'H. T. Burleigh - Were you there? - Samuel Leon Moseley' YouTube (2:30)

[Henry T. Burleigh (1866-1949)]

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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.