Harry T. Burleigh
Cloth: 03/21/2016
About the Book
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. As a composer, Burleigh's pioneering work preserved and transformed the African American spiritual; as a music editor, he facilitated the work of other black composers; as a role model, vocal coach, and mentor, he profoundly influenced American song; and in private life he was friends with Antonín Dvořák, Marian Anderson, and Will Marion Cook. Snyder provides rich historical, social, and political contexts that explore Burleigh's professional and personal life within an era complicated by changes in race relations, class expectations, and musical tastes.
Drawing on exhaustive research into archives and family histories, Harry T. Burleigh reclaims the life and art of an essential American composer.
* Publication of this book was supported by grants from the Lloyd Hibberd Endowment of the American Musicological Society, funded in part by the National Endowment for the Humanities and the Andrew W. Mellon Foundation and from the Henry and Edna Binkele Classical Music Fund.
About the Author
Jean E. Snyder is an ethnomusicologist who has taught in Kenya and Zambia, and at several colleges and universities in Pennsylvania.Reviews
"The definitive biography of Burleigh. . . . worth reading for anyone interested in the cultural life of African American communities in the “Promised Land” after the Civil War. . . . a worthy addition to any library, personal or institutional, that collects information about black music and important figures in African American history."--Black Grooves"Dr. Snyder is a good storyteller. Her words flow easily across the page and assure the reader that a rewarding journey lies ahead. . . . Snyder is to be congratulated for her biography of "this grand old man," and her efforts demand the immediate attention of readers."--The American Organist
"In addition to a detailed account of Burleigh's relationships with his contemporaries, his complex marital life, and his successful performing career, Snyder provides valuable musicological analysis of Burleigh's compositions and arrangements. Highly recommended."--Choice
Blurbs
"Jean E. Snyder's brilliant encyclopedic evaluation of the life and legacy of Harry Thacker Burleigh reveals an intriguing lode of personal and professional detail about the iconic singer whose seminal influence in American compositional history is appreciated today by precious few."--George I. Shirley, Grammy Award winner and Director of the Vocal Arts Division, University of Michigan
"By incorporating the unique perspective offered by members of Harry T. Burleigh's family, Jean Snyder makes a valuable and much-needed contribution to the literature on one of the greatest African-American musical figures of the nineteenth and twentieth centuries. Moreover, Snyder's work is timely since it coincides with the Burleigh sesquicentennial celebration."--Samuel A. Floyd, Jr., author of The Power of Black Music: Interpreting Its History from Africa to the United States
"The definitive biography of Burleigh, unlikely to be superseded in the near future."--Thomas Riis, author of Just before Jazz: Black Musical Theater in New York, 1890–1915
Supplemental Material
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Chapter 1: Hamilton Waters and the Struggle for Freedom and Education
Chapter 2: The Family and Community That Shaped Burleigh's Youth
Chapter 3: Burleigh's Music Experience and Training in Erie
Chapter 8: Foremost Musician and Engaged Citizen
Chapter 9: Burleigh's Singing Career
Chapter 11: Family Matters: Fame and Its Discontents
Chapter 12: Wife and Family of the "Eminent Baritone"
Chapter 13: St. George's Becomes Mr. Burleigh's Church
Chapter 14: A Singer-Composer Learns His Craft
Chapter 15: "Composer by Divine Right"
Chapter 16: Bringing Spirituals to the Concert Stage
Chapter 18: The Impact of a Life
Documents
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Burleigh Songs–Solo And Choral—Organized by TITLE
Burleigh Songs–Solo And Choral—Organized by YEAR
Publication of this book was supported by grants from the Lloyd Hibberd Endowment of the American Musicological Society, funded in part by the National Endowment for the Humanities and the Andrew W. Mellon Foundation and from the Henry and Edna Binkele Classical Music Fund.
Ethnomusicologist Jean E. Snyder has taught in Kenya and Zambia, and at several colleges and universities in western Pennsylvania.
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Gray, Leon Wilbur. "The Use of Dialect in African-American Spirituals, Popular Songs, and Folk Songs." Black Music Research Journal 24, no. 2 (Fall 2004): 261-286.
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Janifer, Ellsworth. "Harry T. Burleigh, Ten Years Later." Phylon 21, no. 2 (1960): 144-154.
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