Samuel Coleridge-Taylor: Songs

So Lit Song Lit

Samuel Coleridge-Taylor was a British composer and conductor with strong ties to the United States. His songs have a very "salon-music" feel to them, romantic and accessible for audiences. His daughter Avril was also a composer-conductor and we would love to find out how to access her music, so if anyone knows, please reach out!

Recordings featured in this episode, performed by Donovan Elliot Smith, tenor, Toni Marie Palmertree, soprano, Hanna Atsedwoin, soprano, Aliyah Quill, soprano and Ellen Rissinger, pianist:

• Lucy (from 3 Songs, Op. 27)
• Tears (from Southern Love Songs, Op. 12)
• Elëanore (found in the Anthology of African and African Diaspora Songs)
• Oh, the summer (duet composed in 1911) - sung by Hanna and Aliyah

Recorded at the Carnegie Mellon School of Music Recording Studio in Pittsburgh, PA, and Morningstar Studios in Norristown, PA.

Be sure to check out the new CD What Dreams We Have: The Poetry of Paul Laurence Dunbar, performed by Kenneth Overton, baritone, and Casey Robards, pianist!

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Aliyah Quill is currently a senior at Carnegie Mellon University.

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