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Title: Harry Burleigh, 1920s
Alternative Title: Portraits of African American Composers, Conductors, and Arrangers.
Contributor: Van Vechten, Carl, 1880-1964
Date Created and/or Issued: [1920s]
1920/1930
Contributing Institution: UCLA, Library Special Collections, Charles E. Young Research Library
Collection: Miriam Matthews Photograph Collection
Rights Information: spec-coll@library.ucla.edu
Description: Henry Thacker "Harry" Burleigh was an African-American classical composer, arranger, and professional singer known for his baritone voice. The first black composer instrumental in developing characteristically American music, Burleigh made black music available to classically trained artists both by introducing them to spirituals and by arranging them in a more classical form.
Studio portrait of Harry Burleigh.
Photograph signed: Harry T. Burleigh. Written on back of photo: Harry T. Burleigh. Photograph by Carl Van Vechten
Type: image
Identifier: uclalsc_1889_b22_f01_003a.tif
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Subject: African American composers
African American singers
Arrangers (Musicians)
Burleigh, H. T. (Harry Thacker), 1866-1949
Source: Miriam Matthews Photograph Collection
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