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	About "Ethiopia Saluting the Colors" (Library of Congress)
		Composed during the height of his success, Burleigh’s "Ethiopia Saluting the Colors" (1915), to a text by Walt Whitman, is a dramatic account of an African American woman, or "Ethiopian" (by the mid-nineteenth century, "Ethiopians” had become synonymous with “Africans” in the Western world), and her chance meeting with a Union soldier.
		After discovering Burleigh’s musical talent, Elizabeth Russell, a bank messenger who was his mother’s employer, gave the youth a job as a doorman during the musicales she hosted at her home.
		Burleigh’s compositions and arrangements of African American spirituals transported the music of African Americans from their plantation and minstrel settings onto the concert stage, where they have been enjoyed and appreciated by music lovers worldwide.
	www.loc.gov /creativity/hampson/about_ethiopia.html (728 words)

	World Book \|\| Harry Burleigh (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-06)
		Harry Thacker Burleigh (1866-1949) was a fl American composer and singer.
		Burleigh arranged more than 100 folk songs, including "Deep River" and "Nobody Knows the Trouble I've Seen." He was strongly influenced by the nationalism of the Czech composer Antonin Dvorak.
		Burleigh was born in Erie, Pennsylvania, and won the Spingarn Medal in 1917.
	www.worldbook.com /features/aamusic/html/burleigh.htm (103 words)

	Pennsylvania People. Harry Burleigh. Level 2 (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-06)
		Harry Thacker Burleigh was born in Erie Pennsylvania on December 2, 1866.
		Harry arranged many of these songs, which means that he wrote down the music that should be played and sung.
		Harry Burleigh was buried in Hastings-on-the-Hudson, New York.
	www.cbsd.org /pennsylvaniapeople/level2_biographies/Level_2_biographies/harry_burleigh_level_2.htm (1014 words)

	Family Timeline
		Harry recalled years later that the family would often sing together at those times, when the boys joined their mother at work.
		Elizabeth Elmendorf, Harry T. Burleigh and his sister Eva, were elected members of the Orpheus Society organized in 1878, known to have been the best singing society in the city.
		Harry performed at the Erie YMCA with the University Singers of New Orleans, it is not clear if he traveled with the group, but local newspapers reported that it was Burleigh's plan to do so.
	burleighsociety.org /page10.html (3723 words)

	Craig von Buseck
		Burleigh looked ahead at the fountain but out of the corner of his eye noticed the master's hand slowly moving in time, as though he were leading an orchestra.
		Burleigh had been receiving dictation from Dvorak for several months and he was growing curious as to what this beautiful music would be.
		Burleigh finished the song and both men sat in silence for a moment, the chirping of the thrushes and the muffled sounds of the children playing upstairs filled the room.
	vonbuseck.com /lamplighter_chapter17.asp (9038 words)

	Where we got our name (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-06)
		Harry Thacker Burleigh, singer, composer, son of a school janitress, and grandson of an ex-slave turned lamp lighter, was born in Erie, Pennsylvania, on December 2, 1866.
		After Harry's father died, his mother found work as a janitress at the school she wanted to teach at but was unable to.
		Harry Thacker Burleigh, singer, composer, arranger, accompanist, scholar, and grandson of ex-slave was one of the outstanding song writers of the early twentieth century.
	esd.iu5.org /pb/history.html (826 words)

	AFROCENTRIC VOICES: H. T. Burleigh Biography
		Henry (Harry) Thacker Burleigh was born on December 2, 1866, in Erie, Pennsylvania.
		Burleigh's work in preserving the slaves' songs and making them known to the finest musicians, as well as to the public, is more important than is generally realized.
		Burleigh was a charter member of the American Society of Composers, Authors, and Publishers (ASCAP) when it formed in 1914 and became a member of its board of directors in 1941.
	www.afrovoices.com /burleigh.html (1903 words)

	wikien.info: Main_Page (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-06)
		Burleigh attended the conservatory in New York City that was founded by Jeannette Thurber.
		Burleigh was accepted as a student, and became DvořÃ¡k's protegÃ©, during which time he sang the traditional spirituals for DvořÃ¡k.
		With DvořÃ¡k's encouragement, Burleigh began to compose classical song and choral arrangements of spirituals, which were later made famous by artists such as the Fisk Jubilee Singers, Marian Anderson, Robert McFerrin Sr., and William Warfield.
	www.hostingciamca.com /index.php?title=Spiritual_(music) (428 words)

