Tag: Samuel Coleridge-Taylor
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Samuel Coleridge-Taylor: Clarinet Quintet and Works for Piano and Violin
During his tragically brief life, British composer-conductor Samuel Coleridge-Taylor distinguished himself as one of the most popular musicians of his day in both England and the United States, where he achieved such success on the podium that he was referred to by white New York musicians as the “African Mahler”. While he is most well…
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Samuel Coleridge-Taylor: Symphony in A Minor, Hiawatha’s Wedding Feast
Samuel Coleridge-Taylor (1875–1912) was a prodigiously talented English composer and conductor of mixed race birth. In 1902 a group of African-American music lovers formed the Coleridge-Taylor Society to perform and promote his music in America, and eventually brought Coleridge-Taylor over for three successful tours—in 1904, 1906, and 1910. During the first tour, Coleridge-Taylor conducted the…
