Harry T. Burleigh

From the Spiritual to the Harlem Renaissance

Jean E Snyder (Autor)

Buch | Hardcover

448 Seiten

2016 | New edition
University of Illinois Press (Verlag)
978-0-252-03994-2 (ISBN)

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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 AntonÃn DvoÅ™Ã¡k, 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.

Ethnomusicologist Jean E. Snyder has taught in Kenya and Zambia, and at several colleges and universities in western Pennsylvania.

CoverTitleCopyrightContentsPrefaceAcknowledgmentsChronology of Major Events in the Life of Harry T. BurleighPART I. ERIE, PENNSYLVANIA: FOUNDATION FOR A NATIONAL CAREER1. Hamilton Waters and the Struggle for Freedom and Education2. The Family and Community That Shaped Burleigh's Youth3. Burleigh's Music Experience and Training in EriePART II. TO NEW YORK CITY AND BEYOND4. Burleigh at the National Conservatory of Music5. Introducing Antonín Dvořák to African American Music6. The Columbian Exposition--The Chicago World's Fair7. The Symphony "From the New World"8. Foremost Musician and Engaged Citizen9. Burleigh's Singing Career10. Music Mentor and Colleague11. Family Matters: Fame and Its Discontents12. Wife and Family of the "Eminent Baritone"13. St. George's Becomes Mr. Burleigh's ChurchPART III. ART SONG COMPOSER, MUSIC EDITOR, AND PIONEER ARRANGER OF SPIRITUALS14. A Singer-Composer Learns His Craft15. "Composer by Divine Right"16. Bringing Spirituals to the Concert Stage17. Burleigh Spirituals and the Harlem RenaissancePART IV. BURLEIGH'S LEGACY18. The Impact of a LifeNotesIndex

Erscheinungsdatum	06.03.2016
Zusatzinfo	32 black and white photographs, 19 music examples
Verlagsort	Baltimore
Sprache	englisch
Maße	156 x 235 mm
Gewicht	907 g
Themenwelt	Literatur ► Biografien / Erfahrungsberichte
	Kunst / Musik / Theater ► Musik ► Klassik / Oper / Musical
	Geschichte ► Teilgebiete der Geschichte ► Kulturgeschichte
	Sozialwissenschaften ► Soziologie
ISBN-10	0-252-03994-7 / 0252039947
ISBN-13	978-0-252-03994-2 / 9780252039942
Zustand	Neuware