Samuel Coleridge-Taylor (1875-1912), Britain’s Foremost Black Classical Composer: The Centenary Legacy
Just a few days after this year’s Slavery Remembrance Day, on 23 August, we mark also the centenary legacy of the black British music composer Samuel Coleridge-Taylor, who died one hundred years ago, on 1 September 1912.
What follows is a version of the article which, as Executive Chair of the Samuel Coleridge-Taylor Foundation, I posted on the Huffington Post UK website to acknowledge this significant milestone.
To read more about Samuel Coleridge-Taylor’s legacy, or to comment, please visit Hilary’s professional website here, or the Samuel Coleridge-Taylor Foundation website, here.
Posted on September 1, 2012, in Articles Posted On Hilary's Professional Website, Arts, Culture And Heritage, Equality, Diversity And Inclusion and tagged 1875-1912, Black Composer, British, Centenary, London, Musician, Pan-African Conference, Pan-African Congress, Racial Equality, Samuel Coleridge-Taylor, Samuel Coleridge-Taylor Foundation. Bookmark the permalink. Comments Off on Samuel Coleridge-Taylor (1875-1912), Britain’s Foremost Black Classical Composer: The Centenary Legacy.
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