[Avodah] Baruch Hu Uvaruch Shemo

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The repsonses baruch hu and baruch shemo are ancient

Look at baruch she'amar and the article in the HERTZ siddur

Shatz:  baruch sheamar vkhaya olma
Repsonse: Baruch hu

Last response is baruch shemo

It is likely that they alternated

Once baruch hu
And
Once baruch shemo

Also haggadah has baruch hamaqqom 
Baruch hu

Perhaps the hiddush is putting the 2 responses together.

There are numerous ashkenazic piyyutim that have similar structure

For example the Ophan for shabbos rosh hodesh

Reponse one
1 Omrim qadosh
2 Omrim baruch
3 Qaddosh uvaruch

So lich'ora the same for combining BHuVSh

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