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Samuel Coleridge-Taylor

English composer and conductor

Samuel Coleridge-Taylor (15 August 1875 – 1 September 1912) was a British composer and conductor. He was particularly known for his three cantatas on the epic 1855 poem The Song of Hiawatha by American Henry Wadsworth Longfellow. Coleridge-Taylor premiered the first section in 1898, when he was 23. Of mixed-race descent, Coleridge-Taylor achieved such success that he was referred to by white musicians in New York City as the "African Mahler" when he had three tours of the United States in the early 1900s. He married an Englishwoman, Jessie Walmisley, and both their children had musical careers. Their son, Hiawatha, adapted his father's music for a variety of performances. Their daughter, Avril Coleridge-Taylor, became a composer and conductor.

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Works

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  • 24 Negro Melodies, op. 59
  • 3 Short Pieces for Organ
  • 3 Short Pieces for Organ: No. 1. Melody
  • 3 Short Pieces for Organ: No. 2. Elegy
  • 3 Short Pieces for Organ: No. 3. Arietta
  • 5 Fairy Ballads
  • 5 Fairy Ballads, no. 1 “Sweet Baby Butterfly”
  • 5 Fairy Ballads, no. 2 “Alone with Mother”
  • 5 Fairy Ballads, no. 3 “Big Lady Moon”
  • 5 Fairy Ballads, no. 4 “The Stars”
  • 5 Fairy Ballads, no. 5 “Fairy Roses”
  • 5 Fantasiestücke for String Quartet, op. 5
  • 5 Fantasiestücke for String Quartet, op. 5: No. 1. Prelude
  • 5 Fantasiestücke for String Quartet, op. 5: No. 2. Serenade
  • 5 Fantasiestücke for String Quartet, op. 5: No. 3. Humoresque
  • 5 Fantasiestücke for String Quartet, op. 5: No. 4. Minuet & Trio
  • 5 Fantasiestücke for String Quartet, op. 5: No. 5. Dance
  • 6 American Lyrics, op. 45
  • 6 American Lyrics, op. 45: No. 6 “Beat Beat Drums”
  • 6 Songs, op. 37
  • 6 Songs, op. 37: No. 1, You'll Love Me Yet
  • 6 Songs, op. 37: No. 2, Canoe Song
  • 6 Songs, op. 37: No. 6 “Elëanore”
  • 6 Sorrow Songs, op. 57
  • 6 Sorrow Songs, op. 57: No. 1, Oh, What Comes Over the Sea
  • 6 Sorrow Songs, op. 57: No. 2, When I Am Dead, My Dearest
  • 6 Sorrow Songs, op. 57: No. 3, Oh, Roses for the Flush of Youth
  • 6 Sorrow Songs, op. 57: No. 4, She Sat and Sang Alway
  • 6 Sorrow Songs, op. 57: No. 5, Unmindful of the Roses
  • 6 Sorrow Songs, op. 57: No. 6, Too Late for Love!
  • 7 African Romances, op. 17
  • 7 African Romances, op. 17: No. 1, An African Love Song
  • 7 African Romances, op. 17: No. 2, A Prayer
  • 7 African Romances, op. 17: No. 3, A Starry Night
  • 7 African Romances, op. 17: No. 4, Dawn
  • 7 African Romances, op. 17: No. 5, Ballad
  • 7 African Romances, op. 17: No. 6, Over the Hills
  • 7 African Romances, op. 17: No. 7, How Shall I Woo Thee
  • A Corn-Song
  • A Lament
  • African Suite, op. 35
  • African Suite, op. 35: I. Introduction
  • African Suite, op. 35: II. A Negro Love Song
  • African Suite, op. 35: III. A Valse
  • African Suite, op. 35: IV. Danse nègre
  • All My Stars Forsake Me
  • Ballade for Violin and Orchestra, op. 4
  • Ballade in A minor, op. 33
  • Ballade in C minor, op. 73
  • Ballade in D minor
  • Benedictus
  • By the Lone Sea Shore
  • By the Waters of Babylon
  • Cameos, op. 56
  • Cameos, op. 56: I. Allegro ma non troppo
  • Cameos, op. 56: II. Allegro moderato
  • Cameos, op. 56: III. Andante
  • Clarinet Quintet in F-sharp minor, op. 10
  • Clarinet Quintet in F-sharp minor, op. 10: I. Allegro energico
  • Clarinet Quintet in F-sharp minor, op. 10: II. Larghetto affettuoso
  • Clarinet Quintet in F-sharp minor, op. 10: III. Scherzo: Allegro leggiero
  • Clarinet Quintet in F-sharp minor, op. 10: IV. Allegro agitato - Un poco più moderato - Vivace
  • Dead in the Sierras
  • Deep River, op. 59 no. 10
  • Faust, op. 70
