by Jewel Taylor Thompson (Author)
Samuel Coleridge-Taylor (1875-1912) was a popular and important British composer, born of a West African doctor and a British mother. This volume traces the development of his compositional style, from his final years at the Royal College of Music (1895-1897) to the time of his death in 1912.
Author Biography
Jewel Taylor Thompson (BS, Virginia State University; MA, PhD, Eastman School of Music) is an associate professor, Hunter College/CUNY, where she teaches music theory and solfege. She is also Minister of Music at the Abyssinian Baptist Church in New York, where she directs three choral ensembles and serves as part-time organist. Several of her choral arrangements are published by Morning Star Music Publishers, St. Louis, MO.