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Article: "A certain strangeness": Harry T. Burleigh's art songs and spiritual arrangements.(Biography)
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- Black Music Research Journal
- Article date:
- September 22, 2004
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"It is the best of all trades, to make songs, and the second best to sing them," wrote poet Hilaire Belloc (1917, 6). Harry T. Burleigh (1866-1949) certainly enjoyed the best of both pursuits, combining a long, distinguished performing career with an equally productive life as a composer. Unfortunately, Burleigh never recorded while in his prime as a baritone soloist, and we must evaluate his singing through the reviews of others and the prestige of the venues in which he appeared. As a composer, however, Burleigh left a highly accessible legacy of spiritual arrangements and art songs. Many of the spiritual arrangements have remained in print and in repertoire since their ...
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