Spirituals, Rags and Strings

Spirituals, Rags and Strings
MAY 9
7:00 PM
Dweck Center at the Brooklyn Public Library Central Library
10 Grand Army Plaza

FREE
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In 1892, H.T. Burleigh became one of the first African-American students admitted into the National Conservatory of Music in New York City. The spirituals he sang inspired the Conservatory’s visiting director, Antonín Dvorák, to write several masterpieces based on American themes, and to envision a rich and unique future for American music.
Now, the Brooklyn Philharmonic, in partnership with the Brooklyn Public Library, team up with poet Tyehimba Jess in a concert that imagines these artists’ lives and stories, spinning out the legacy of this first link between African-American music and the symphonic tradition.