	: : : Then and Now Together 2002 : : : (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-06)
		Harry's grandfather sang the songs he worked with on the plantation to Harry, inspiring his love of music.
		This was a beginning of a fifty-two year relationship, in which the income allowed Burleigh to focus on his musical studies.
		By 1916, Burleigh had published several works, most well known among these were "Jean" in 1903, "Ethiopia Saluting the Colors" in 1915, "Saracen Songs" in 1914, and "Five Songs by Laurence Hope" in 1915.
	www.freedomcenter.org /tnt/2002/songs/page2.html (531 words)

	American Music: Hard Trials: The Life and Music of Harry T. Burleigh. - book reviews (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-06)
		Some commentators have seen Burleigh's insistence upon a certain standard of musical excellence (as he defined excellence) as a capitulation to "white" musical values rather than as an expression of the intrinsic, artistic worth of the spirituals.
		Burleigh's influence upon African American composers active during the 1930s and 1940s (notably, R. Nathaniel Dett, William Grant Still, and Florence Price) also remains to be documented, as does his influence upon white composers of the period.
		Burleigh sometimes heard internationally known recitalists perform at the Russells' home, the city's "cultural mecca," and he often spoke of first hearing the virtuoso Hungarian pianist Rafael Joseffy while standing in the snow outside the window of the Russell home.
	www.findarticles.com /p/articles/mi_m2298/is_n2_v12/ai_15543166 (1164 words)

	Craig von Buseck
		THE LAMPLIGHTER chronicles the ascent of the great African-American composer Harry T. Burleigh from poverty to international musical acclaim in the midst of the grueling oppression of Jim Crow segregation in the late 19th and early 20th Centuries.
		It is a legacy that follows Burleigh's ancestors from a plantation on Maryland's Easter Shore to freedom in Pennsylvania on the shores of Lake Erie.
		At an early age Harry was also trained in classical European music by his mother, who learned it from her Scotch-Indian mother.
	vonbuseck.com /lamplighter_proposal.asp (1825 words)

	Jazz Roots: Spirituals and Harry Burleigh (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-06)
		Burleigh was born in Erie, Pennsylvania in 1866, he attended the National Conservatory of Music in New York City from 1892-1896, and was on the faculty there for several years.
		He was protege of Anton Dvorak, who it is said spent many hours listening to Burleigh sing folk songs of his people and discussing with him the possibilities of using this music as inspiration for a major composition.
		Burleigh was a baritone soloist for St. George's Episcopal Church in New York City from 1894 - 1946, where he gave an annual concert of spirituals.
	www.jass.com /spirituals.html (357 words)

	Harry Burleigh - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		Harry Burleigh (1866-1949), baritone, was the first African-American to become a successful Classical composer.
		Burleigh's most durable compositions are his arrangements of these spirituals, which compare favorably with the Classical compositions of European composers.
		They have been popularized by such artists as Roland Hayes, Paul Robeson and Marian Anderson.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Harry_Burleigh (177 words)

	Art Song Alliance: Harry T. Burleigh
		Burleigh's important song cycles include Saracen Songs and Five Songs of Laurence Hope, both of which are now available in print through Classic Vocal Reprints/E. Schirmer.
		Harry T. Burleigh belongs to a group of Black composers in the nationalistic school of composition.
		Burleigh's output included about 300 works, among them being Saracen Songs, Five Songs of Laurence Hope, Passionale, "Jean," "Little Mother of Mine," "The Grey Wolf," and his popular spiritual arrangements for solo voice.
	www.darryltaylor.com /alliance/burleigh.bio.html (582 words)

