I doan' want fu' t' stay hyeah no longer / arr. by H.T. Burleigh. [19--]

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I doan' want fu' t' stay hyeah no longer / arr. by H.T. Burleigh. [19--]

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/63553514

1 ms. score ([3] p.) ; 32 cm.

University of Pennsylvania Libraries, Van Pelt Library

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University of Pennsylvania Libraries, Van Pelt Library

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Burleigh, H. T. (Harry Thacker), 1866-1949

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African American composer H.T. (Harry Thacker) Burleigh was born in Erie, Pennsylvania in 1866. In 1892, he enrolled in the National Conservatory of Music in New York City where he also took a job as assistant to composer Antonin Dvorak. Burleigh graduated in 1896 and continued teaching sight singing at the Conservatory until 1898. In 1894, he became the first African American to hold the position of baritone soloist at St. George's Episcopal Church in lower Manhattan, a position he held for 50 ...