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English late Romantic composer Samuel Coleridge-Taylor (1875-1912) was the son of an Englishwoman and an African physician from Sierra Leone. In keeping with the European nationalist music, he desired to do for African music what such composers as Brahms, Dvorák, and Grieg had done with folk tunes of their native lands. Among his associates or friends were the Americans Paul Laurence Dunbar, Booker T. Washington and W. E. B. DuBois. Notable compositions include the trilogy based on Longfellow's The Song of Hiawatha, African Romances, and Symphonic Variations on an African Air.

Resources in This Category

• Classical Archives: Samuel Coleridge-Taylor

  http://www.classicalarchives.com/composer/2343.html
  Biography and music files offered in MIDI, MP3, and Windows Media audio formats, including live recordings by featured artist.

• Coleridge-Taylor, Samuel (1875-1912)

  http://www.naxos.com/person/Samuel_Coleridge_Taylor/27124.htm
  Brief biographical sketch with comments on orchestral and choral music and recommended recording.

• Samuel Coleridge-Taylor

  http://www.yso.org.uk/biographies/coleridgetaylor.html
  Biography from the York Symphony Orchestra with commentary on musical accomplishments and social activism. Includes photograph.

• Samuel Coleridge-Taylor

  http://cambridgechorus.org/docs/comps/SC-Taylor.html
  Illustrated biography includes his medical studies and practice, his musical abilities, and his pioneering work in civil rights, including a visit to President Theodore Roosevelt's White House during an American tour.

• Samuel Coleridge-Taylor (1875-1912)

  http://chevalierdesaintgeorges.homestead.com/Song.html
  Discography of instrumental works by the African European composer. Includes CD cover photos, a brief biographical essay, and a bibliography.

• Samuel Coleridge-Taylor (1875-1912)

  http://www.lieder.net/lieder/get_settings.html?ComposerId=3748
  Miscellaneous songs from recmusic.org, one with English text.

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