Stock image for illustration purposes only - book cover, edition or condition may vary.
Harry T. Burleigh: From the Spiritual to the Harlem Renaissance
Jean E Snyder
€ 39.41
FREE Delivery in Ireland
Description for Harry T. Burleigh: From the Spiritual to the Harlem Renaissance
Hardback. Series: Music in American Life. Num Pages: 448 pages, 32 black and white photographs, 19 music examples. BIC Classification: AVGC6; AVH; BGF; JFSL3. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 246 x 167 x 34. Weight in Grams: 958.
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.
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, ... Read more
Drawing on exhaustive research into archives and family histories, Harry T. Burleigh reclaims the life and art of an essential American composer.
Show LessProduct Details
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2016
Publisher
University of Illinois Press United States
Number of pages
448
Condition
New
Series
Music in American Life
Number of Pages
448
Place of Publication
Baltimore, United States
ISBN
9780252039942
SKU
V9780252039942
Shipping Time
Usually ships in 7 to 11 working days
Ref
99-1
About Jean E Snyder
Ethnomusicologist Jean E. Snyder has taught in Kenya and Zambia, and at several colleges and universities in western Pennsylvania.
Reviews for Harry T. Burleigh: From the Spiritual to the Harlem Renaissance
"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 "The definitive biography of Burleigh, unlikely to be superseded in ... Read more
The American Organist "The definitive biography of Burleigh, unlikely to be superseded in ... Read more