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Article: Editor's introduction.(Harry T. Burleigh )(Editorial)
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- Black Music Research Journal
- Article date:
- September 22, 2004
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The articles on the life and work of African-American composer-singer-arranger Harry T. Burleigh featured in this issue of Black Music Research Journal originated in presentations at the 2003 national conference "The Heritage and Legacy of Harry T. Burleigh," sponsored by Edinboro University of Pennsylvania. This first national conference on Burleigh's life and work was designed to focus on the heritage of African-American culture that shaped Burleigh and on his multifaceted legacy: the broad scope of his work as a singer, a composer of art songs, a pioneer arranger of spirituals and music editor, and a role model and mentor for singers, composers, and arrangers who have ...