Cover
Title
Copyright
Contents
Preface
Acknowledgments
Chronology of Major Events in the Life of Harry T. Burleigh
PART I. ERIE, PENNSYLVANIA: FOUNDATION FOR A NATIONAL CAREER
1. Hamilton Waters and the Struggle for Freedom and Education
2. The Family and Community That Shaped Burleigh’s Youth
3. Burleigh’s Music Experience and Training in Erie
PART II. TO NEW YORK CITY AND BEYOND
4. Burleigh at the National Conservatory of Music
5. Introducing Antonín Dvořák to African American Music
6. The Columbian Exposition--The Chicago World’s Fair
7. The Symphony “From the New World”
8. Foremost Musician and Engaged Citizen
9. Burleigh’s Singing Career
10. Music Mentor and Colleague
11. Family Matters: Fame and Its Discontents
12. Wife and Family of the “Eminent Baritone”
13. St. George’s Becomes Mr. Burleigh’s Church
PART III. ART SONG COMPOSER, MUSIC EDITOR, AND PIONEER ARRANGER OF SPIRITUALS
14. A Singer-Composer Learns His Craft
15. “Composer by Divine Right”
16. Bringing Spirituals to the Concert Stage
17. Burleigh Spirituals and the Harlem Renaissance
PART IV. BURLEIGH'S LEGACY
18. The Impact of a Life
Notes
Index