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Author: Rob Simpson
Publisher: Scarecrow Press
Imprint: Scarecrow Press
Volume: 8
Dimensions:
Width: 14.10cm
, Height: 3.00cm
, Length: 22.40cm
Weight: 0.712kg
ISBN: 9780810822917
ISBN 10: 0810822911
Pages: 496
Publication Date: 01 December 1990
Audience:
General/trade
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General
Format: Hardback
Publisher's Status: Active
Availability: In Print
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Reviews
...a valuable volume...we are indeed indebted to Simpson for...the excellent index, bibliography, and discography make this book all the more valuable...an excellent resource. Notes ...likely to be the most penetrating and useful source for some time...as complete a picture of Burleigh as possible...very readable...Recommended for all libraries. Choice ...Simpson's well-researched volume is an invaluable addition to the anals of American music history...pioneering study. Journal Of Erie Studies Anyone who arranged spirituals with the distinction of Harry Thacker Burleigh and occupied such an important place in the musical development of black Americans is worth a thoroughly documented study of the kind that Anne Key Simpson has now provided. Music and Letters ...important...Simpson has broken new ground by gathering the most extensive colleciton of Burleigh materials since...1966... American Music ...laudable...Her book's most valuable contribution is its extensive catalogue of Burleigh's music. Isam Newsletter ...fills a gap, because very little is written about the negro spiritual in standard music history books... Eir
...a valuable volume...we are indeed indebted to Simpson for...the excellent index, bibliography, and discography make this book all the more valuable...an excellent resource. Notes: Quarterly Journal of the Music Library Association ...likely to be the most penetrating and useful source for some time...as complete a picture of Burleigh as possible...very readable...Recommended for all libraries. CHOICE ...Simpson's well-researched volume is an invaluable addition to the anals of American music history...pioneering study. Journal Of Erie Studies Anyone who arranged spirituals with the distinction of Harry Thacker Burleigh and occupied such an important place in the musical development of black Americans is worth a thoroughly documented study of the kind that Anne Key Simpson has now provided. Music & Letters ...important...Simpson has broken new ground by gathering the most extensive colleciton of Burleigh materials since...1966... American Music ...laudable...Her book's most valuable contribution is its extensive catalogue of Burleigh's music. Isam Newsletter ...fills a gap, because very little is written about the negro spiritual in standard music history books... Eir
Author Information
Anne Key Simpson (BS, piano performance; MA, musicology, Texas Women's University), retired as Staff Accompanist from the University of Southwestern Louisiana, is a freelance writer and accompanist. Her articles have appeared in American Music, The School Musician, Journal of Band Research, Journal of Erie Studies, American Music Teacher, and College Music Symposium.
