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During the preparations for this issue, I was aware that there were several aspects of Coleridge-Taylor that needed action, despite the apparent wealth of biographical and analytical publications. Efforts to add his compositions into the current repertory of more musicians, the need to correct misunderstandings about the composer's family, the impact of Africa, and the American experience are evident from the articles presented here.
The death of the composer's daughter since the publication of contributor Geoffrey Self's The Hiawatha Man (1995) has resulted in more documentation being deposited at the Royal College of Music, holdings that already included ...
- Coleridge-Taylor, Samuel
- Encyclopedia entry from: Encyclopedia of World Biography January 1, 2008 700+ words
Samuel Coleridge-Taylor The British composer Samuel Coleridge-Taylor (1875-1912) was the first major classical composer of African descent. Coleridge-Taylor's 1898 choral work Hiawatha's Wedding Feast...
- Samuel Coleridge-Taylor: the early years.
- Magazine article from: Black Music Research Journal Green, Jeffrey September 22, 2001 700+ words
...reference books state that Samuel Coleridge-Taylor was born in London on August...his widow's recollections (Coleridge-Taylor 1943) and by their daughter, Avril (Coleridge-Taylor 1979). Avril Coleridge...
- Coleridge-Taylor work playing in Cambridge
- Newspaper article from: Bay State Banner Kay Bourne October 19, 1995 700+ words
...State Banner 10-19-1995 Coleridge-Taylor work playing in Cambridge...songs of longing make Samuel Coleridge-Taylor's cantata as dynamic a weeding...the U.S. Marine Band at Coleridge-Taylor's disposal. The black community...
- Coleridge-Taylor and the orchestra.
- Magazine article from: Black Music Research Journal Self, Geoffrey September 22, 2001 700+ words
...it is possible that Samuel Coleridge-Taylor's creativity would have taken...demand for more choral works. Coleridge-Taylor's orchestral skills would...179). We must remember that Coleridge-Taylor was primarily a violinist...
- A Pan-African composer? Coleridge-Taylor and Africa.
- Magazine article from: Black Music Research Journal Richards, Paul September 22, 2001 700+ words
...17, for voice), Samuel Coleridge-Taylor consciously projected himself...the composer and his work. Coleridge-Taylor came to prominence at the high...in the 1850s, was instant. Coleridge-Taylor's African ancestry and Longfellow...
- One-hit wonder; Samuel Coleridge-Taylor's Hiawatha was as popular in the 1900s...
- Newspaper article from: The Evening Standard (London, England) April 7, 2004 700+ words
...than local celebrity. Samuel Coleridge-Taylor was the first black composer...dormant composers lie, but Coleridge-Taylor's is an uneasy rest. Some...Self (Scolar Press, 1995). Coleridge-Taylor was born in Holborn on 15 August...
- The marriage of Samuel Coleridge-Taylor and Jessie Walmisley.
- Magazine article from: Black Music Research Journal Kay, Charles September 22, 2001 700+ words
...last Saturday of 1899, Samuel Coleridge-Taylor married Jessie Sarah Fleetwood...ceremony, Mrs. Walmisley invited Coleridge-Taylor to the family home in nearby...acceptance if not of warmth (Coleridge-Taylor 1943, 20, 26). To learn...
- "That you came so far to see us": Coleridge-Taylor in America.
- Magazine article from: Black Music Research Journal McGinty, Doris Evans September 22, 2001 700+ words
By the time that Samuel Coleridge-Taylor made his first visit to the...following the London premiere of Coleridge-Taylor's Hiawatha's Wedding Feast...Hungarian Rhapsody no. 2. (1) Coleridge-Taylor was made an honorary member...