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COLERIDQETAYLOR DEAD.
Negro Writer of Oratorios Achieved Fame by
His Hiawatha Trilogy—Studied Under Stan-
ford—Some of His Best Work.
Samuel Coleridge-Taylor, the most important of
negro composers, and one of the best known of
modern composers, who was born in London Au-
gust 15, 1875, died in that city on Saturday last.
He was the son of a doctor of medicine, a native
of Sierra Leone and an English mother. He
studied the violin with J. Beckwith, of Croydon,
and joined the choir of St. George's, Croydon, at
the age of ten, as an alto singer. In 1890 he en-
tered the Royal College of Music as a student of
the violin, studied composition with Sir Villiers
Stanford, and gained a composition scholarship in
1893.
From that time his name has been prominently
before the public, at first through the performance
of early chamber compositions at the Royal Col-
lege Students' concerts, such as a nonet and a
symphony, the latter given in St. James' Hall in
1896 under Stanford's direction.
A quintet for clarinet and strings in F sharp
minor, played at the Royal College in 1895, was
later performed in Berlin by the Joachim Quartet.
A string quartet in D minor dates from 1896.
In was in 1898 that the first part of his Hia-
watha trilogy, "Hiawatha's Wedding Feast," was
produced at the Royal College. His fame in Amer-
ica rests mostly on this choral work. The second
part, "The Death of Minnehaha," was brought out
at the North Staffordshire Festival in the autumn
of 1899, and the third, "Hiawatha's Departure,"
by the Royal Choral Society, at the Albert Hall on
March 22, 1900. In the following May the overture
to the whole was heard for the first time. The
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work, especially the first part, made a great and
lasting success, such as has not been rivaled by any
other composition from Coleridge-Taylor's pen.
As a matter of course he received many festival
commissions after it, including "The Blind Girl of
Castel-Cuille," for Leeds in 1901; "Meg Blane,"
Sheffield, 1902, and "Kubla Khan," Handel Society,
1906.
He wrote incidental music for many of the plays
which Sir Herbert Beerbohm Tree produced at His
Majesty's Theater. This included accompaniments
to the dramas "Herold," "Ulysses," "Nero" and
"Faust," all by Stephen Phillips. In 1904 he be-
came conductor of the London Handel Society.
He visited this country two seasons ago to con-
duct one of his works at the Litchfield County
Festival. This summer he wrote two pieces es-
pecially for this festival, one of them a violin con-
certo, which was performed for the first time there
in June by Mme. Maud Powell. He has written a
quantity of music for the violin and piano, several
songs and one symphony.
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ISSUES THREEJSEW NUMBERS.
Edgar Selden Publishing and Producing Co.
Introduces New Songs.
The Edgar Selden Publishing and Producing Co.,
has just announced the addition of three attractive
numbers to its catalog, the new songs being "Oper-
atic Rag," words by Edgar Selden and music by
Newton Alexander, of the Exposition Four; "New
Orleans," words and music by Newton Alexander,
and "I Love But You Alone," by John Paul and
Chas. H. Reichert. The latter is a ballad number
of promise, while the two former are finding their
way into the burlesque and vaudeville shows.
NEW WALTZ BY C. A. GRIMM.
(Special to The Review.)
Chicago, 111., Sept. 3, 1912.
"Famabella" is the title of a new waltz just pub-
lished by the San Fox Publishing Co., of Cleve-
land. The writer is C. A. Grimm, formerly man-
ager of M. Witmark & Sons' Western office. Mr.
Tom Kelly, in his clever comedy monologue act, Grimm has quite a reputation as a waltz com-
is featuring up "Rum-Tum-Tiddle" and "If It poser, one of his biggest hits being "Prayer and
Wasn't for the Irish and the Jews" with much suc-
Passion," published several years ago. "Fama-
cess in his circuit over the Pantages' theaters. bella" has the Spanish motif, the title meaning
Both these songs are published by the Jerome
Spanish Beauty. Mr. Grimm has the faculty of
& Schwartz Publishing Co.
arranging simply and yet getting beautiful effects.
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