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John F. Barth

John F. Barth (1874–1947) was an American composer of popular music.

His most popular composition was the college march "Frat" (1910). It was used in the score of many Warner Bros. cartoons. Barth's other college-related compositions included "Rooters" (1911), "School Days" (1912), and "Sorority March" (1913). Barth produced several ragtime compositions including "Ma' Rag-Time Queen" (1902), "Foxy Sam" (1903), "Rambling Mose" (1903), and "Tobaggan Rag" (1912). Other Barth compositions were "Yellow Kid" (1897), "You're as Pretty as a Picture" (1907), "Pretty as a Picture" (1910), "Spooning in the Moonlight" (1910), "Moonlight Meditations" (1911), "Moon-Glow" (1919), "You and Your Smile" (1919), and "Fed Up and Far From Home" (1941), which was originally written by John Frederic Barth in 1910, and published in Cleveland by Sam Fox Publishing. In 1941, Keith Prowse Music dusted off the old melody and asked Fred Godfrey to write new lyrics.

Birth and Death Data: Died 1947

Date Range of DAHR Recordings: 1919 - 1936

Roles Represented in DAHR: composer, lyricist

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Recordings

Company Matrix No. Size First Recording Date Title Primary Performer Description Role Audio
Brunswick SA2546 10-in. 11/20/1936 You're as pretty as a picture Blue Ridge Playboys String band, with male vocal solo composer, lyricist  
Edison 6637 10-in. 2/25/1919 Waltz Alabam' George Wilton Ballard Male vocal solo, with orchestra composer  

Citation

Discography of American Historical Recordings, s.v. "Barth, John F.," accessed January 20, 2026, http://adp.library.ucsb.edu/names/114004.

Barth, John F.. (2026). In Discography of American Historical Recordings. Retrieved January 20, 2026, from http://adp.library.ucsb.edu/names/114004.

"Barth, John F.." Discography of American Historical Recordings. UC Santa Barbara Library, 2026. Web. 20 January 2026.

DAHR Persistent Identifier

URI: http://adp.library.ucsb.edu/names/114004

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