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Chargement... Nobody Knows: The Forgotten Story of One of the Most Influential Figures in American Musicpar Craig Von Buseck
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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. Aucune description trouvée dans une bibliothèque |
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This book was worthwhile because of the subject matter, but I really didn't care for how it was written. There was too much jumping around working in the family background story, especially in the first half of the book. The second half was more linear, but I felt the author took too many artistic liberties in the way he wrote this biography. I can't believe that all the dialogue in quotations could have been documented as what was actually said at the time by the parties involved. ( )