Listening Through The Dictionary of Composers and Their Music
Samuel Coleridge-Taylor (1875-1912)
Bio
Coleridge-Taylor was born in London to an English mother and a Krio father from Sierra Leone. He was affectionately known as the "African Mahler" due to his composing prowess and ethnic background. He studied at the Royal College of Music and taught at the Crystal Palace School of Music while conducting for the Croydon Conservatoire. He described his influences as drawing African influence into the classical tradition much like Brahms had with Hungarian and Dvořák with Bohemian. He tragically died at only 37 of pneumonia.
Music
Symphony in A minor
Violin Concerto in G minor
24 Negro Melodies
Symphonic Variations on an African Air
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