Samuel Coleridge-Taylor letters, score, and photograph, 1896-1911.

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Samuel Coleridge-Taylor letters, score, and photograph, 1896-1911.

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The collection contains two letters, an autographed photograph of Coleridge-Taylor, and the violin part of his unpublished Op. 8 "Symphony in A minor" (1896) with an autograph signed title page (zincograph facsimile with several autograph corrections. He writes from 30 Dagnall Park, South Norwood (his home, 1900-1902) to Dear Madam, 27 Nov. [n.d.] thanking her for her appreciation of his music for Longfellow's poem, "Hiawatha," and that he felt he was "on dangerous ground in attempting to set it to music." He writes from Aldwick, St. Leonard's Road, Croydon (his home, September 1910-1912) to Sir Frederick, Friday, [n.d., ca. 1911] sending him the intermezzo as promised, hopes it will be included as it is scored for full orchestra and organ [possibly referring to Op. 74 No. 3 for "Forest of wild thyme" or Op. 79 No. 2 for "Othello"].

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Coleridge-Taylor, Samuel, 1875-1912

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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 ...