Coleridge-Taylor

American  

[kohl-rij-tey-ler] / ˈkoʊl rɪdʒˈteɪ lər /

noun

1. Samuel, 1875–1912, English composer.

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Coleridge-Taylor British  

/ ˌkəʊlərɪdʒˈteɪlə /

noun

1. Samuel. 1875–1912, British composer, best known for his trilogy of oratorios Song of Hiawatha (1898–1900)

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Example Sentences

Junior Orchestra, which performed pieces by the Black composers Samuel Coleridge-Taylor and Stewart Goodyear, as well as a Tchaikovsky symphony.

From New York Times • Aug. 12, 2022

A former child prodigy who won a scholarship to the Coleridge-Taylor Music School at the age of eight, Bonds forged a path as a composer in 1930s Chicago.

From BBC • Jan. 27, 2022

Sphinx Virtuosi This chamber ensemble made up of some of the top Black and Latinx soloists in the country performs works by Ginastera, Coleridge-Taylor, Jessie Montgomery and others.

From Los Angeles Times • Oct. 28, 2021

Some are Goosby’s enduring influences — like Coleridge-Taylor Perkinson, whose “Blue/s Forms” were dedicated to Sanford Allen, another of Goosby’s heroes and the first Black member of the New York Philharmonic.

From Washington Post • Sep. 14, 2021

But Coleridge-Taylor had previous experience of adapting African- American folk times.

From "The Story of Music" by Howard Goodall