Guest Book Entry from South Africa: 'Thank you for such a resource, capturing a very important history.'

[Le Chevalier de Saint-Georges (1745-1799)]

Concord Nkabinde of South Africa has written in the Guest Book at AfriClassical.com on Tuesday, 2/8/11:

“Thank you for such a resource, capturing a very important history. More people need to know about this website. We will spread the word.” [Le Chevalier de Saint-Georges (1745-1799) is profiled at AfriClassical.com]

AfriClassical.com Guest Book: 'one of the most amazing web sites I have ever seen'

[John Blanke, Trumpeter in the Court of King Henry VIII; Westminster Tournament, 1511;

(National Archives, United Kingdom)] 

Deeann D. Mathews made a post in the Guest Book at AfriClassical.com on Saturday, 2/21/09. AfriClassical reprints it with her permission: “This is one of the most amazing web sites I have ever seen. I knew that there were many, many classical composers of African descent; I had no idea there were this many. As an African American composer of concert music, and an author on the subject of the music business (where the remnants of 'sharecropping' continue to this day, particularly against Black people), this site cheered me greatly, for credit is being given where credit is due, and African American composers through the centuries are getting the recognition and exposure they have so long been denied. Keep up the good work; I shall return to this page in the future with joy.”   From: San Francisco   Web Site: The Freedom Guide for Music Creators

“Harry T Burleigh wrote a song for my Great Aunt Harriot while they were @ a family picnic...”

A visitor made this entry in the Guest Book at AfriClassical.com on Monday, 11/3/08, 12:02 PM: “I happened to stumble upon this site today. Great info.! My Grandfather told me a story, many years ago, about how Harry T Burleigh wrote a song for my Great Aunt Harriot while they were @ a family picnic in Napanoch, NY. My Uncle still has the song safely put away. I had no idea, until about 20 yrs ago, that he was so famous and memorable. It is quite an honor to know that we share the same bloodline. Thank you. June (Family names: Elmandorf, Osterhoudt, Burleigh)” [Henry “Harry” Thacker Burleigh was an African American composer, arranger and baritone soloist who was born in Erie, Pennsylvania on December 2, 1866. In his lengthy career, Burleigh wrote 265 vocal works and made 187 choral arrangements. In 1916 he published Jubilee Songs of the United States of America, a book of arrangements of spirituals for solo vocal performance. Burleigh entered a nursing home in 1946, and died in Stamford, Connecticut on December 12, 1949. He is profiled at AfriClassical.com]