Coleridge-Taylor, Samuel, 1875-1912

Samuel Coleridge-Taylor was born in London on August 15, 1875 to African and English parents. He studied composition (with Charles Villiers Stanford) and violin at the Royal Conservatory of Music. After completing his studies in 1897, he held a variety of posts as a conductor and teacher, while pursuing a career as a composer. The best known of his many works is the cantata Hiawatha's Wedding Feast . Coleridge-Taylor's growing international fame took him to the United States three times, and he composed The Bamboula for the Norfolk Music Festival in Norfolk, Connecticut in 1910. (The present collection is a product of that visit. The Stoeckel Family Papers contain additional pertinent information.) Samuel Coleridge-Taylor died in Croydon, England on September 1, 1912; he was only 37 years old.

From the guide to the The Samuel Coleridge-Taylor Collection, 1899-1912, (Irving S. Gilmore Music Library, Yale University)

Composed 1905. First performance Queen's Hall, London, 14 June 1906, Royal Philharmonic Society, the composer conducting.

From the description of Symphonic variations on an African air [Op. 63] / composed by S. Coleridge-Taylor. 1---? (Franklin & Marshall College). WorldCat record id: 45204855

English composer.

From the description of Samuel Coleridge-Taylor autograph letter to Theodore Spiering, 1907 July 4. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 683623622

From the description of Samuel Coleridge-Taylor autograph letter to Theodore Spiering, 1912? Apr. 27. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 683623698

From the description of Samuel Coleridge-Taylor autograph postcard to Theodore Spiering, 1907 Sept. 13?. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 683623604

From the description of Samuel Coleridge-Taylor letter to Theodore Spiering, 1906 Sept. 21. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 683623541

From the description of Samuel Coleridge-Taylor autograph letter to Theodore Spiering, 1909 May 2. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 683623717

From the description of Autograph letters signed (53), autograph postcards or postal cards signed (6), telegrams (2), and checks signed (3), dated (or postmarked) : Croydon, London, Chicago, [and other places], 1906-1912, to William Read, 1906 Aug. 4 and 1906 Dec. 5. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 270564553

From the description of The Samuel Coleridge-Taylor collection, 1899-1912 (inclusive). (Yale University). WorldCat record id: 122449813

From the description of The Samuel Coleridge-Taylor collection, 1899-1912 (inclusive). (Yale University). WorldCat record id: 702195526

From the description of Autograph letter signed, dated : [London, October?1902], to Mr. [Joseph] Bennett, 1902?, October. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 270564551

From the description of Samuel Coleridge-Taylor autograph letter to Theodore Spiering, 1908 Mar. 8. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 683623573

From the description of Samuel Coleridge-Taylor autograph letter to Theodore Spiering, 1906 Sept. 16. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 683623522

From the description of Samuel Coleridge-Taylor autograph letter to Theodore Spiering, 1912 July 28. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 683623670

From the description of Samuel Coleridge-Taylor autograph letter to Theodore Spiering, 1908 May 10. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 683623588

From the description of Samuel Coleridge-Taylor autograph letter to Theodore Spiering, 1912 Aug. 24. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 683623635

From the description of Samuel Coleridge-Taylor autograph letter to Theodore Spiering, 1909 Jan. 16. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 683623729

From the description of Samuel Coleridge-Taylor autograph postcard to Theodore Spiering, 1908 Jan. 20. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 683623559

From the description of Samuel Coleridge-Taylor autograph letter to Theodore Spiering, 1910 Jan. 12. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 683623683

From the description of Samuel Coleridge-Taylor autograph letter to Theodore Spiering, 1912 Aug. 13. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 683623653

From the description of Samuel Coleridge-Taylor autograph letter to Theodore Spiering, 1906 Mar. 20?. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 681917782

From the description of Samuel Coleridge-Taylor letter to Theodore Spiering, 1906 Aug. 20. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 681917784

Samuel Coleridge-Taylor was a black British composer of eighty-two opus numbers including the cantata, "Hiawatha's wedding feast."

From the description of Samuel Coleridge-Taylor letters, score, and photograph, 1896-1911. (Pennsylvania State University Libraries). WorldCat record id: 38300576

British composer.

From the description of Concerto in G minor / for Violin and Orchestra op. 80 / S. Coleridge-Taylor. [1912?] (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 270562338

First performance Queen's Hall, London, 24 May 1900, Philharmonic Society.--Cf. Fleisher Collection.

From the description of Scenes from an everyday romance : op. 41[/1] / S. Coleridge-Taylor. [19--?] (Franklin & Marshall College). WorldCat record id: 45204836

Epithet: composer

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