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t-THECARCUXA TIKES SAT., FEBRUARY 28.1931 A Special Editorial Section On Black Historv '3mdk R r ft Trlt H 1600 - 1920 By Lois Yvonne Whaley Harrv Tharkw RnrUiah (1866-1949) was , the grandson of a runaway slave who was blinded in slavery but fled north with his wife and family. Their destination was Canada, but the imminent birth of a daughter (Harry's mother) caused them to settle in Erie, Penn-' sylvania. As a child, Harry led his grandfather on the latter's rounds as lamplighter, all the while listening to his grandparents' plantation stories and songs. In school, he exhibited a good voice and ear, but it was not until his mother's employer noticed his avid interest in music that his abilities were encouraged. He sang in church choirs, and it was at the age of 26 that his formal music education began with a scholarship to the National Conservatory of Music in New York. He came to the attention of fZLSfl Tl-E AVAILABLE lN ms AnJr mil rJiMirt iMJ I 11IH .-Art i i i i if i i ALSO KILLS ANTS! Amazing 'DIEAND-GOODBYE' Formula Proves So Effective In All Tests Run That Wherever Applied, Gives TOTAL PROTECTION With As Little As A Single One-Shot Treatment A Yearl iViwn i"fnrriMii - . ... x Antonin Dvorak, a Czech composer, who taught at the Conservatory, and it was through Burleigh that Dvorak composed his New World Symphony, for Harry sang and played spirituals for the Czech composer. In 1894, his career as a singer began in earnest when he applied for and received the position of baritone soloist at St. George's Episcopal Church in New York. He became the soloist at Tem ple Emanu-Ei in New York in 1900. He also taught voice at the Con servatory in his senior year'. After completing his studies, he began concer tizing in the States and Europe. The tour included a command performance before King Edward VII. The' last two years of the century found Burleigh beginning to compose ballads and a position as music editor for G. Ricor di and Company in New York allowed him the freedom to write. Burleigh is perhaps best known for his ar rangements of spirituals for concert singers. Deep River was arranged and published in 1917, and has been performed by artists for decades. He wrote about his arrangements of spirituals: "My desire was to preserve them in har monies that belong to modern methods of tonal progression without robb ing the melodies of their racial flavor." His compositions total more than 250. Among 4hen baUad rt. The rayet Little Mother of Mine, Dear Old Pal of Mine, Just You, Under A Blazing Star, and The Great Somewhere. He set poems to music: Robert Burns' Love My Jean, Langston Hughes' Lover ly, Dark and Lonely One, James N. Johnson's The Commissioned by Amalgamated Publishers, Inc. Representatives for 89 Community Oriented Newspapers 45 West 45th Street, New York. 10036 KJ ! r m 1 t ill wnnnn- ..ii ivni mmMf&jkn ' J a-i J Clarence Cameron White (1879-1960) was born in Clarksville, Ten nessee and received his ' undergraduate degree from Howard. In addition to a degree in music (violin) from Oberlin in 1901, he studied composi tion with Coleridge tayfor in London, and violin with the Russian violinist Zacharewitsch. Prior to going to England, he taught at the (Negro) Washington Conservatory Washington's ' public schools. While in London (1980-11), White was first violinist with the String Players Club. Upon his return to the States, he went on tours occasionally accompanied by his wite at the piano. 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O Whitman's Ethiopia Saluting The Colors. He wrote for solo, quartets and choruses and compos ed for minstrel troupes. Honors such as the Sp ingarn Achievement Medal (1917), a Master's degree from Atlanta University and a Doctor of Music degree from Howard, were awarded Burleigh. He was a charter member of ASCAP. Burleigh's legacy was to provide accompaniment in the modern form which would detract nothing from the emotional appeal and impact of the spirit of the music. Hazel Harrison (1881-1969) began her studies in her hometown of Laporte, Indiana and ' continued under Euro ' pean masters. She per formed with the Berlin Philharmonic Orchestra while in Germany in 1903-06. She did not begin concertizing in the States until after 1920. Carl Diton (1886-?) was born in Philadelphia. After his graduation from the University of Penn sylvania in 1909 he pur sued further study in Ger many under the patronage of Madame E. Azalia Hackley. Upon his return, he became the first black pianist to tour the States. Diton left the concert stage after a brief career to teach and compose, and enjoy another first: Lovelle points out that "He was the first com poser to employ a spiritual as thematic material for organ composition and ". . . .to employ spirituals in art-song form a la Schumann and Brahms." His works include Four Spirituals (1914), and he was one of the organizers ' of the National Associa tion of Negro Musicians whose focus was to resist "the desecration of spirituals into ragtime." the Victorian Concert Or chestra in Boston. White began composing in earnest after his return to the States, but it was not until 1918 that he began using spirituals as thematic material. Ban dana Sketches, published in 1918, was a compilation of four spirituals for piano and violin. Lovell states that, "The first was a chant, Nobody Knows de Trouble I've Seen; the second a lament, I'm Troubled in Mind; the