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Coleridge-Taylor

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

noun

  1. Samuel, 1875–1912, English composer.


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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It’s a vigorous work of mid-20th-century Neo-Classicism, and has fine company on the album in another: Coleridge-Taylor Perkinson’s Sinfonietta No. 1, with a wrenching slow movement and a driving finale.

From New York Times Mar. 28, 2024

The display at East Bank, Stratford, will pay homage to pioneers like Samuel Coleridge-Taylor, Winifred Atwell and early international musicians like Eddy Grant.

From BBC Nov. 1, 2023

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

They greatly impressed the mixed-race British composer Samuel Coleridge-Taylor, whose 1905 Negro Melodies were arrangements of the Jubilee Singers’ best-known spirituals.

From "The Story of Music" by Howard Goodall

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