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The Carnegie Library of Pittsburgh Music & Art Department serves as the main barbershop music resources center for the Rome Division of the Johnny Appleseed District of the Society for the Preservation and Encouragement of Barbershop Quartet Singing in America (SPEBSQSA). |
Books
- Cook, Will. Melodies for millions: a twenty-five year history. SPEBSQSA, 1965. [ML 27 .U5 S738]
- Cooper, Helen. The basic guide to how to read music. Putnam Pub. Group, 1982, 1985. [MT6 .C7782 .H7 1985]
- Geller, James J. Famous songs and their stories. Garden City Pub. Co., 1940. [(r)ML3551 .G4 1940]
- Gielow, Fred. Laughter, love and a barbershop song: behind-the-scene glimpses of barbershopping at its best... Gielow, 1980. [ML 3516 .L38]
- Kaplan, Max. Barbershopping: musical and social harmony. Fairleigh Dickinson University Press, 1993. [ML 3516 .B37 1993]
- Martin, Claude Trimble. Deac Martin's Book of Musical Americana. Prentice-Hall, 1970. [q 780.973 M42 and (r)q ML 3551 .M34]
- _______. Keep America Singing. SPEBSQSA, 1948. [ML 27 .U5 S745]
- Society for the Preservation and Encouragement of Barbershop Quartet Singing in America. Salute to America : a musical show for the American Revolution Bicentennial. SPEBSQSA, 1975. [(r)q M1590 .S3 1975x]
- _______. The barbershopper and his voice. SPEBSQSA, 1965. [q MT855 .B37 1965x]
- _______. Fifty year harmonizer index. SPEBSQSA, 1989. [rq ML 1 .H1403 F5 1989x]
- _______. Heritage of harmony songbook: a collection of favorite barbershop songs commemorating the golden anniversary of the Society for the Preservation and Encouragement of Barber Shop Quartet Singing in America, Inc.. SPEBSQSA, 1988. [(r)q M1580 .H47 1988x]
- ______. Improving vocal techniques through the warm up.. SPEBSQSA, 1992. [q MT825 .I47 1992x]
- Spaeth, Sigmund. Read 'em and weep: the songs you forgot to remember. Halcyon House, 1939. [ML3551 .S61 1939x]
Return to the topSelected Recordings
- The best of barbershop live recordings of the world's top quartets, 1990-96. Intersound, 1997. [Ch Bes # 12586]
- Buffalo Bills. Barbershop "champs". Decca, 1956. [AL 14671]
- The Pittsburghers. Barbershop at its best. Corona, 1959. [r AL 14716]
- ______. The Pittsburghers: 1948 national champions. Joker's Wild, 1998. [r CD 12576]
- Society for the Preservation and Encouragement of Barbershop Quartet Singing in America. Barbershop harmony favorites, vol. one. SPEBSQSA, 1991. [An Bar #9502]
- _______.Best of barbershop quartets 38: years of winners. SPEBSQSA, 1976. [r AL 13578]
- _______.The Golden anniversity top twenty choruses. SPEBSQSA, 1988. [r CD 12136]
- _______.The Golden anniversity top twenty quartets. SPEBSQSA, 1988. [r CD 1235]
- _______.The 1994 top twenty choruses. SPEBSQSA, 1994. [Ch Nin #6094]
- _______.The 1994 top twenty quartets. SPEBSQSA, 1994. [Vo Nin #6095]
- _______.The Top sixteen barbershop choruses of 1982. SPEBSQSA, 1982. [r AL 12972]
- _______.Top 10 barbershop quartets of 1963 . Decca, 1963. [r AL 14798]
Selected Anthologies of Printed Music
- Bolds, Myrl Herbert. 34 hit parade extras: barbershop quartet. Mayfair Music Corp., 1960. [q M1580 .A15 1960x]
- Neumann, Richard J. Everybody's favorite barbershop songs. Amsco Music Pub. Co., 1970. [q M1580 .B37 1970x]
- O'Hara, Geoffrey. Barbershop songs and "swipes". Bregman, Vocco & Conn, 1946. [q M1580 .B4 1946x]
- Smith, Ed. Barbershop parade of quartet hits. E.H. Morris, 1950. [q M1580 .B36 1950x]
- Society for the Preservation and Encouragement of Barbershop Quartet Singing in America. Hymns for men: arranged for male quartets and choruses. SPEBSQSA, 1989. [q M2083 .H9 1959x]
- _______. Just plain barbershop: a compilation of traditional barbershop standards... SPEBSQSA, 1989. [q M1580 .J8 1959x]
- _______. Male call: TTBB choral arrangements in the barbershop style. SPEBSQSA, 1965. [M1580 .M27 1965x]
- _______. Strictly barbershop: a collection of favorite songs... SPEBSQSA, 1973. [q M1580 .S86 1973x]
- _______. Salute to America: a musical show for the American Revolution Bicentennial. SPEBSQSA, 1975. [q M1590 .S3 1975x]
- Songs for Men SPEBSQSA [rq M 1580 .S69x vol.1-12]
- Spaeth, Sigmund Gottfried. Barbershop classics. Remick, 1946. [q M784.4 S732ba]
- _______. Barber shop ballads and how to sing them. Prentice-Hall, 1940. [qML3551.S61 B2]
- _______. More barber shop harmony: a collection of new and old favorites for male quartets. Mills music, inc., 1945. [q M1580 .M75x]
- Staab, Hal. Songs for SPEBSQSA: for chorus and quartet. SPEBSQSA, c1951. [qM1580.S79 S6 1951x]
- Szabo, Burt. Heritage of harmony songbook: a collection of favorite barbershop songs commemorating the golden anniversity of [SPEBSQSA]. SPEBSQSA, 1988. [q M1580 .H47 1988x]
Browse the Catalog
To locate MORE BARBERSHOP MUSIC in our online catalog, click on the following subject headings:
Sheet Music
The Department owns sheet music to approximately 850 popular songs arranged for barbershop quartet. These items are not listed in the Library's online catalog. To gain access to this material, please speak to a librarian in the Music & Art Department.
Music Information File
A music information file that includes magazine articles and newspaper clippings about local ensembles and information on the Society for the Preservation and Encouragement of Barbershop Quartet Singing in America (SPEBSQSA) is kept at the reference desk in the Music & Art Department.
The Harmonizer
The official publication of the Society for the Preservation and Encouragement of Barbershop Quartet Singing in America (SPEBSQSA), the Music & Art Department has a full run of this periodical, from volume one, 1941, to the present. The Fifty year harmonizer index (rq ML 1 .H1403 F5 1989x) can help you find specific articles. Issues prior to 1970 are kept in remote storage. Ask at the reference desk for the index, or call us at 412-622-3105 for the issue or volume you want.
Barbershop Web Sites
- Johnny Appleseed District Homepage (SPEBSQSA), includes chapters in Western Pennsylvania
- Three Rivers Chorus of Western Pennsylvania
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Barbershop Harmony Society
Legally and historically named the Society for the Preservation and Encouragement of Barbershop Quartet Singing in America (SPEBSQSA). The international headquarters was in Kenosha, Wisconsin for fifty years before moving to Nashville, Tennessee in 2007.
