Barbershops, Bullets, and Ballads: an Annotated Anthology of Unappreciated American Musical Jewels 1865‐1918

This collection of song texts with music will keep ensembles busy for ages. Since most barbershop quartets/choirs/bands are well capable of making their own innovative arrangements, these examples will be used perhaps to top up the home‐grown variety, or as the basis for further experiment, rearrangement and development.

All those numbers commonly associated with barbershop are here: Golden Slippers, When You Were Sweet Sixteen, Meet Me in St Louis, Robert E. Lee. Then there is one revolutionary gem, Workers of the World Awaken, written by Joe Hill of the Industrial Workers of the World (the Wobblies), and one...