[Ads-l] Antedating of "Blue Note"

[Shapiro, Fred]

blue note (OED 1895 [10 Dec.])

1895 Examiner (San Francisco) 3 Nov. 8/1 (Newspapers.com)

Everything about the game almost was yellow except the few blue notes blown out by the U. C. Band when the musicians dallied with one of Sousa's marches.

Fred Shapiro

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