ABSTRACT

Green’s study is more than a biography of an Anglo-African composer.The first comprehensive study of Coleridge-Taylor’s life for almost a century, it reveals how class-ridden Britain could embrace even the most unlikely of cultural icons.

chapter |1 pages

Introduction

chapter 1|19 pages

The Early Years

chapter 2|22 pages

The Royal College of Music

chapter 3|18 pages

The Promising Young Composer

chapter 4|21 pages

The Wedding Feast

chapter 5|20 pages

‘A Sentiment Prevalent Here'

chapter 6|22 pages

Intensifying the Effect

chapter 7|25 pages

The International Star

chapter 8|16 pages

A Stalwart Member of the Profession

chapter 10|13 pages

A Tale of Old Japan

chapter 11|7 pages

Requiem

chapter 12|7 pages

The Legacy

chapter |2 pages

Postscript