The Binghamton Community Orchestra will close its season with a program titled “Gems of the Romantic” on Saturday, May 9, ...

In July 1913, friends of the African British composer and conductor Samuel Coleridge-Taylor gathered in his hometown of Croydon, England, to lay a plaque on his grave in anticipation of the first ...

Catalyst Quartet poses, "Over the course of time there have been many overlooked artists in classical music, especially because of their race or gender. It is important to acknowledge that we have not ...

IN the absence of any adequate biography of Coleridge, these two volumes of his letters, 1 edited by his grandson, Mr. Ernest Hartley Coleridge, will be eagerly welcomed. By far the greater part of ...

There once was a tremendously popular piece of music about a Native American which was written by a composer of African descent whose forbearers had been slaves in the New World prior to the American ...

A cross-curricular music resource celebrating the contribution of black artists and composers to British music. This video ...

Over 184 years after his death, the crypt of celebrated English poet Samuel Taylor Coleridge has been rediscovered in a wine cellar in north London. One might wonder how an entire crypt can be lost, ...

"I think one of the most unique burdens, but also privileges, was to be among the first to lay down what could be the foundation of tradition," violist Paul Laraia said about the Catalyst Quartet's ...

What more would British composer Samuel Coleridge-Taylor have written if he didn’t die from illness at age 37? He was mourned across the world then, and he’s celebrated this month, 150 years after his ...

The British composer was a generational success story before his death at 37 — yet keeping that legacy in view has always been a challenge, even... In July 1913, friends of the African British ...

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English composer Samuel Coleridge-Taylor had both racial and musical stereotypes to deal with. He was of African descent, but he wrote classical western music in the early 20th century. Here's his ...