[Henry
T. Burleigh (1866-1949)]
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by moseley2604 on Mar 4,
2012
A Musical Offering
H. T. Burleigh, Were you there,
Samuel
Leon Moseley - flute.
Henry "Harry" Thacker Burleigh (1866-1949) was an African
American composer, arranger and baritone soloist who is profiled at
AfriClassical.com,
which
features a comprehensive Works
List by Prof. Dominique-René de Lerma,
http://www.CasaMusicaledeLerma.com
Here is the entry for Were
you there?:
“Were
you there?, for
high voice & piano (1924). New York: G. Ricordi, 1924. 5p.
Duration: 3:88.”
Burleigh
was born in Erie, Pennsylvania and died in Stamford, Connecticut. In
his lengthy career, Burleigh wrote 265 vocal works and made 187
choral arrangements. In 1916 Henry T. Burleigh published Jubilee
Songs of the United States of America,
a book of arrangements of spirituals for solo vocal performance.
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