# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/harry-t-burleigh
# Generated: 2026-08-14T12:59:06.210Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/harry-t-burleigh"
name: "Harry T. Burleigh"
slug: "harry-t-burleigh"
description: "Harry Burleigh was an American classical composer, arranger, and professional singer known for his baritone voice. The first black composer who was instrumental in developing characteristically American music, Burleigh made black music available to classically trained artists both by introducing them to spirituals and by arranging spirituals in a more classical form.\nBurleigh also introduced Antonín Dvořák to Black American music, which influenced some of Dvořák's most famous compositions and led him to say that Black music would be the basis of an American classical music."
tagline: "American composer, arranger, and baritone (1866–1949)"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Maud_Cuney_Hare-Harry_T_Burleigh_328.jpg?width=1200"
gender: "male"
country:
  name: "United States"
  isoCode: "US"
category:
  name: "Musicians"
  slug: "musicians"
profileType:
  name: "Singer / Musician"
  slug: "singer"
  entityType: "https://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q177220"
birthDate: "1866-12-02"
deathDate: "1949-09-12"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
  popularity:           44.87
  momentum:             0
  historical:           8.168649333333333
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     65
  profileCompleteness:  80
  trendDirection:       "FALLING"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
platforms:
  - platform:  "IMDB"
    url:       "https://www.imdb.com/name/nm1384286/"
    handle:    "nm1384286"
  - platform:  "SPOTIFY"
    url:       "https://open.spotify.com/artist/2dFox4ulhiHV0BEROiauWM"
    handle:    "2dFox4ulhiHV0BEROiauWM"
sources:
  - url: "https://www.discogs.com/artist/1461175"
    title: "Discogs"
    type:  "DATABASE"
  - url: "https://ar.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D9%87%D8%A7%D8%B1%D9%8A_%D8%A8%D9%8A%D8%B1%D9%84%D9%8A"
    title: "هاري بيرلي"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://arz.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D9%87%D8%A7%D8%B1%D9%89_%D8%A8%D9%8A%D8%B1%D9%84%D9%89"
    title: "هارى بيرلى"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://cs.wikipedia.org/wiki/Harry_T._Burleigh"
    title: "Harry T. Burleigh"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Henry_Thacker_Burleigh"
    title: "Henry Thacker Burleigh"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Harry_Burleigh"
    title: "Harry Burleigh"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://eo.wikipedia.org/wiki/Harry_Burleigh"
    title: "Harry Burleigh"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fi.wikipedia.org/wiki/Harry_Burleigh"
    title: "Harry Burleigh"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://he.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D7%94%D7%90%D7%A8%D7%99_%D7%91%D7%A8%D7%9C%D7%99"
    title: "הארי ברלי"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://musicbrainz.org/artist/3a6f928c-7989-444b-bb8f-5ba915ce83cf"
    title: "MusicBrainz"
    type:  "DATABASE"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q1586825"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"

# bio (long form, separated for readability)
bio: |
  Imported from discovery source: wikidata-dump