Back last September I first wrote about the documentary Samuel Coleridge-Taylor in America (HERE) which was back then still in production and which dealt with the British classical music composer who was, during his lifetime, one of the most famous persons in the world. Except for classical music aficionados (and not even all of them either) Coleridge-Taylor is barely remembered now even though last year, 2012, marked the centennial of his premature death at the age of 37 of pneumonia. But his works at one time were performed everywhere and his most famous work, the three part cantata for orchestra, chorus and solo tenor, Scenes from the Song of Hiawatha,...
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