Born in Holborn, London, England, Aug 15, 1875
Died in Croydon, London, England, Sept 1, 1912
- Coleridge-Taylor was an English composer of African heritage. He studied with Stanford at the RCM.
- Coleridge-Tayor toured America several times, where he met Theodore Roosevelt and toured with the Coleridge-Taylor Choral Society, an African American choir formed in his honor. He also toured with Harry T. Burleigh, African-American singer and arranger of spirituals.
- Coleridge-Taylor composed choral and orchestral music, directed Handel Society of London, and was Professor of Composition at Guidhall School of Music and Trinity College of Music.1
Sources
- Stephen Banfield and Jeremy Dibble, and Anya Laurence, “Coleridge-Taylor, Samuel,” Grove Music Online (2003), accessed August 22, 2019, https://www.oxfordmusiconline.com/grovemusic/view/10.1093/gmo/9781561592630.001.0001/omo-9781561592630-e-1002248993.
Pieces
- 24 Negro Melodies, Op. 59/1
- Ballade in a minor, Op. 33
- Clarinet Quintet in f-sharp minor, Op. 10
- Four Characteristic Waltzes, Op. 22
- Four Novellettes, Op. 52
- Gipsy Suite, Op. 20
- Impromptu No. 2 in B Major
- Othello, Op. 79
- Piano Quintet in g minor
- Romance in G for Violin and Orchestra, Op. 39 (1899)
- Romance of the Prairie Lilies
- The Bamboula, Op. 59, No. 8
- Valse-Suite, Op. 71
- Violin Concerto in g minor, Op. 80