Front Matter
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Table of Contents
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Preface
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Acknowledgments
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Chronology of Major Events in the Life of Harry T. Burleigh
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Hamilton Waters and the Struggle for Freedom and Education: “Originality, versatility, and patient toil”
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The Family and Community That Shaped Burleigh’s Youth: “A fixity of purpose”
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Burleigh’s Music Experience and Training in Erie: “He was always singing”
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Burleigh at the National Conservatory of Music: “In the center of American musical activity”
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Introducing Antonín Dvořák to African American Music: “All that is needed for a great and noble school of American music”
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The Columbian Exposition—The Chicago World’s Fair: “A World’s Fair for the World’s Fair”
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The Symphony “From the New World”: “He loved to hear me sing the old melodies”
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Foremost Musician and Engaged Citizen: “The celebrated western baritone”
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Burleigh’s Singing Career: “An art of astonishing versatility”
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Music Mentor and Colleague: “He always had time for us”
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Family Matters: Fame and Its Discontents: “The tranquility of happy companionship”
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Wife and Family of the “Eminent Baritone”: “You were too busy being Mr. Burleigh!”
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St. George’s Becomes Mr. Burleigh’s Church: “A man of grace, gentleness, courtesy, humor and loyalty”
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A Singer-Composer Learns His Craft: “Passionate sincerity and harmonic richness”
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“Composer by Divine Right”: “The American Coleridge-Taylor”
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Bringing Spirituals to the Concert Stage: “A music of the future out of the music of the past”
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Burleigh Spirituals and the Harlem Renaissance: “A dangerous tendency toward sophisticated over-elaboration”
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The Impact of a Life: “I Know the Lord Has Laid His Hands on Me”
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Notes
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Index
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Back Matter
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