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Book SynopsisSamuel Coleridge-Taylor (1875-1912) was a popular and important British composer, born of a West African doctor and a British mother. This volume traces the development of his compositional style, from his final years at the Royal College of Music (1895-1897) to the time of his death in 1912.
Trade Review...a very fine work and important for all those who want to increase their knowledge and appreciation of his great talent. * Pastoral Music *
Jewel Taylor Thompson and the Scarecrow Press deserve high praise for this excellent book on the first major figure in neo-African art music...it will inspire scholars to research and produce studies of composers and other aspects of this important musical genre...Thompson's study of Coleridge-Taylor is a well-researched and superbly organized book, in which the author shows her command of speech discourse as a tool of musicology. Her analysis, always very perceptive and deep, shows her thorough understanding of Coleridge-Taylor's techniques of composition. * Research in African Literatures *
