British composer Samuel Coleridge-Taylor was a standout both for his talent, and also because he was a Black artist who moved in almost entirely white circles. His most famous work is a cantata he composed in his early 20s.

Research:
“Obituary.” British Medical Journal. October 22, 1904. Accessed online: https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC2355705/pdf/brmedj08192-0072c.pdf
Britannica, The Editors of Encyclopaedia. "Samuel Coleridge-Taylor". Encyclopedia Britannica, 28 Aug. 2022, https://www.britannica.com/biography/Samuel-Coleridge-Taylor
Green, Jeffrey. “Samuel Coleridge-Taylor: The Early Years.” Black Music Research Journal, vol. 21, no. 2, 2001, pp. 133–58. JSTOR, https://doi.org/10.2307/3181600
Predota, Georg. “Samuel Coleridge-Taylor and Jessie Sarah Fleetwood Walmisley
‘Nobody Knows the Trouble I’ve Seen.’” Interlude. August 15, 2020. https://interlude.hk/samuel-coleridge-taylor-and-jessie-sarah-fleetwood-walmisley-nobody-knows-the-trouble-ive-seen/
Kuryla, Peter. "Pan-Africanism". Encyclopedia Britannica, 27 Jan. 2023, https://www.britannica.com/topic/Pan-Africanism
Wariboko, Waibinte E. “I REALLY CANNOT MAKE AFRICA MY HOME: WEST INDIAN MISSIONARIES AS ‘OUTSIDERS’ IN THE CHURCH MISSIONARY SOCIETY C I V I L I Z I N G M I S S I O N T O S O U T H E R N N I G E R I A, 1898–1925.” Journal of African History. 45/2004. Cambridge University Press. Accessed online: https://openlab.bmcc.cuny.edu/african-history/wp-content/uploads/sites/208/2020/03/Wariboko-I-Really-Cannot-make-Africa-my-Home.pdf
“A Strange Conference.” Boston Evening Transcript. August 8, 1900. https://www.newspapers.com/image/735394695/?terms=First%20Pan-African%20Conference&match=1
“The Pan-African Movement.” American Historical Association. https://www.historians.org/teaching-and-learning/teaching-resources-for-historians/teaching-and-learning-in-the-digital-age/through-the-lens-of-history-biafra-nigeria-the-west-and-the-world/the-colonial-and-pre-colonial-eras-in-nigeria/the-pan-african-movement#:~:text=Pan%2DAfricanism%20was%20the%20attempt,the%20world%20of%20African%20colonies
Rognoni, Gabriele and Anna Maria Barry. Samuel Coleridge-Taylor and the Musical Fight for Civil Rights.” Royal College of Music and Google Arts and Culture. https://artsandculture.google.com/story/9gXhtwiLW6SGIw Civil Rights
Longfellow Chorus. “Samuel Coleridge-Taylor and His Music in America, 1900-1912.” https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HebDy-sLdCs&t=2s
Coleridge-Taylor, Avril. “The Heritage of Samuel Taylor Coleridge.” Dobson. 1979.
“Samuel Coleridge-Taylor, 1875-1912.” Library of Congress. https://www.loc.gov/item/ihas.200038837/
Phillips, Mike. “Samuel Coleridge-Taylor (1875-1912).” The British Library Board. https://www.bl.uk/onlinegallery/features/blackeuro/pdf/coleridge.pdf
“New Music.” Birmingham Daily Gazette. Nov. 22, 1898. https://www.newspapers.com/image/821403324/?terms=%22Hiawatha%27s%20Wedding%20Feast%22&match=1

British composer Samuel Coleridge-Taylor was a standout both for his talent, and also because he was a Black artist who moved in almost entirely white circles. His most famous work is a cantata he composed in his early 20s.
Research:
<ul>
<li>“Obituary.” British Medical Journal. October 22, 1904. Accessed online: https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC2355705/pdf/brmedj08192-0072c.pdf</li>
<li>Britannica, The Editors of Encyclopaedia. "Samuel Coleridge-Taylor". Encyclopedia Britannica, 28 Aug. 2022, https://www.britannica.com/biography/Samuel-Coleridge-Taylor</li>
<li>Green, Jeffrey. “Samuel Coleridge-Taylor: The Early Years.” Black Music Research Journal, vol. 21, no. 2, 2001, pp. 133–58. JSTOR, https://doi.org/10.2307/3181600</li>
<li>Predota, Georg. “Samuel Coleridge-Taylor and Jessie Sarah Fleetwood Walmisley ‘Nobody Knows the Trouble I’ve Seen.’” Interlude. August 15, 2020. https://interlude.hk/samuel-coleridge-taylor-and-jessie-sarah-fleetwood-walmisley-nobody-knows-the-trouble-ive-seen/</li>
<li>Kuryla, Peter. "Pan-Africanism". Encyclopedia Britannica, 27 Jan. 2023, https://www.britannica.com/topic/Pan-Africanism</li>
<li>Wariboko, Waibinte E. “I REALLY CANNOT MAKE AFRICA MY HOME: WEST INDIAN MISSIONARIES AS ‘OUTSIDERS’ IN THE CHURCH MISSIONARY SOCIETY C I V I L I Z I N G M I S S I O N T O S O U T H E R N N I G E R I A, 1898–1925.” Journal of African History. 45/2004. Cambridge University Press. Accessed online: https://openlab.bmcc.cuny.edu/african-history/wp-content/uploads/sites/208/2020/03/Wariboko-I-Really-Cannot-make-Africa-my-Home.pdf</li>
<li>“A Strange Conference.” Boston Evening Transcript. August 8, 1900. https://www.newspapers.com/image/735394695/?terms=First%20Pan-African%20Conference&amp;match=1</li>
<li>“The Pan-African Movement.” American Historical Association. https://www.historians.org/teaching-and-learning/teaching-resources-for-historians/teaching-and-learning-in-the-digital-age/through-the-lens-of-history-biafra-nigeria-the-west-and-the-world/the-colonial-and-pre-colonial-eras-in-nigeria/the-pan-african-movement#:~:text=Pan%2DAfricanism%20was%20the%20attempt,the%20world%20of%20African%20colonies</li>
<li>Rognoni, Gabriele and Anna Maria Barry. Samuel Coleridge-Taylor and the Musical Fight for Civil Rights.” Royal College of Music and Google Arts and Culture. https://artsandculture.google.com/story/9gXhtwiLW6SGIw Civil Rights</li>
<li>Longfellow Chorus. “Samuel Coleridge-Taylor and His Music in America, 1900-1912.” https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HebDy-sLdCs&amp;t=2s</li>
<li>Coleridge-Taylor, Avril. “The Heritage of Samuel Taylor Coleridge.” Dobson. 1979.</li>
<li>“Samuel Coleridge-Taylor, 1875-1912.” Library of Congress. https://www.loc.gov/item/ihas.200038837/</li>
<li>Phillips, Mike. “Samuel Coleridge-Taylor (1875-1912).” The British Library Board. https://www.bl.uk/onlinegallery/features/blackeuro/pdf/coleridge.pdf</li>
<li>“New Music.” Birmingham Daily Gazette. Nov. 22, 1898. https://www.newspapers.com/image/821403324/?terms=%22Hiawatha%27s%20Wedding%20Feast%22&amp;match=1</li>
</ul>

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