Charles Kaufmann: 'Coleridge-Taylor surpassed his mentors in his innovative compositions, yet he remains less celebrated'

[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