English composer Samuel Coleridge-Taylor had both racial and musical stereotypes to deal with. He was of African descent, but he wrote classical western music in the early 20th century. Here's his ...

In July 1913, friends of the African British composer and conductor Samuel Coleridge-Taylor gathered in his hometown of Croydon, England, to lay a plaque on his grave in anticipation of the first ...

How do you get the albatross off your neck? You know, your albatross. Your own dank collar of bird carcass, bespoke feathery deadweight of shame/rage/neurosis ...

The Ravens, alongside the Heart of America Foundation, hosted their annual Signature Project on Wednesday. The volunteer project is an important day for the entire organization, a chance for players, ...

Late Victorian London wasn't an easy place to achieve musical success if you were mixed-race and born outside of marriage, like composer Samuel Coleridge-Taylor. Despite never setting foot in Africa, ...

Performances in N.Y.C. Advertisement Supported by Samuel Coleridge-Taylor devotees are working to revive his music and legacy coinciding with the 150th anniversary of his birth. By Eleanor Stanford ...

In 1906, composer Samuel Coleridge-Taylor saw the world premiere of a composition he wrote inspired by his namesake, poet Samuel Taylor Coleridge, at the Queen’s Hall in London. Coleridge-Taylor’s ...

Malcolm Guite on how Coleridge, Shakespeare, and C.S. Lewis help us understand the poetic imagination. Why might a thoughtful Christian choose to take an interest in poetry? Is there something in the ...

Recounts the adventures of Samuel Chamberlain, who joins the U.S. Army during the Mexican-American War at the age of 16. He describes his journey from Boston to the war front, detailing encounters ...