Cecil Edward Burleigh was born in Wyoming, New York, April 17, 1885. He was a composer, violinist, and educator. He studied violin and composition in Berlin, Germany, from 1903 to 1905, and in Chicago until 1908. From 1908 to 1919, Burleigh taught violin and composition at colleges in Denver, Colorado, Sioux City, Iowa, and Missoula, Montana. He became professor of violin, composition, and thesis at the University of Wisconsin in Madison, Wisconsin in 1927; he retired from this position in 1955.