	Antonin Dvorak biography .ms (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-06)
		It was during his time as director of the Conservatory that Dvořák formed a friendship with Harry Burleigh, who became an important African-American composer.
		Dvořák taught Burleigh composition, and in return, Burleigh spent hours on end singing traditional American Spirituals to Dvořák.
		Burleigh went on to compose settings of these Spirituals which compare favorably with European classical composition.
	antonin-dvorak.biography.ms (1756 words)

	D. Speed- The African American Spiritual and Resurrection of Classical Art-- Schiller Institute
		In a different location, Burleigh spoke of his "sacred crusade" in composition as one to make the musical potential of the Spirituals "intelligible"--that is his expression--through submission of their prosody to the rigors of Classical polyphony, in the same way Brahms had done with several generations of German folk-songs.
		Burleigh's grandfather, a conductor (though blind) on the Underground Railroad, as well as his mother, a Classical scholar who spoke French and taught Greek and Latin (and also aided runaway slaves), taught Burleigh the Spirituals.
		Burleigh was also the only African-American to ever hold the position of cantor at Temple Emmanuel-El, a post that he held for 25 years.
	www.schillerinstitute.org /music/rev_10_9_95_dhs.html (5225 words)

	Untitled (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-06)
		Harry Thacker Burleigh, born in Erie, Pennsylvania in 1866, contributed much to the genre of spirituals.
		His grandfather had passed old songs onto his grandson Harry by singing them, which had later influenced him greatly.
		At 26, Burleigh began attending the National Conservatory of Music in New York.
	nhd05.t35.com /figures.html (351 words)

	Harmon Collection (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-06)
		Harry T. Burleigh, through his many achievements, has obtained a high standing among musicians and is sincerely admired by all.
		Harry Thacker Burleigh's ascent to the position of baritone soloist at St. George's Episcopal Church in New York City was not entirely smooth.
		Although Waring was a longtime friend of Burleigh, he apparently did not sit for this portrait.
	www.si.edu /harcourt/npg/exh/harmon/burlharm.htm (298 words)

	Dynamic Demos, Speakers & Seminars - Pennsylvania's Musical Pioneers with Charles Kennedy Jr. (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-06)
		Harry T. Burleigh gave his life to music and the service of God.
		The famous composer, Antonin Dvorak, turned to Burleigh for help in composing his symphony, “From the New World,” and Burleigh shared the songs learned from his grandfather, who had been a slave.
		Dvorak and Burleigh became close friends, and it was Dvorak that encouraged Burleigh to make artistic arrangements of the spirituals that could be presented on the concert stage and that people could play at home.
	www.dydemos.com /presenters/charleskennedyjr.htm (1022 words)

	4/04: Erie, PA
		Harry Burleigh was born in Erie in 1866.
		Harry grew up in Erie, singing in church choirs as a boy and then attended the National Conservatory of Music in New York.
		His grandfather = s voice stayed in Harry = s head and those songs—filled with both sorrow and joy—formed the foundation for the music Harry Burleigh wrote and arranged.
	www.roadmuseum.org /4_04_erie,_pa.htm (745 words)

	Anton Dvorak and The Fight For An American Musical Culture
		It was the singer and instrumentalist Harry Burleigh, Dvorak's friend, who sang the spirituals for him.
		Burleigh recounts that, once after he sang ``Go Down Moses'' to Dvorak, that the composer exclaimed, `Burleigh, that is as great as a Beethoven theme!'''
		Burleigh also states, however, that Dvorak ``just saturated himself in the spirit of those old tunes and then invented his own themes.
	www.members.tripod.com /american_almanac/dvorak.htm (3253 words)

