Coleridge-Taylor Perkinson papers 1975-1978

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Coleridge-Taylor Perkinson papers 1975-1978

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The Coleridge-Taylor Perkinson Papers document Perkinson’s career as an arranger for Motown Records artists, particularly Marvin Gaye, in the mid 1970s, and as a composer for television.

4.02 linear feet; 6 boxes

The New York Public Library. Music Division.

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Coleridge-Taylor Perkinson was born June 14, 1932 in Winston-Salem, North Carolina. Prophetically, he was named after Samuel Coleridge Taylor, an Afro-British composer and conductor from the late 19th century. He moved to New York around the age of 11 to live with his mother, a piano teacher and church organist. He attended the High School of Music and Art where he began composing and conducting, graduating with a share of the LaGuardia Prize in music in 1949. After two years at New...