|
|
Article: Harry T. Burleigh, "one of Erie's most popular church singers".(Biography)
- Article from:
- Black Music Research Journal
- Article date:
- September 22, 2004
- Author:
CopyrightCOPYRIGHT 2004 Center For Black Music Research. This material is published under license from the publisher through the Gale Group, Farmington Hills, Michigan. All inquiries regarding rights should be directed to the Gale Group. (Hide copyright information)
|
Harry T. Burleigh has been recognized primarily as the singer who introduced Antonin Dvorak to plantation songs and spirituals and as a pioneer arranger of African-American spirituals. In the past several decades, more and more singers have discovered the art songs that in the first quarter of the twentieth century earned Burleigh distinction as one of the most respected composers of American art songs. But other important aspects of his career are less well known, such as his more than thirty years as an editor at the New York office of Ricordi Music Publishing Company, headquartered in Milan, Italy. His role as vocal coach and mentor to a number of singers--including ...
Related newspaper, magazine, and journal articles:
|
|
Article: New York State and New York City ...
Business Wire;
September 13, 2002 ;
700+ words
...Business Editors NEW YORK--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Sept. 13, 2002 Will Create 396,000 ... Economic Development Corp. (EDC), announced that the State of New York and New York City jointly selected the first commercial Liberty Bond Project ...
|
|