[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]
On August 7, 2013 AfriClassical posted: TheGuardian.com: 'The Song of Hiawatha – review' by Andrew Clements
Charles
Kaufmann of The Longfellow Chorus of Portland, Maine promptly wrote a comment. Today he again comments on the review:
Hi Bill,
Here's my additional comment about the Clements review. Please feel free to post:
Coleridge-Taylor was only as good as his composition teacher, Charles
Villiers Stanford, so any criticism of Coleridge-Taylor should be
directed also at Stanford and at the status quo of English music of the
period. In many ways, Coleridge-Taylor surpassed his mentors in his
innovative compositions, yet he remains less celebrated and
misrepresented in such reviews as this.
CK
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