Samuel Coleridge-Taylor United Kingdom

Biography

Samuel Coleridge-Taylor (1875-1912) was a British classical composer who is best known for his composition Hiawatha's Wedding Feast. Coleridge-Taylor's father was African and his mother British. He was first trained as a violin student with a local musician in England, which led to his enrolment in the Royal College of Music in 1890. Instead of continuing his studies in violin, however, Coleridge-Taylor focused on composition, in which subject he was mentored by Charles Villiers Stanford.

Popular Songs

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  Scenes from "The Song of Hiawatha", Op. 30: Part I (Hiawatha's Wedding Feast). "Thus the gentle Chibiabos"

  Hiawatha (Chorus & Orchestra of the Welsh National Opera feat. conductor: Kenneth Alwyn)

  Key of C♯

  8d
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  Clarinet Quintet in F-sharp minor, op. 10: Allegro energico

  Piano Quintet / Clarinet Quintet

  Key of F♯m

  4m
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  Scenes from "The Song of Hiawatha", Op. 30: Part II (Death of Minnehaha). Introduction

  Hiawatha (Chorus & Orchestra of the Welsh National Opera feat. conductor: Kenneth Alwyn)

  Key of Bm

  3m
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  Piano Quintet in G minor, op. 1: Allegro con moto

  Piano Quintet / Clarinet Quintet
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  Piano Quintet in G minor, op. 1: Allegro molto - Vivace - Tempo I

  Piano Quintet / Clarinet Quintet

Discography

Piano Quintet / Clarinet Quintet

2007

Hiawatha (Chorus & Orchestra of the Welsh National Opera feat. conductor: Kenneth Alwyn)

1991