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Charles Elford

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On 7th April 2004 an article by Norman Lebrecht marking the release of Coleridge-Taylor’s Violin Concerto appeared in the London Evening Standard. It likened the success of ‘Hiawatha’ in the late 1890s/early 1900s to the success of Andrew Lloyd-Webber’s musicals today. But on reading the article, I was surprised that I knew nothing of Coleridge-Taylor despite the name’s familiarity. My interest piqued, I started to dig and a fascinating journey began. Never managing to trace the two ‘definitive’ biographies, the principal sources for Black Mahler were the books by Coleridge-Taylor’s wife and daughter.

During the course of my extensive research and writing, I developed a huge affection for my gentle, clever, modest and funny protagonist and ...more

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On 2nd August 2013, Samuel Coleridge-Taylor’s The Song of Hiawatha was performed at the Gloucester Three Choirs festival. It was recorded live by BBC Radio 3 and I had the great honour of being invited to speak to presenter Catherine Bott as part of this programme, broadcast on 12th September 2013. This wonderful event was soured for me by some sideways swipes from a reviewer of the production, pr Read more of this blog post »

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