  • Faust, op. 70: No. 4, A King There Lived in Thule
  • Five Negro Melodies for Piano Trio: I. Sometimes I feel like a motherless child
  • Five Negro Melodies for Piano Trio: II. I was way down a-yonder
  • Five Negro Melodies for Piano Trio: III. Didn't my Lord deliver Daniel?
  • Five Negro Melodies for Piano Trio: IV. They will not lend me a child
  • Five Negro Melodies for Piano Trio: V. My Lord delivered Daniel
  • Five Negro Melodies for piano trio (from Op. 59/1)
  • Five and Twenty Sailormen
  • Forest Scenes, op. 66
  • Forest Scenes, op. 66: No. 1. The Lone Forest Maiden
  • Forest Scenes, op. 66: No. 2. The Phantom Lover Arrives
  • Forest Scenes, op. 66: No. 3. The Phantom Tells His Tale of Longing
  • Forest Scenes, op. 66: No. 4. Erstwhile They Ride, the Forest Maiden Acknowledges Her Love
  • Forest Scenes, op. 66: No. 5. Now Proudly They Journey Together Towards the Great City
  • Four Characteristic Waltzes, op. 22
  • Four Characteristic Waltzes, op. 22: No. 1. Valse Bohémienne
  • Four Characteristic Waltzes, op. 22: No. 2. Valse rustique
  • Four Characteristic Waltzes, op. 22: No. 3. Valse de la reine
  • Four Characteristic Waltzes, op. 22: No. 4. Valse mauresque
  • From the Prairie
  • Gipsy Suite, op. 20
  • Gipsy Suite, op. 20: I. Lament and Tambourine
  • Gipsy Suite, op. 20: II. A Gipsy Dance
  • Gipsy Suite, op. 20: III. A Gipsy Song
  • Gipsy Suite, op. 20: IV. Waltz
  • Going Up, op. 59 no. 13
  • Hiawatha Overture
  • Impromptu no. 2 in B minor
  • In Thee, O Lord
  • Isle of Beauty
  • Jubilate Deo
  • Life and Death
  • Lift Up Your Heads
  • Nero, op. 62
  • Nonet in F minor, op. 2: II. Andante con moto
  • Nonet in F minor, op. 2: III. Scherzo. Allegro
  • Novelettes, op. 52
  • Novelettes, op. 52: No. 2. Larghetto
  • Novelettes, op. 52: No. 4. Allegro molto
  • Now Late on the Sabbath Day
  • Othello, op. 79: I. Dance
  • Petite Suite de Concert, op. 77: II. Demande et réponse
  • Petite Suite de Concert, op. 77: III. Un sonnet d'amour
  • Petite Suite de Concert, op. 77: IV. La Tarantelle frétillante
  • Petite Suite de concert, op. 77: I. La Caprice de Nannette
  • Petite Suite de concert, op. 77: II. Demande et réponse
  • Piano Quintet in G minor, op. 1
  • Piano Quintet in G minor, op. 1: III. Scherzo
  • Run, Mary, Run, op. 59 no. 21
  • Scenes from an imaginary ballet: a suite of five pieces for the pianoforte, op. 74
  • Sometimes I Feel Like a Motherless Child, op. 59 no. 22
  • Songs of Sun and Shade: No. 1. You Lay So Still in the Sunshine
  • Songs of Sun and Shade: No. 3. The Rainbow-Child
  • Songs of Sun and Shade: No. 5. This Is the Island of Gardens
  • Sons of the Sea
  • Southern Love Songs, op. 12: No. 2, Tears
  • Southern Love Songs, op. 12: No. 3, Minguillo
  • Southern Love Songs, op. 12: No. 4, If Thou Art Sleeping, Maiden
  • Suite de pièces, op. 3
  • Suite de pièces, op. 3: I. Pastorale
  • Suite de pièces, op. 3: II. Cavatina
  • Suite from “24 Negro Melodies”: I. I’m Troubled in Mind (America) op. 59 no. 14
  • Suite from “24 Negro Melodies”: V. Finale – Alla Marcia – Oloba (West Africa) Op. 59 op. 59 no. 7
  • Summer Is Gone
  • Symphonic Variations on an African Air, op. 63
  • Symphony in A minor, op. 8
  • Symphony in A minor, op. 8: I. Allegro appassionato
  • Symphony in A minor, op. 8: II. Lament: Larghetto affettuoso
  • Symphony in A minor, op. 8: III. Scherzo: Allegro ma non troppo
  • Take Nabandji, op. 59 no. 3
  • The Angels Changed My Name, op. 59 no. 9
  • The Bamboula, op. 59 no. 8
  • The Evening Star
  • The Forest of Wild Thyme, op. 74
  • The Forest of Wild Thyme, op. 74: A Christmas Overture
  • The Forest of Wild Thyme, op. 74: Dream Dance no. 1
  • The Forest of Wild Thyme, op. 74: Dream Dance no. 2
  • The Forest of Wild Thyme, op. 74: Dream Dance no. 3
  • The Song of Hiawatha, op. 30