ISBN:
9780252098109
Language:
English
Pages:
1 Online-Ressource
,
Illustrations (black and white).
Series Statement:
Music in American life
DDC:
780.92
Keywords:
Burleigh, H. T
;
Burleigh, Harry T.
;
Composers Biography
;
African American composers Biography
;
Biografie
Abstract:
Harry T. Burleigh (1866-1949) played a leading role in American music and culture in the twentieth century. Celebrated for his arrangements of spirituals, Burleigh was also the first African American composer to create a significant body of art song. An international roster of opera and recital singers performed his works and praised them as among the best of their time. Jean E. Snyder traces Burleigh's life from his Pennsylvania childhood through his fifty-year tenure as soloist at St George's Episcopal Church in Manhattan.
Note:
Previously issued in print: 2016
,
Includes bibliographical references and index
DOI:
10.5406/illinois/9780252039942.001.0001
URL:
http://dx.doi.org/10.5406/illinois/9780252039942.001.0001
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