Samuel Coleridge-Taylor (1875-1912)
June 16, 2018
Composer Samuel Coleridge-Taylor, born in 1875, was an English composer
and conductor who had a rather short musical life. In 1898 Coleridge-Taylor,
premiered his cantata for chorus and orchestra titled Hiawatha's Wedding Feast, Op. 30, No. 1.
Based upon the poem The Song of Hiawatha
by American writer Henry Wadsworth-Longfellow, this performance of the
work features the Royal Choral Society and Philharmonic Orchestra
conducted by Sir Malcolm Sargent.
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