[Ads-l] Antedating of "Call and Response" (Music)

[Shapiro, Fred]

call and response (music) (OED 1922)

1916 Evening Ledger (Philadelphia) 15 Feb. 2/5 (Genealogy Bank)

(advt.)  Call and response, background and theme, tenor and deep-toned accompaniment are brought out with superb effectiveness in these Columbia Records.

Fred Shapiro

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