Samuel Coleridge-Taylor and his music in America, 1900-1912 / director/story/editor/sound editing, Charles Kaufmann ; a production of Starflower Films.

Format:

Video

Contributor:

Kaufmann, Charles (Filmmaker), director, editor of moving image work.

Starflower Film, publisher, production company.

Series:

Academic Video Online

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Coleridge-Taylor, Samuel, 1875-1912.

Coleridge-Taylor, Samuel.

Composers--England--Biography.

Composers.

Composers, Black--England--Biography.

Composers, Black.

English--United States--Biography.

English.

Music--United States--20th century--History and criticism.

Music.

Genre:

Documentary films.

Feature films.

Biographical films.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (120 minutes)

Place of Publication:

Portland, ME : Starflower Film, 2013.

Language Note:

In English.

System Details:

video file

Summary:

"Touching, informative, and inspiring . . ."--The Boston Musical Intelligencer This classic feature documentary from 2013 about the English Classical music composer of Anglo/Sierra-Leonean descent, Samuel Coleridge-Taylor (1875-1912), was made in 2012 during the centennial of SC-T's death, and includes premiere recordings of SC-T's works. Concentrating on Coleridge-Taylor's visits to the United States in 1904, 1906, and 1910 -- and his influence on the founders of the American Civil Rights Movement -- this documentary is a who's-who of SC-T scholarship, with commentary by historians who have spent their lives researching SC-T and his works. Additional first-rate performances are contributed by Rachel Barton Pine, violinist, Rodrick Dixon, tenor, and a score of talented African American singers and instrumentalists. Mini documentaries within give insight into the lives of Maud Powell and J. Rosamond Johnson. Of special interest is the recreation of one of SC-T's last works, "Keep Me from Sinking Down," for violin and orchestra, based on the African American spiritual of the same name, prepared from the manuscript score, and filmed on June 4, 2012, on location in Norfolk, Connecticut, where, on June 4, 1912, the American violinist Maud Powell first performed the work.

Notes:

Title from title screen (viewed September 10, 2025).

OCLC:

1530187530