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Wasn't All"; "For the Sake of a Rose"; "All I Need is a Girl Like You"; "Honey Will You Miss Me When I'm Gone"; "That's What the Daisy Said"; "When Yankee Doodle Sails Upon the Good Ship Home Sweet Home"; "Goodbye Rose." Address: Estate, c/o ASCAP.
Burleigh, Cecil, composer, pianist, violinist, educator; b. Wyoming, N.Y., Apr. 17, 1885. ASCAP 1941. Of musical parentage, as child mastered violin and piano. At eighteen to Europe for advanced studies in violin with Witek and Grunberg; in comp. with Leichtentritt, Berlin 1903-05; Sauret and Borowski, Chicago Musical Coll., 1906-08. Teacher violin Denver Inst, of Music and Dramatic Art, 1909-11; Morningside Coll., Sioux City, 1911-14; State Univ. at Missoula, Mont., 1914-19. Studied with Leopold Auer, New York 1919-21. Honorary Doctorate in composition from American Cons, of Music, Chicago, 1938. Concert work, New York 1919-21; head violin and composition departments of Univ. of Wis. from 1921. Works: thirty-five piano pieces; "Ballad of New England"; "Three Mood Pictures"; "Sonnets of Autumn" Thirty-four songs incl. "Break, Break, Break"; "The Lighthouse"; "Wings"; "Sunrise"; "Song of the Brook." Ninety-two violin works, three Concertos and two Sonatas; "Rocky Mountain Sketches"; "Prairies Sketches" Orchestral works incl. "Mountain Pictures" and "Evangeline." Home: 1 Langdon St., Madison 3, Wis.
Burleigh, Harry T. (Henry Thacker Burleigh), composer, baritone, music editor; b. Erie, Pa., Dec. 2, 1866; d. Stamford, Conn., Sept. 12, 1949. ASCAP 1914 {charter member). Educ: public schools Erie, Pa. Won scholarship National Cons, of Music, New York; studied voice under Christian Fritsch, harmony with Rubin |
Goldmark; counterpoint with John White and Max Spicker. Student at Nat. Cons, during regime of Antonin Dvorak and introduced to Dvorak traditional Negro melodies reflected in Dvorak's New World Symphony. Baritone soloist 1894-1946 St. George's Episcopal Church, New York; 1900-25 baritone soloist Temple Emanu-El. Many concert tours as baritone Europe and America; two command performances before Edward VII. A benefactor of many young artists. Largely self-taught in languages; master of German, French, and Italian. Honorary degrees Master of Arts, Atlanta Univ. and Doctor of Music from Howard Univ. Spingarn Medal 1917 for merit. Works: "Jean"; "Deep River"; "Little Mother of Mine*'; "Just You"; "The Grey Wolf; "The Young Warrior"; "The Soldier"; "Ethiopia Saluting the Colors"; settings for "The Five Songs of Laurence Hope"; many spiritual arrangements. Address: Estate, c/o ASCAP.
Burnett, Ernie, composer, pianist; b. Cincinnati, Ohio, Dec. 19, 1884. ASCAP 1921. Educ.: various countries of Europe, musical studies with private teachers in Italy and Austria; Charlottenburg Cons. Returned to America at seventeen; gave up plans for concertizing to become vaudeville pianist. In series of vaudeville acts and musical shows as director, accompanist, piano soloist, and entertainer. Member of Eighty-ninth Division AEF World War I; gassed at Soissons and after hospitalization returned to America to organize popular orchestras. For three years active in musical life of Panama Canal Zone; recurrence of effects of World War gassing caused ten years of hospitalization 1921. Returned to songwriting in Hollywood and New York in 1931; now has own publishing house, Sara-nac Lake, New York. Songs: "Melancholy Baby"; "Steamboat Rag"; "My Kathleen"; "Please Take a Letter |
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