Samuel Coleridge-Taylor

Coleridge-Taylor is the sort of buried genius I love rediscovering. Trained at the Royal College of Music, he premiered The Song of Hiawatha at just twenty-three and became a celebrated British composer at a time when his heritage made every step harder. I find his story quietly heroic, and his death at only thirty-seven genuinely tragic given how much he achieved in so little time. There is something fierce burning inside anyone who leaves a mark that large that fast. He deserves far more recognition than history has given him, and writing about him feels like a small correction.

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Name (English)

Samuel Coleridge-Taylor

Name (Japanese)

サミュエル・コールリッジ＝テイラー

Reading

さみゅえる・こーるりっじ＝ていらー

Born

August 15, 1875 – September 1, 1912

Origin

London, United Kingdom

Occupation

composer / pianist / conductor

Zodiac / Chinese zodiac

Leo / Boar

University

Royal College of Music

Filmography / notable works

• Wikipedia (English)https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Samuel%20Coleridge-Taylor
• Wikipedia (Japanese)https://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E3%82%B5%E3%83%9F%E3%83%A5%E3%82%A8%E3%83%AB%E3%83%BB%E3%82%B3%E3%83%BC%E3%83%AB%E3%83%AA%E3%83%83%E3%82%B8%EF%BC%9D%E3%83%86%E3%82%A4%E3%83%A9%E3%83%BC
• Wikidatahttps://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q739229

Tags

• composer
• pianist
• conductor

Last updated

September 25, 2026

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