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Roots The distinctive sound of close barbershop harmony can be traced back well over 100 years. Many of the earliest audio recordings at the dawn of the 20th century captured songs that are still sung, little changed, today. One obvious difference between the quartets of yesteryear and those in the Barbershop Harmony Society today is most of the early quartets sang to instrumental accompaniment, and today's quartets sing a cappella - but the harmonies are very familiar. The following pieces are in the public domain and are downloadable in the MP3 format (most are 3-4MB in size):
In
2002, one of the Sound of the Rockies competition Sound
of the Rockies is proud to include in its repertoire songs that express th Three more representatives of quartet music of this period from the American Quartet include: Play That Barber-Shop Cord (1910), Moonlight Bay (1912) and Good Night Mr. Moon (1912). A great reference listing old, printed collections of barbershop songs can be found at this site. Enjoy
complimentary recordings of our 2004 contest set:
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pride that chorus members feel in our country and in the men and women who serve (and
have served) in the armed forces to protect the freedoms we enjoy. This
was also a tradition of the earliest quartets as evidenced by songs like;