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"A certain strangeness": Harry T. Burleigh's art songs and spiritual arrangements.(Biography)
"It is the best of all trades, to make songs, and the second best to sing them," wrote poet Hilaire Belloc (1917, 6). Harry T. Burleigh (1866-1949) certainly enjoyed the best of both pursuits, combining a long, distinguished performing career with an equally productive life as a composer. Unfortunately, Burleigh never recorded while in his prime as a baritone soloist, and we must evaluate his singing through the reviews of others and the prestige of the venues in which he appeared. As a composer, however, Burleigh left a highly accessible legacy of spiritual arrangements and art songs. Many of the spiritual arrangements have remained in print and in repertoire since their ...
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