Hi there,
The characteristics of Samuel Coleridge-Taylor’s songs are found in
the West African and black American influences upon classical music.
Samuel Coleridge-Taylor’s songs “successfully brought West African and
black American influences into the realm of classical music”. In fact,
according to music scholar Jewel Taylor Thompson, Coleridge-Taylor
endeavored to produce 'compositions which would do for Negro music
what Brahms, Dvorák, and Grieg had done respectively with folk music
of Hungary, Bohemia, and Norway.'
This is a short biography on Coleridge:
Coleridge-Taylor, Samuel (1875 - 1912)
British composer, born in Croydon of a British mother and West African
father; no relation of the poet Samuel Taylor Coleridge. Pupil of
Stanford. Wrote works inclining to exotic associations (cantatas
Hiawatha and A Tale of Old Japan; Symphonic Variations on an African
Air; etc.), as well as a violin concerto, string quartet, many piano
solos and songs.
You can purchase his scores online at:
Sheet Music Plus
http://www.sheetmusicplus.com/store/smp_searchresults.html?cart=32461918441910753&searchtitle=Sheet%20Music&snum=74
Musicroom.com
http://www.musicroom.com ( Enter “Coleridge-Taylor” in the search
function. Sorry, their site does not allow direct linking to the
results).
Links:
Africana.com
http://www.africana.com/Articles/tt_369.htm
Black Presence
http://www.blackpresence.co.uk/html/samuel.htm
Personal Site
http://chevalierdesaintgeorges.homestead.com/Song.html
search:
Samuel Coleridge-Taylor
Coleridge-Taylor scores
classical music scores
Additional links:
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Free music scores:
http://www.music-scores.com
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