Dear Friends and Colleagues,
The Royal College of Music Museum has launched a digital exhibition about alumnus Samuel Coleridge-Taylor for Black History Month. Drawing on the Royal College of Music's remarkable Coleridge-Taylor collection, the exhibition celebrates the composer's important role within the civil rights movements in Britain and the US.
Samuel Coleridge-Taylor studied under Charles Villiers Stanford at the Royal College of Music from 1890 to 1897. He soon became a musical celebrity thanks to his trilogy of cantatas known as The Song of Hiawatha, which became one of the most performed choral pieces in Britain at the time. Coleridge-Taylor gained an unusual and important status as a prominent black musician in late-Victorian and Edwardian Britain.
The exhibition is entitled Samuel Coleridge-Taylor and the musical fight for Civil Rights. It explores Coleridge-Taylor's relationships with leading civil rights groups in the UK, and his success in the US where he conducted performances of his music by a choir formed in his name and became the first black man to conduct a white orchestra.
You can explore the full exhibition on the Royal College of Music Museum webpage: www.rcm.ac.uk/museum/exhibitions<http://www.rcm.ac.uk/museum/exhibitions> or directly at: https://www.google.com/culturalinstitute/exhibit/JwLitwiLW6SGIw?hl=en-GB. Join the conversation on Twitter: @rcmlondon #BlackHistoryMonth.
Best wishes,
Anna
Anna Maria Barry
Museum Research Assistant
RCM Museum of Music
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