Sorry I've never heard of this English composer , but what a beautiful Overture, it sounds like the romantic passages of Elgar , wonderful interpretation.
Poor Coleridge-Taylor died at the age of 39 without a dime in hand. A really gifted highly trained composer who happened to be black and therefore doomed to be discriminated against (his white wife had been excommunicated by her own relatives and immediate family).
Hi Keyvan. He did experience some discrimination, which he is said to have met with "cheerful courage", but he also had many white supporters, including Elgar and King George V, who organised a pension for his widow
He might not have had a dime in his hand but, as he was English, he would have had plenty of pounds. As for discrimination, he a had a lifestyle which would have put him in the top 5% of the British population at the time he was living. Ordinary people did not get to go to music school or to be trained under Sir Charles Villiers Stanford. As you say yourself he was 'highly trained'. He also toured the USA and not many British people had that experience. If he had little money it was because he had no head for business and was hoodwinked by his publishers into accepting small fees. He was not alone in that. As for dying at 39, so did many people in Britain at that time, including my grandfather. He died of pneumonia, which, in the days before antibiotics killed tens of thousands each year. His greatest disadvantage was that he and his mother were deserted by his black father as are so many children in the UK today. It is so easy to scream discrimination, but in this case it is without foundation.
Her family brought shame upon themselves for this, and the people that encouraged this treatment, will have a black mark on them for eternity. Only Israel gets washed whiter then snow.
Wonderful to hear some Coleridge-Taylor. Such beautiful music. Thank you!
Sorry I've never heard of this English composer , but what a beautiful Overture, it sounds like the romantic passages of Elgar , wonderful interpretation.
Lovely and beautifully played! Well done, despite the distances between the musicians and conductor.
A lovely piece of music by Samuel Coleridge-Taylor, who was one of Charles V Stanford's favourite pupils. He taught him well.
Splendid performance.
Nice conducting there...
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Poor Coleridge-Taylor died at the age of 39 without a dime in hand. A really gifted highly trained composer who happened to be black and therefore doomed to be discriminated against (his white wife had been excommunicated by her own relatives and immediate family).
Hi Keyvan. He did experience some discrimination, which he is said to have met with "cheerful courage", but he also had many white supporters, including Elgar and King George V, who organised a pension for his widow
His wife may have LOOKED "white" but one of her grandmothers was Indian.
He might not have had a dime in his hand but, as he was English, he would have had plenty of pounds. As for discrimination, he a had a lifestyle which would have put him in the top 5% of the British population at the time he was living. Ordinary people did not get to go to music school or to be trained under Sir Charles Villiers Stanford. As you say yourself he was 'highly trained'. He also toured the USA and not many British people had that experience. If he had little money it was because he had no head for business and was hoodwinked by his publishers into accepting small fees. He was not alone in that. As for dying at 39, so did many people in Britain at that time, including my grandfather. He died of pneumonia, which, in the days before antibiotics killed tens of thousands each year. His greatest disadvantage was that he and his mother were deserted by his black father as are so many children in the UK today. It is so easy to scream discrimination, but in this case it is without foundation.
@@johnsharp8632 Well said.
Her family brought shame upon themselves for this, and the people that encouraged this treatment, will have a black mark on them for eternity. Only Israel gets washed whiter then snow.
It’s not Coleridge-taylor
I think the London Philarmonic knows who wrote the Hiawatha Overture 🙄
ABSOLUTELY Coleridge-Taylor (performing it tomorrow night)!