third was a slave song, ' Many Thousand Gone; and the fourth, a Negro dance, Sometimes' vtoo t Like a Motherless Child. The first was recorded and performed by Fritz Kreislin, the renowned violinist." White composed for violin, voice, piano, chorus, band, orchestra, chamber ensemble and organ. He was the reci pient of many honors dur ing his lifetime, and achieved his highest recognition after 1920. Sissieretta Jones (1886-1933) was one of the few solo vocalists after the war. She was born in Virginia, raised in Rhode Island, and completed studies at the New England Conservatory. Touring for several years, it was not until she ap peared at a Jubilee held at the Madison Square Garden in New York in 1893 that the critics acknowledged her ex istence with any real en thusiasm. Dubbed "Black Patti," after an Italian . operatic diva Adelina Pat ti, she was approached by the manager of the Metropolitan Opera Com pany to sing the part of the African inVerdi's Aida, and Meyerbeer's L'Africaine. However, a black was not to appear with The Met until Marian Anderson did so in 1955. Jones sang before Presi dent Harrison in 1982 and completed a successful "Ewopeait't totumin 1893 monies of simple folk music to the complexities of classical scores. During the latter third of the century were born .composers who have come to be called Black Na tionalists, chiefly because black folk music became . their raison d'etre. Although most were well- Sam Lucas (1840-1916) was born of free parents in Ohio. Often, then as now, musical careers were sub sidized by paying occupa tions, and Lucas was no stranger to this duality. A barber by trade, he fought on the side of the Union during the Civil War. After the war, he played with several minstrel troupes until minstrelsy . gave way to vaudeville and musical comedy. He com posed various tunes: Grandfather Clock, Tur- nip Greenland Carve Dat Possum were the most .fonjOHS, Lttpag.lopked and trained at various schools of music or conservatories and knew well how to write or perform in the traditional (i.e. classical) style, (and often did so in order to support themselves) they con sciously drew upon their heritage in their compositions. William Henry Lane (c. 1825-53) was knpwn pro fessionally as ' Master Juba. One of the few blacks to appear with white minstrel troupes, he was known as the greatest of all dancers. Juba was immortalized by the English author, Charles Dickens, who saw him perform at a place in New York called Almack's which was owned by a black named Pete Williams. During his visit, Juba performed the single shuffle, double shuffle, cut and cross cut while ac- tam- Upon..uhei ittwn, sh'i a ;&BuriMi&3a formed Black Patti's wc "m;u. ne constantly wore a targe i 'i , I' -'' I v-:v - i " -, i i if--"' ii" Ti ii m m n-r'-''--'f Troubadours with whom she sang operatic arias and enjoyed continuous ac claim until her retirement from the concert stage in 1910. During the almost four decades that eclipsed the period from the end of the Civil War to the Twentieth Century, we have seen that the black musician's talents encompassed the broad spectrum of musi cianship from the har- diamond ring that had been presented to him by Queen Victoria, and car ried a gold-headed cane that he received from a member of the English nobility. In addition, he wore a large gold watch on a gold fob. These articles were often pawned by the soft-hearted . Lucas to rescue a stranded troupe. "Self-control is at the root of all virtues." Samuel Smiles a ance was reminiscent of the steps done at Congo-Square and the music performed at this tavern was the har binger of jazz and ragtime. Most of the performers in this brief history have been skilled as instrumen talists or vocalists. Subscribe To ' The Carolina Times Call Today 682-2913 Robert Nathaniel Dett (1882-1943) is chiefly recognized (during" the period represented in this discourse) for his leader ship of the Hampton In ' stitute Choir beginning in 1913. While director there," Hampton enjoyed recognition for its high level of performances; and the group appeared at a festival held at the Library of Congress, at Carnegie Hall in New York, and Symphony Hall in Boston. Dett was born in the slave-founded community of Drummondville, Canada, and received his degree in music from Oberlin. He won the Bow doin Prize at Harvard for an essay "The Emancipa tion of Negro Music," and the Francis Boot Prize for music. He received honorary degrees from the Eastman-School of Music, Oberlin, and Harvard: The classical form was not the only genre in which the black na tionalists worked. The much maligned, minstrel evolved into the more sophisticated form of musical comedy, and the first real departure from minstrelsy was a play ' with a thin story line that used pretty black women; The Octoroon, presented by a white manager named John Isham in 1895. jfis success encouraged him to produce, one year later, Oriental America. It was the first all black cast to play on Broadway. s mm LETT y We Buy and Pay Gash For GOLD STERLING I0K, 1 4K Any Form IF MARKED Flatware, Any Condition Class Rings, Serving Pieces, Bracelets Wedding Bands, Stone Rings or any other. SILVER COINS DIAMONDS If Set in Rings, Earrings, Pendants, etc. 10-25-50 Before 1965 50c 1965-1969 $1.00 Before 1935 WE ALSO LOAN MONEY Musical Instruments, Better Cameras, TVs, Stereos, Gold Jewelry, Bicycles, Mopeds or anything else of value. 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