God, our strong deliverer: We bless thy Name for the grace given to Harry Thacker Burleigh, who didst lift up in song the struggles of thy people. Let that Spirit of love which spurred him draw us and thy whole Church to raise our distinct voices into one great harmony of praise; through the same Jesus Christ, who with thee and the Holy Spirit liveth and reigneth, one God, now and for ever. Amen.
Today the Episcopal Church commemorates Henry "Harry" Thacker Burleigh, Composer, 1949 https://t.co/htZ4JU0DLq
Burleigh was a composer, an arranger (& populariser) of spirituals and also, from 1894, a soloist for St. George's Episcopal Church in Manhattan https://t.co/zguNfcVXS5 pic.twitter.com/i3FRo7YWZu
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