tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5044820951794078204.post723045891759704103..comments2023-10-30T05:38:45.028-07:00Comments on The Infusion: St. John ChrysostomLKThttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05791517233920008067noreply@blogger.comBlogger1125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5044820951794078204.post-26815492916081266332010-09-13T13:30:39.727-07:002010-09-13T13:30:39.727-07:00Nothing to say about St. Chrysostom, I'm sorry...Nothing to say about St. Chrysostom, I'm sorry to say, but perhaps this is as good a place as any to report my own latest experience with the revised rota in "Holy Women/Holy Men."<br /><br />This Saturday was the new feast day of Henry Thacker Burleigh, celebrated largely for bringing the African-American spiritual tradition into the musical tradition of the Episcopal Church. You can find his biography here: http://satucket.com/lectionary/harry_burleigh.htm<br /><br />Saturday was also a day that I went to a funeral for a much-loved one-time music teacher, and the service included moving renditions of "Swing Low, Sweet Chariot" and "Deep River," a song that apparently initially came to be particularly popular in churches in Burleigh's arrangement.<br /><br />A funeral can be sad, but I was happy to hear these songs on this day. I doubt that the people who put the service together had any idea that Burleigh was behind some of the songs they chose, but I found some comfort in the coincidence.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com