Samuel Coleridge-Taylor, a Musical Life [Hardcover]

Greens study is more than a biography of an Anglo-African composer.The first comprehensive study of Coleridge-Taylors life for almost a century, it reveals how class-ridden Britain could embrace even the most unlikely of cultural icons.Greens study is more than a biography of an Anglo-African composer.The first comprehensive study of Coleridge-Taylors life for almost a century, it reveals how class-ridden Britain could embrace even the most unlikely of cultural icons.Acknowledgements, List of Figures, Introduction, 1 The Early Years, 2 The Royal College of Music, 3 The Promising Young Composer, 4 The Wedding Feast, 5 A Sentiment Prevalent Here, 6 Intensifying the Effect, 7 The International Star, 8 A Stalwart Member of the Profession, 9 A Definite Place for the Negro in the Worlds History, 10 A Tale of Old Japan, 11 Requiem, 12 The Legacy, Postscript, Appendix 1 The Song of Hiawatha, Appendix 2 Further Reading, Notes, Works Cited, IndexUS? Taylor & Francis 2011