- The orchestral march Ethiopia Saluting the Colours was written in 1902 and is based on a poem of the same name by Walt Whitman. Whitman’s poem is set during the American Civil War and references General Sherman’s March to the Sea.
- In the poem, an “ancient” enslaved woman named Ethiopia speaks to the Union soldiers.1
Sources
- Maureen Buja, “A Lost Master: Samuel Coleridge-Taylor’s Orchestral Music,” Interlude (2026), https://interlude.hk/a-lost-master-samuel-coleridge-taylors-orchestral-music/.
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