Harry T. Burleigh

""Jean E. Snyder's brilliant encyclopedic evaluation of the life and legacy of Harry Thacker Burleigh reveals an intriguing lode of personal and professional detail about the iconic singer whose seminal influence in American compositional history is appreciated today by precious few.""--George I. Shirley, Grammy Award winner and Director of the Vocal Arts Division, University of Michigan ""By incorporating the unique perspective offered by members of Harry T. Burleigh's family, Jean Snyder makes a valuable and much-needed contribution to the literature on one of the greatest African-American musical figures of the nineteenth and twentieth centuries. Moreover, Snyder's work is timely since it coincides with the Burleigh sesquicentennial celebration.""--Samuel A. Floyd, Jr., author of The Power of Black Music: Interpreting Its History from Africa to the United States ""The definitive biography of Burleigh, unlikely to be superseded in the near future.""--Thomas Riis, author of Just before Jazz: Black Musical Theater in New York, 1890–1915Publication of this book was supported by grants from the Lloyd Hibberd Endowment of the American Musicological Society, funded in part by the National Endowment for the Humanities and the Andrew W. Mellon Foundation and from the Henry and Edna Binkele Classical Music Fund.