ABSTRACT
Samuel Coleridge Taylor (1875–1912) was an English composer and conductor best known for his large-scale choral and orchestral works. He studied composition at the Royal College of Music under Charles Villiers Stanford and was later active in London musical life as well as touring widely; his cantata Hiawatha’s Wedding Feast became one of the most popular choral works of the early twentieth century. As an adult, Taylor found employment as a professor at the Crystal Palace School of Science and Art; one of his colleagues there was the composer Arthur O’Leary, who was also listed in 1901 as Director of Studies at the Streatham School of Music. 1 However, no further information is available about the Streatham School.
