Samuel Coleridge-Taylor “African Mahler”

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Composer Samuel Coleridge-Taylor, born in 1875, was an English composer and conductor had a rather short musical life. In 1898 Coleridge-Taylor, premiered his cantata for chorus and orchestra titled Hiawatha’s Wedding Feast, Op. 30, No. 1. Based upon the poem The Song of Hiawatha by American writer Henry Wadsworth-Longfellow, this performance of the work features the Royal Choral Society and Philharonic Orchestra conducted by Sir Malcolm Sargent.

Coleridge-Taylor; Dvorak: Hiawatha’s Wedding Song; Symphonic Variations, IDIS, 2013

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  • Dr. Jonathan Øverby Host
  • Tom Blain Technical Director

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