Coleridge-Taylor death centenary remembered with a walk and cemetery visit

Coleridge-Taylor death centenary remembered with a walk and cemetery visit

Sept 4 2012

The centenary of the death of Samuel Coleridge-Taylor, one of Britain’s most famous classical music composers in the early 20th century, who died on 1st September 1912, was remembered with a walk through Croydon, where he lived and died.

Coleridge-Taylor was born on 15th August 1875 in Holborn to an English mother and a Sierra Leonean father who was a doctor. He moved to Croydon as an infant.

The walk on September 1 visited the numerous homes Coleridge-Taylor lived, churches where he sung and was married, his school and other local connections.

The walk ended with a picnic and an optional visit to Coleridge-Taylor’s grave at Bandon Hill cemetery in Sutton, where respects were paid and one of the composer’s songs was sung as a tribute to his contribution to British choral music.

Best known for his choral composition, ‘Hiawatha’s Wedding Feast’, Coleridge-Taylor was also a pan-Africanist who introduced African sensibilities into classical music.

The walk was led by Croydon Festival artistic director Jonathan Butcher, with additional commentary by Coleridge-Taylor biographer Jeff Green. In addition to Croydon Festival, the Samuel Coleridge-Taylor 100PM Collective and the Samuel Coleridge-Taylor Network are some of the organisations behind a number of Coleridge-Taylor centenary events.


Kwaku

ENDS

Remembering Samuel Coleridge-Taylor  (15 Aug 1875 - 1 Sept 1912) - an African British musical genius & pan-Africanist
History consultant Kwaku will provide a synopsis of SC-T’s life, work, and legacy, and enable the audience to hear some of SC-T's music and find out a bit more about this once global superstar! This will be followed by a Q & A. Organised on behalf of Presented by BTWSC in association with BritishBlackMusic.com/Black Music Congress, and Samuel Coleridge-Taylor 100PM Collective
Thursday Sept 20 2012, 2-3pm. Free. www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/events/samuel-coleridge-taylor.htm. For more info: editor@britishblackmusic.com
National Archives, Kew, Richmond, Surrey, TW9 4DU. 020 8876 3444.
 
Remembering Samuel Coleridge-Taylor  (15 Aug 1875 - 1 Sept 1912) - an African British musical genius & pan-Africanist
History consultant Kwaku will provide a synopsis of SC-T’s life, work, and legacy, and enable the audience to hear some of SC-T's music and find out a bit more about this once global superstar! This will be followed by a Q & A. Host: Cllr James Allie. Presented by BTWSC in association with BritishBlackMusic.com/Black Music Congress, and Samuel Coleridge-Taylor 100PM Collective. There will be books and cakes on sale
Friday Sept 21 2012, 6-8.30pm. Free. RSVP: btwsc@hotmail.com,  www.SCT2012Brent.eventbrite.com
Brent Town Hall (Committee Rooms 2/3), Forty Lane, Wembley, Middlesex HA9 9HD

Remembering Samuel Coleridge-Taylor  (15 Aug 1875 - 1 Sept 1912) - an African British musical genius & pan-Africanist also on:
Wednesday Oct 31 2012, 2.30-4pm. Streatham Library for Lambeth schools
Wednesday Oct 31 2012, 6.30-8.30pm. Putney Library, 5-7 Disraeli Road, SW15 2DR. 020 8871 7090
Thursday Nov 1 2012, 2.30-4pm. Brixton Library for Lambeth schools
For more information: Awula Serwah  btwsc@hotmail.com
www.SCT100PMCollective.blogspot.com