
November 1906 to April 1907

"a barber - shop tenor that would aggravate the average wren to
assault a rattlesnake "


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From "Shapiro, Fred" <00001ac016895344-dmarc-request at LISTSERV.UGA.EDU>
To ADS-L at LISTSERV.UGA.EDU
Date 23/08/2025 13:30:10
Subject Antedating of "Barbershop" (Music)

>barbershop (OED, 2., 1944)
>
>1929 Garber (Okla.) Sentinel 9 Jan. 1 / 2 (Newspapers.com)
>
>The three sang "Barbershop" to several old time ditties.
>
>Fred Shapiro
>
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