SCTF: Hilary and Martin Anthony Burrage 'discovered the original full score' of Piano Quintet 'at the RCM in 1999'

[Samuel Coleridge-Taylor and Hilary Burrage]

Earlier today, Nov. 21, 2011, AfriClassical quoted an article on the Piano Quintet of Samuel Coleridge-Taylor (1875-1912), who is featured at AfriClassical.com: “Sheffield Telegraph: “Raiding the work of the gifted ‘Hiawatha’ man.” We are pleased to report that we have received two noteworthy replies. Hilary Burrage of the Samuel Coleridge-Taylor Foundation responds:

“Many thanks Bill, very interesting. I knew of the forthcoming recital in Sheffield, but had not yet seen this article.

"You may be interested to know that it was we at Samuel Coleridge-Taylor Foundation who pointed the Dante Quartet to the www.soundpost.org published parts for the Piano Quintet, in preparation for their performance tomorrow*. Always happy to help!

Best to all,

Hilary

"[* We also of course have the first hand-written realisations, prepared by my husband Tony, aka Martin Anthony Burrage, after he and I had discovered the original full score at the RCM (Royal College of Music) in 1999, cf this newspaper report.]"

Prof. Dominique-René de Lerma, http://www.CasaMusicaledeLerma.com, adds this information about a work of the Black British violinist George Bridgetower: “The Dante Quartet also performed my arrangement of Bridgetower's Henry at the City of London's commemoration of the 200th anniversary of the end of slavery.”

SCTF invites articles about Samuel Coleridge-Taylor's United States impact

[Samuel Coleridge-Taylor]

Yesterday, Oct. 9, 2011 AfriClassical posted "SCTF.org hopes to catalog online works of Samuel Coleridge-Taylor performed, recorded or in sheet music." Almost immediately, we received a reply from Hilary Burrage. Incidentally, Hilary's husband Tony Burrage is one of the members of the Royal Liverpool Philharmonic Orchestra who recorded the Live-A-Music CD which is the source of the above cover image of the composer.

"Hello and very many thanks Bill.

You just beat me to it, as I was in the middle of sending a request that you might also consider publishing something on the post (and Tweet) I’ve just this minute completed on www.sctf.org.uk: SCTF invites articles about Coleridge-Taylor's US impact -

http://www.sctf.org.uk/history-and-context/scft-invites-articles-about-coleridge-taylors-us-impact

Please contact us to discuss ideas!

"You will recall the discussions on this which some of us in this group had a few weeks ago (and then my subsequent domestic delays), so I am now keen to get going again…. I do hope you think this idea is OK and that we can perhaps between us develop the US-based theme.

"On another note, you will be pleased to know that the Royal Liverpool Philharmonic Orchestra – who have just won another Gramophone Award! – will be performing some of Samuel Coleridge-Taylor's Hiawatha on 19 November, and we hope that a number of SCTF people will be able to attend. [RLPO: '...renowned choral conductor David Hill and the Royal Liverpool Philharmonic Choir rediscover one of the smash-hits of Edwardian England: Samuel Coleridge-Taylor’s fabulously entertaining Hiawatha’s Wedding Feast.'] You’ll recall that Liverpool has a long history of performing SCT’s work:

http://www.sctf.org.uk/featured-articles/featured-item/coleridge-taylor-conducts-his-work-in-liverpool-19-october-1908

Will keep you posted. Thank you again, and very best,

Hilary"

SCTF.org hopes to catalog online works of Samuel Coleridge-Taylor performed, recorded or in sheet music

[Samuel Coleridge-Taylor]

Samuel Coleridge-Taylor (1875-1912) was an Afro-British composer and conductor featured at AfriClassical.com. As part of our cooperation with the Samuel Coleridge-Taylor Foundation of the U.K., http://www.sctf.org.uk/, we present an appeal posted on LinkedIn by Hilary Burrage on behalf of the Foundation:

“SCTF is hoping soon to begin the proper exercise to catalogue online all of Samuel Coleridge-Taylor's works by performances, recordings, available scores and who did what, when, etc. We'd be really grateful if people could let us have info on any of this - when you performed / recorded any of the music, if you have other material and so on.

