Harry T. Burleigh : from the spiritual to the Harlem Renaissance / Jean E. Snyder.
| Author/creator |
Snyder, Jean E., 1939- |
| Format | Book and Print |
| Publication Info | Urbana : University of Illinois Press, [2016] |
| Description | xxiii, 415 pages : illustrations, music ; 24 cm. |
| Subject(s) |
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| Series | Music in American life Music in American life. ^A223005 |
| Contents | Part I. Erie, Pennsylvania: foundation for a national career. Hamilton Waters and the struggle for freedom and education -- The family and community that shaped Burleigh's youth -- Burleigh's music experience and training in Erie -- Part II. To New York City and beyond. Burleigh at the National Conservatory of music -- Introducing Antonin Dvorak to African American music -- The Columbian exposition - the Chicago World's Fair -- The symphony "From the new world" -- Foremost musician and engaged citizen -- Burleigh's singing career -- Music mentor and colleague -- Family matters: fame and its discontents -- Wife and family of the "Eminent baritone" -- St. George's becomes Mr. Burleigh's church -- Part III. Art song composer, music editor, and pioneer arranger of spirituals. A singer-composer learns his craft -- "Composer by divine right" -- Bringing spirituals to the concert stage -- Burleigh spirituals and the Harlem Renaissance -- Part IV. Burleigh's legacy. The impact of a life. |
| 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. The author 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 Antonin Dvorak, Marian Anderson, Will Marion Cook, and other America luminaries. 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. |
| Bibliography note | Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| LCCN | 2015038368 |
| ISBN | 9780252039942 hardcover |
| ISBN | 0252039947 |
| ISBN | 9780252098109 e-book |
| ISBN | 0252098102 |
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| Music | Closed Stacks - Ask at Circulation Desk | ML410.B97 S69 2016 | ✔ Available | Place Hold |