	Burleigh Exfo Is The Recognized Test And Measurement Expert In The Global Telecommunications Industry Thro (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-06)
		A biography on composer and singer Harry Thacker Burleigh H. Burleigh (1866-1949) Henry Thacker Burleigh was born on December 2, 1866, in Erie, Pennsylvania.
		Burleigh has a rich heritage of design and craftsmanship At Burleigh we process our clay from raw ingredients giving us a special.
		The Glenn Burleigh Music Workshop and Ministry Inc. Was founded, as a non profit teaching and training organizaffon in 1993 by its major teacher, composer and performer, Glenn E. Burleigh is a detached house built at the beginning of the century.
	www.99hosted.com /names6447.html (313 words)

	AFROCENTRIC VOICES: H. T. Burleigh Selected Bibliography
		Allison, Roland Lewis, "Classification of the Vocal Works of Harry T. Burleigh (1866-1949) and Some Suggestions for Their Use in Teaching Diction in Singing." Ph.d diss., Indiana University, 1966.
		"Harry T. Burleigh, Arranger of Negro Spirituals." [St. Paul?], Minn.: Minnesota School of the Air, dist. by National Center for Audio Tapes, 19--.
		"Harry T. Burleigh and the Creative Expression of Bi-musicality: a Study of an African-American Composer and the American Art Song." Ph.d diss., University of Pittsburgh, 1992.
	www.afrovoices.com /burlbibl.html (914 words)

	J.W. Pepper & Son, Inc.
		Harry T. Burleigh set the standards for Negro Spiritual arrangements, and this is arguably the finest small collection to be found.
		Since everyone has heard these melodies before, Burleigh has made each piece come alive through the accompaniment.
		The tempo and the melodies are the same you have heard for years; it's the accompaniment that makes them fresh.
	www.jwpepper.com /catalog/search?id=&passwd=&wwwinvno=&catcde=A&searchtype1=itmkey&itmkey1=4911202&hpub=x&hclass=x&hgrade=x (119 words)

	In Common -- March 12, 2002
		Then Graves broke a bone in her foot at dress rehearsal and sang on opening night with her foot in a clunky cast.
		Her program at Moravian includes Sir Edward Elgar’s “Sea Pictures,” songs by the African-American composer Harry Thacker Burleigh, Lieder by Brahms, canciones by Manuel de Falla, and arias from two Handel operas.
		The grandson of former slaves, Burleigh (1866-1949)was a native of Erie.
	www.moravian.edu /news/inCommon/03-12-02 (411 words)

	Piano Suites by Black Composers (29 October 1997) (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-06)
		He served as a music editor for the publisher Ricordi, became a venerable institution at St. George's Episcopal Church in New York, where he sang as baritone soloist for 52 years, and was a popular recitalist here and abroad.
		In it, he was able to invent original melodies that convincingly match the heartfelt style of the quoted folk melodies.
		Like Burleigh, he believed in drawing on and adapting folkloric sources, considering spirituals to be "a rare musical legacy." Among his choral pieces based on spirituals, "Listen to the Lambs" is especially haunting.
	www.schirmer.com:16080 /features/971029/library_2031.html (1089 words)

	Craig von Buseck
		Dvorak firmly believed that African-American plantation songs, and the spirituals in particular, could be the foundation for American music, and he encouraged Burleigh to, "give them to the world."
		Many musical historians believe that this was the beginning of a distinctive American style of music -- a foundation that birthed the Blues, Gospel, Jazz, and Rock and Roll.
		But this book is also about the struggle of an African-American man overcoming racial prejudice and obtaining true equality.
	vonbuseck.com /books.asp (735 words)

	DVORAK CENTENARY FESTIVAL
		Another student, Harry Rowe Shelley, was privileged to be present when Dvorak auditioned the newly composed melody, singing wordlessly “with great passion and fervor, his eyes bulging out; his blood purple red in the neck veins.
		Harry Burleigh had learned the sorrow songs from his blind grandfather, a former slave.
		Another student, Harry Rowe Shelley, was privileged to be present when Dvorak auditioned the newly composed tune, singing “with great passion and fervor, his eyes bulging out; his blood purple red in the neck veins.
	www.somsd.k12.nj.us /~chssocst/dvorakprogramnotes.htm (11723 words)

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