Charles Kaufmann, Director of the Longfellow Chorus of Portland, Maine, writes:
Tuesday, October 16, 7:00 – 9:00 pm
In partnership with the Longfellow Chorus
Roundtable Discussion: Samuel Coleridge-Taylor and His Music in America, 1900–1912
Moderated by: Charles Kaufmann, Director, Longfellow Chorus
Some say that Samuel Coleridge-Taylor's single claim to fame rests on his opera-like setting of Longfellow's epic poem, Song of Hiawatha,
which was performed numerous times during the composer's lifetime. But
100 years after his death on September 1, 1912, Afro-English composer
Coleridge-Taylor’s larger impact and influence on American culture
remains largely unsung. The list of his musical works includes over 100
compositions written in the classical style of the late-Victorian and
Edwardian periods—nearly two dozen are settings of Longfellow's poetry.
Join us as six noted historians and scholars gather in a roundtable
discussion to answer this question: "Who was Samuel Coleridge-Taylor?"
The event will be filmed as a scene for Samuel Coleridge-Taylor (1875–1912) and His Music in America, 1900–1912,
a documentary being produced by The Longfellow Chorus for premiere in
Portland during the March 12–17, 2013, Longfellow Choral Festival.
Round table participants include Jeffrey Green, English historian and
author of Samuel Coleridge-Taylor, a Musical Life (2011); William
Tortolano, PhD, Professor Emeritus of Fine Arts at Saint Michael's
College in Vermont; Karen Shaffer, president of the Maud Powell Society;
Wayne Shirley, former music specialist at the Library of Congress; Ann
Havemeyer, PhD, historian of the Norfolk (CT) Historical Society; and
Thelma Jacobs, historian of the Metropolitan A.M.E. Church in
Washington, D.C.
[Samuel
Coleridge-Taylor (1875-1912) is profiled at
AfriClassical.com,
which features a comprehensive Works List and a Bibliography by Prof.
Dominique-René de Lerma,
www.CasaMusicaledeLerma.com.
We
are collaborating with the Samuel Coleridge-Taylor Foundation of the
U.K., www.SCTF.org.uk]
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