Samuel Coleridge-Taylor, a Musical Life

Green's study is more than a biography of an Anglo-African composer.The first comprehensive study of Coleridge-Taylor's life for almost a century, it reveals how class-ridden Britain could embrace even the most unlikely of cultural icons.

Autorentext

Jeffrey Green

Inhalt
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 World's 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, Index