LINER NOTES: SPIRITUALS ARRANGED BY HARRY T. BURLEIGH (1896-1949)

CONTENTS:    Medly of Eight Spirituals (key of F)
             Oh Lord, What A Morning
             I Got a Home On-a Dat Rock
             Deep River
             Isn't Dat a Wide Ribber
             Hear de Lambs a-Cryin'
             Sometimes I Feel Like a Motherless Child
             I Know the Lord Laid His Hands on Me
             Hard Trials

BACKGROUND:  Harry T. Burleigh was born in Erie, PA in 1896, the grand-
             son of a slave.  He studied at the New York Conservatory of
             music under Anton Dvorak, inter alia, and is believed to have
             been the force behind the inclusion of "Swing Low Sweet
             Chariot" in the "New World Symphony."  He was a singer, as
             well as a composer ("Little Mother of Mine").  He sang in the
             choir of Erie's St. George's Episcopal Church for for 52 years
             an in that of Tempel Emanuel-El for 25 years.  Burleigh retired
             from St. George's in 1946 and died in 1949.

             These songs were arranged between 1917 and 1926.  They are
             available in a collection from Belwin-Mills Publishing Corp.
             (EL 03151, $17.50).

ARRANGEMENT: Piano solo.  Voice track assigned to piano right hand.

PERFORMANCE: Requires 8-voice piano synth

Channel 7:   Piano (8-note polyphonic required)

EQUIPMENT USED:

Channel 7:   Yamaha EMT-10 AWM Expander (Piano1 and Piano2)
             A Yamaha DX-11 was used to input the accompanyment of the
             individual songs.

COMMENTS:    The arrangements are remarkably modern considering the time
             frame when composed.  Portions of the music have an Ivesian
             quality to them, and Dvorak's influence is also evident.

             The accompanyment was quantized to 32nd notes and levels set
             constant.  The voice part was manually sequenced.  The set is
             presently in the process of refinement (part of a Black History
             Month program).