There once was a tremendously popular piece of music about a Native American which was written by a composer of African descent whose forbearers had been slaves in the New World prior to the American ...

In July 1913, friends of the African British composer and conductor Samuel Coleridge-Taylor gathered in his hometown of Croydon, England, to lay a plaque on his grave in anticipation of the first ...

What more would British composer Samuel Coleridge-Taylor have written if he didn’t die from illness at age 37? He was mourned across the world then, and he’s celebrated this month, 150 years after his ...

Samuel Coleridge-Taylor was celebrated in his time—he toured the U.S. three times, and even visited the White House. But some of his works remained in the shadows. You can hear a clarinet concerto he ...

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In 1906, composer Samuel Coleridge-Taylor saw the world premiere of a composition he wrote inspired by his namesake, poet Samuel Taylor Coleridge, at the Queen’s Hall in London. Coleridge-Taylor’s ...

August 14, 2025 • The British composer was a generational success story before his death at 37 — yet keeping that legacy in view has always been a challenge, even during his lifetime.