Samuel Coleridge-Taylor's Hiawatha

The Hiawatha trilogy of cantatas (1898—1900), based on Henry Wadsworth Longfellow's poem The Song of Hiawatha, were some of the most popular and widely performed pieces of music in the opening decade of the twentieth century. As a result, their young African British composer, Samuel Coleridge-Taylor (1875—1912), became widely celebrated in the UK and North America.

In this volume, Benedict Taylor examines the musical and political significance of Coleridge-Taylor through the reception hist...