Harry T. Burleigh: From the Spiritual to the Harlem Renaissance

by Jean E. Snyder

Book Overview

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...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0252039947
• ISBN13: 9780252039942
• Release Date: February 2016
• Publisher: University of Illinois Press
• Length: 448 Pages
• Weight: 0.75 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.4" x 6.2" x 9.4"