“NB We're NOT asking to physically hold anything; we'd just like to share what we all know about where things are and how, hopefully, they can be accessed, in whatever is the best way - or even just who to approach for more info on a confidential basis. And the same of course for books, articles, pictures, programmes and whatever else.

“Please do get in touch if you can advise / help, either via this Group or, if you perfer, directly with me (always delighted to accept any of you as personal Contacts), or via the SCTF website Contact email address. We'll be very pleased of course to acknowledge your input, if you'd like that. Many thanks, as ever!

Hilary Burrage

Hilary Burrage: 'Perhaps you would like to visit the Samuel Coleridge-Taylor Foundation website'

[Samuel Coleridge-Taylor]

Yesterday AfriClassical posted: “Research inquiry on film of 'life story' of Afro-British Composer Samuel Coleridge-Taylor (1875-1912).” We brought the post to the attention of our friend Hilary Burrage, Executive Chair of the Samuel Coleridge-Taylor Foundation in the U.K. She has made this comment:

“Perhaps you would like to visit the Samuel Coleridge-Taylor Foundation website, to see some info about a number of those who are working on SC-T's life history: http://www.sctf.org.uk?

“You might also like to post an enquiry on the LinkedIn Samuel Coleridge-Taylor Group, which has in its membership (all welcome...) several people with knowledge of the films which have been made about Coleridge-Taylor.

Best wishes,

Hilary Burrage

(Exec Chair, SCTF)

Samuel Coleridge-Taylor Foundation on Twitter; Hilary Burrage Reviews Jeffrey Green's New Book on Composer

[Samuel Coleridge-Taylor]

The Afro-British composer and conductor Samuel Coleridge-Taylor (1875-1912) is profiled at AfriClassical.com. Hilary Burrage announces that the Samuel Coleridge-Taylor Foundation (SCTF) is now on Twitter @SamuelCTaylorFn She invites interested people to follow the SCTF on Twitter.

“Jeffrey Green: Samuel Coleridge-Taylor, a Musical Life” was posted on LinkedIn.com on May 29, 2011 by Hilary Burrage of the Samuel Coleridge-Taylor Foundation:

"Samuel Coleridge-Taylor, a Musical Life is to be published in June/July 2011. It was written by historian Jeffrey Green.

“Jeffrey Green tells SCTF that by using copious contemporary comments, different aspects of the composer have been documented. Green’s discoveries over the completion and premiere of Hiawatha’s Wedding Feast may surprise many. The 'first black' influence on Coleridge-Taylor, long stated to have been in 1896 through African American poet Paul Laurence Dunbar, has been dismissed as the poet was not in England until 1897, after the composer had published a poem celebrating the 50th anniversary of the independence of Liberia, West Africa.

“Coleridge-Taylor’s African and English descent, his family upbringing in Croydon and the scholarship at the Royal College of Music (1893) have all been re-assessed and freshly documented.”

Hilary & Martin Burrage 'were guests at a ceremony in Liverpool Town Hall to mark the important legacy of John Archer'

[John Richard Archer (1863-1932)]

On October 21, 2010 AfriClassical posted: “John R. Archer (1863-1932), Pan-Africanist Colleague of Samuel Coleridge-Taylor.” A comment has been made by Hilary Burrage, who recently informed us of the Samuel Coleridge Taylor Foundation:

“Following the 1998 Windrush events with which we were involved, my husband (Martin Anthony Burrage) and I were guests at a ceremony in Liverpool Town Hall to mark the important legacy of John Archer to our city and nation.

“Amongst the items on display was a needlework banner about John Archer which included, as I recall (will check again when I can) a quotation from Samuel Coleridge Taylor's 'Hiawatha' score.”
[Samuel Coleridge-Taylor (1875-1912) is profiled at AfriClassical.com]