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Hard trials : the life and music of Harry T. Burleigh / by Anne K. Simpson.
| Author/creator | Simpson, Anne Key |
| Format | Book |
| Publication Info | Metuchen, N.J. : Scarecrow Press, 1990. |
| Description | xvii, 476 pages : illustrations, music ; 24 cm. |
| Subjects |
| Series | Composers of North America ; no. 8 Composers of North America ; no. 8. ^A191193 |
| Contents | Part one. Life. The beginning and the ascent, 1866-1913. Family background and early life ; From Erie to New York ; The conservatory years: the Dvorak association ; St. George's church; other professional activities ; New family, new adventures ; The recognized composer and acclaimed singer -- Singer, composer and arranger (1914-1949). America's musical scene preceding World War I ; Continuing achievement ; The Burleigh champions ; Some significant art songs and three cycles (1914-15) ; Summers ; More art songs ; In demand ; 1916-17: busy and productive years ; The war years (1918-19) ; The early 1920s ; 1924-1928 ; Cheyney day, 1928 ; The 1930s ; The last decade -- In retrospect. Legacy ; Events in Erie honoring Burleigh since his death ; Other posthumous remembrances outside Erie ; In praise of Burleigh: opinions of contemporaries ; Norman Tyler Sobel's unfinished dream ; In retrospect: a young man's impressions ; the Burleigh family -- Part two. Musical works. Art songs and instrumental works. Stylistic characteristics ; Early art songs ; Art songs of 1914 ; Saracen Songs (1914) ; Five Songs of Laurence Hope (1915) ; Passionale (1915) ; Art songs (1915-1940). 1916 ; 1917 ; 1918 ; 1919 ; The 1920s ; The 1930s ; The 1940s -- An overview of the art songs ; Instrumental works. Suite of piano sketches ; Suite for violin and piano -- Spirituals and negro folk songs. Background of the spirituals ; History, controversy, and problems ; Burleigh credited ; Burleigh's view on the negro spiritual ; Early settings of folk and religious songs, 1900-1913 ; The Burleigh-Krehbiel folk song collaboration (1913-1914) ; An interim ; A marathon of spirituals ; Other spirituals in 1917 after "Deep river" ; The spirituals of 1918 ; 1919 ; Spirituals and folksongs, 1920-1925 ; Spirituals arranged between 1925 and 1930 ; The 1930s ; The last spirituals ; Singers of the spirituals ; Seagle the specialist ; Other arrangers of Burleigh's solo spirituals ; The Burleigh touch -- Part three. Catalog of music, discography, bibliography. Catalog of music. Art songs and religious songs ; Spirituals and negro folk songs ; Instrumental works. |
| Abstract | This is a scholarly study of Harry T. Burleigh (1866-1949), the composer, arranger, singer, and music editor. An Erie, Pennsylvania native, Burleigh graduated from the National Conservatory of Music in New York, where he became friends with Dvorak and was the first Negro to sing in St. George's Episcopal Church and Temple Emanu-El choirs. He was recognized as the first Negro American art song composer and arranger of spirituals for concert use. Biographical chapters, which also depict the larger American musical scene and its singers from 1914 to 1935, are followed by background and analyses of Burleigh's compositions (art songs, instrumental works, arrangements of spirituals), a discography, catalogue of works, extensive bibliography, chapter notes, and detailed index. With many photos and musical examples. |
| Local note | Little-323522--305131028486+ |
| Bibliography note | Includes bibliographical references (pages 407-421), discography (pages 402-406), and index. |
| LCCN | 90038249 |
| ISBN | 0810822911 (acid-free paper) |