Research Catalog

Title

Samuel Coleridge-Taylor, musician : his life and letters / by W.C. Berwick Sayers ; with eight illustrations.

Author

Sayers, W. C. Berwick (William Charles Berwick), 1881-1960.

Publication

London ; New York ; Toronto ; Melbourne ; Cassell and Company, Ltd., 1915.

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Details

Additional Authors

Jackson, J. H. Smither.

Description

xiv, [2], 328 p., [8] leaves of plates : ill., music, ports.; 22 cm.

Donor/Sponsor

Home to Harlem Project funded by the Andrew W. Mellon Foundation.

Subject

• Coleridge-Taylor, Samuel, 1875-1912
• Coleridge-Taylor, Samuel, 1875-1912 > Correspondence
• Coleridge-Taylor, Samuel, 1875-1912 > Portraits
• Musicians, Black > Great Britain > Biography
• Composers > Great Britain > Biography
• Composers, Black > Great Britain > Biography

Genre/Form

Ink stamps (Provenance)

Note

• With a half-title.
• Includes index.
• "The compositions of Samuel Coleridge-Taylor, by J.H. Smither Jackson"--p. 312-322.

Provenance (note)

• with the ink stamp: "Schomburg Collection." ; This copy is part of the original collection purchased from Arthur A. Schomburg in 1926.

Contents

Samuel Coleridge-Taylor : poem / by Alfred Noyes -- Preface -- 1. Birth and childhood -- 2. Boyhood -- 3. College days and works -- 4. Fame ; The "Ballade in A minor" -- 5. "Hiawatha's wedding feast" -- 6. Romance -- 7. "The song of Hiawatha" ; Home-life ; Views -- 8. 1901-1903: "The blind girl of Castél Cuillé" ; "Meg Blane" ; "The atonement" -- 9. Visit to America, 1904 -- 10. 1904-1908: The professor and the conductor -- 11. 1908-1910: The closing years -- 12. The apostle of colour -- 13. 1911-1912: "A tale of old Japan" ; Last works ; The valley of the shadow -- 14. In memoriam -- Appendix: The compositions of Samuel Coleridge-Taylor, by J.H. Smither Jackson -- Index.

Call Number

Sc Rare B-Coleridge-Taylor (Sayers, W. C. Samuel Coleridge-Taylor his life and letters)

OCLC

• 1908399
• NYPGR1908399-B

Author

Sayers, W. C. Berwick (William Charles Berwick), 1881-1960.

Title

Samuel Coleridge-Taylor, musician : his life and letters / by W.C. Berwick Sayers ; with eight illustrations.

Imprint

London ; New York ; Toronto ; Melbourne ; Cassell and Company, Ltd., 1915.

Provenance

Copy in Sc Rare B-Coleridge-Taylor (accession no. B547510) with the ink stamp: "Schomburg Collection." ; This copy is part of the original collection purchased from Arthur A. Schomburg in 1926. NN

Local Note

Researchers are restricted to the microform copy in: Sc Micro R-1326.

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Added Author

Jackson, J. H. Smither.

Schomburg, Arthur Alfonso, 1874-1938, former owner.

Research Call Number

Sc Rare B-Coleridge-Taylor (Sayers, W. C. Samuel Coleridge-Taylor his life and letters)