Mendelssohn
Glee Club of NYC

While history often remembers Harry T. Burleigh as a student, he was, in reality, one of the most significant teachers in American music. He was the bridge between the "Sorrow Songs" of his ancestors and the grand concert halls of the 19th-century elite—navigating the worlds of Antonín Dvořák, the Mendelssohn Glee Club , and Edward MacDowell with a dignity that reshaped the American sound. The Informal Classroom: Teaching Dvořák In 1892, when the Czech composer Antonín Dvoř