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Samuel Coleridge-Taylor

1875 - 1912

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Samuel Coleridge-Taylor (15 August 1875 – 1 September 1912) was a British composer and conductor. He was particularly known for his three cantatas on the epic 1855 poem The Song of Hiawatha by American Henry Wadsworth Longfellow. Coleridge-Taylor premiered the first section in 1898, when he was 23. Of mixed-race descent, Coleridge-Taylor achieved such success that he was referred to by white musicians in New York City as the "African Mahler" when he had three tours of the United States in the early 1900s. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Samuel Coleridge-Taylor is the 1,299th most popular composer (up from 1,332nd in 2019), the 4,794th most popular biography from United Kingdom (up from 4,882nd in 2019) and the 79th most popular British Composer.

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Among COMPOSERS

Among composers, Samuel Coleridge-Taylor ranks 1,299 out of 1,451. Before him are Pascal Dusapin, Samuel Arnold, Peter Schickele, Hamilton Harty, Paul Creston, and Junichi Masuda. After him are Zagir Ismagilov, Isaac Schwartz, Geirr Tveitt, John Kander, Gavin Bryars, and Mychael Danna.

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Among people born in 1875, Samuel Coleridge-Taylor ranks 186. Before him are James J. Jeffries, Vasily Kachalov, Gunnar Höjer, Isak Saba, Walter Middelberg, and Shaqe Çoba. After him are José Santos Chocano, Elvira Notari, Miriam A. Ferguson, Emīls Dārziņš, Eddie Polo, and Alexei Ivanovich Abrikosov. Among people deceased in 1912, Samuel Coleridge-Taylor ranks 127. Before him are Juan Gualberto González, Sophia Jex-Blake, Luis Cordero Crespo, Julio Herrera y Obes, Emil Stang, and Thomas Pollock Anshutz. After him are Björn Jónsson, Edgar Evans, Edward Wilmot Blyden, Albino Jara, Octavia Hill, and Henry Robertson Bowers.

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In United Kingdom

Among people born in United Kingdom, Samuel Coleridge-Taylor ranks 4,795 out of 8,785. Before him are James Prinsep (1799), Topper Headon (1955), James Gibbs (1682), Dafydd ap Gwilym (1320), Gordon Pirie (1931), and Joe Orton (1933). After him are Sebastian Cabot (1918), Benjamin White (1997), Billy Bingham (1931), Alan Sugar (1947), John Hopkinson (1849), and John Clare (1793).

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Among COMPOSERS In United Kingdom

Among composers born in United Kingdom, Samuel Coleridge-Taylor ranks 79. Before him are Peter Warlock (1894), Maurice Greene (1696), Nicholas Hooper (1952), Thomas Tomkins (1572), Samuel Arnold (1740), and Hamilton Harty (1879). After him are Gavin Bryars (1943), Humphrey Searle (1915), David Arnold (1962), Henry Lawes (1595), Edmund Rubbra (1901), and Jocelyn Pook (1960).

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