SKU: MN.10-031

UPC: 688670100314.

This popular series is known for works of breadth and gravitas, and this latest volume is no exception.

SKU: CF.CAS160F

ISBN 9781491165454. UPC: 680160924363. Key: C major.

The story of Samuel Coleridge-Taylor is of a rising star composer, one with a significant gift for melody and a simple lyricism, who embraced the previously unexplored song and dance forms from his father’s native west Africa and incorporated them into his own very European art music. Coleridge-Taylor began playing the violin at age five and by age fifteen wasadmitted to London’s Royal College of Music, where he studied both violin and composition and composed his first works. The simply-titled Melody is taken from Three Short Pieces for Organ - a set of pieces originally published in Novello’s Album for the Organ, No. 3 (1898). While certainly typical of the late 19th century, many of Coleridge-Taylor's creations display inspiration by African musical elements much like spirituals inspired Dvořák’s “New World” Symphony.

SKU: LO.70-2447L

ISBN 9780787779061.

Roberta Rowland-Raybold's settings of eight spirituals for organ are a heartfelt tribute to the African American spiritual tradition, deeply influenced by Eileen Guenther's book, In Their Own Words. The expressive dimension of the original words and music is at the forefront of these varied pieces, all of which are based on spirituals that are familiar and widely used in today’s churches.

SKU: PL.0534

Dr. Tortolano's endeavors have helped arouse interest in the composer and encouraged Coleridge Taylor's deserved renaissance. Richard Marlow, Trinity College, Cambridge, England * graceful melodic lines and turns of phrase * influenced by the composer's British and African ancestry * recommended for worship or concert.