Nobody Knows
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Nobody Knows

The Forgotten Story of One of the Most Influential Figures in American Music

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  2. English
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eBook - ePub

Nobody Knows

The Forgotten Story of One of the Most Influential Figures in American Music

About this book

It should not surprise us when we see God use the common things of life--snow, streetlights, a rented suit, a mop--to accomplish the incredible. But it should inspire us. From the depths of near obscurity at the turn of the last century, a young African American man rose to fame through those ordinary things--listening intently out in the snow as a child to beautiful music in an elegant hall, listening to his grandfather sing the old slave songs as he lit the streetlamps, sweating through a rented suit during an audition for a musical scholarship, a chance meeting with a musical legend as he was mopping the halls of his school. Through the seemingly insignificant pieces of life, God led Harry T. Burleigh along the path to fame and through him preserved the songs that would form the basis of a uniquely American music.

Now Harry T. Burleigh, once world-renowned for his career as a beautiful baritone soloist, an arranger of Negro Spirituals, and a composer in his own right, is lifted once more out of obscurity by Craig von Buseck. This inspiring true story will take readers back in time to Southern plantations and Northern boom towns, to minstrel shows and soaring sanctuaries, and into the heart of a man who never suspected that God had destined him for greatness.

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Information

Publisher
Baker Books
Year
2014
eBook ISBN
9781441245540
Topic
Theology & Religion

Table of contents

  1. Cover
  2. Title Page
  3. Copyright Page
  4. Endorsements
  5. Dedication
  6. Contents
  7. Harry T. Burleigh Family Tree
  8. Harry T. Burleigh Timeline
  9. 1. The Gospel Train
  10. 2. Nobody Knows the Trouble I’ve Seen
  11. 3. There Is a Balm in Gilead
  12. 4. My Lord, What a Mornin’
  13. 5. Didn’t My Lord Deliver Daniel?
  14. 6. Wade in de Water
  15. 7. Little David Play on Your Harp
  16. 8. Steal Away
  17. 9. Were You There?
  18. 10. Go Down, Moses
  19. 11. Swing Low, Sweet Chariot
  20. 12. Heav’n, Heav’n
  21. 13. Hard Trials
  22. 14. The Trees Have Grown So
  23. 15. The Frolic
  24. 16. King of Kings
  25. 17. I Know de Lord’s Laid His Hands on Me
  26. 18. Hear de Lambs a-Cryin’
  27. 19. Deep River
  28. 20. In Christ There Is No East or West
  29. 21. I Don’t Feel No Ways Tired
  30. 22. Goin’ Home
  31. Acknowledgments
  32. Bibliography
  33. About the Author
  34. Back Cover