Blog — Harry T. Burleigh Society

Mar 9

Mar 9 Review: Burleigh Society & Fisk Jubilee Singers Conference Weekend (March 2 - 3)

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Review of the Harry T. Burleigh Society Conference weekend, featuring the Fisk Jubilee Singers.

Dec 17

Dec 17 Burleigh, Dvorak, and The Problem with Biographical Footnoting

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Notes

Nov 29

Nov 29 To Be Rediscovered When You Were Never Forgotten: Florence Price and The “Rediscovered” Composer, Part One

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Part One of a series on tropes of Black composers’ lives: How it impacts who is considered “forgotten,” and who is included in mainstream classical music narratives.

Sep 9

Sep 9 Harry T. Burleigh Saint Day

Harry T. Burleigh Society

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10:45am Service, 1:00pm Special Program

Aug 3

Aug 3 Harry T. Burleigh and the Idyll of Oak Bluffs

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Oak Bluffs became a major summer vacation spot for black Americans, and in Dorothy West’s memory there was one vacationer who precipitated that development: Harry T. Burleigh.

Jul 16

Jul 16 A Generation Removed: Harry T. Burleigh, Hamilton Waters, and the Embodiment of Citizenship

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Whether with friends, colleagues, or family members, the image presented to us 21st century viewers, is one of a black man who is not only successful, but comfortable. We might forget, then, that Burleigh was two generations removed from being born into slavery

Mar 9

Mar 9 Lineage & Heritage: On the Souls of Black Folk

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"Lineage and Heritage," a concert produced by the Harry T. Burleigh Society and the Urban Playground Chamber Orchestra, presented works by Harry T. Burleigh (1866-1949) and S. Coleridge Taylor (1875-1912) to foreground the friendship of these African American and African English men.

Mar 31

Mar 31 Harry T. Burleigh’s Annual Service of Negro Spirituals: A Tribute

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The Harry T. Burleigh Society proudly presented a musical tribute to Burleigh. Speakers provided background and context for the Negro spiritual, Burleigh's arrangements and compositions were performed, and oral history and archival material illuminated the significance of Burleigh at St. George’s Church and his influence on American musical culture.