SATB a cappella Choral
(SATB a cappella)
SKU:
HL.1197761
Out
from the Shadows: A
Contemporary Choral
Series. Composed by
Samuel Coleridge-Taylor.
Edited by James E. Green
and Marques L. A.
Garrett. Gentry
Publications. Concert.
Octavo. 8 pages. Duration
180 seconds. Gentry
Publications #JG2655.
Published by Gentry
Publications
(HL.1197761).
UPC:
196288134930.
6.75x10.5x0.019
inches.
The Out
from the Shadows Choral
Series brings you
“Summer Is
Gone,†a new
setting of British poet
Christina Rosetti's 1862
poem “Bitter for
Sweet.†The
composer, Samuel
Coleridge Taylor,
displays superb control
of text painting and
dynamics, creating vocal
lines as natural as
speech. In perfect
harmony with Rosetti's
text, falling chromatic
figures tossed back and
forth among voice parts
create an inescapable
sense of decay and
sorrow. Taylor's harmonic
rhythm conveys the latent
impression of time
stretching and
constricting. A truly
masterful work, this
piece makes for a great
festival or competition
performance. A fun
challenge for an
accomplished chamber or
larger choir, and a
memorable addition to any
concert. Samuel
Coleridge-Taylor
(1875-1912) was an
English-born composer and
conductor who hailed from
an English and African
musical family. After
discovering his inherent
musical ability,
Coleridge-Taylor's family
arranged for him to study
at the Royal College of
Music under composition
professor Charles
Villiers Stanford. After
completing his degree,
Coleridge-Taylor was
appointed a professor at
the Crystal Palace School
of Music and became the
conductor of the Croydon
Conservatoire Orchestra.
With his compositions,
Samuel Coleridge-Taylor
sought to draw from
traditional African music
and integrate it into the
classical tradition, in a
similar fashion to Brahms
and Dvorak with Hungarian
and Bohemian music. He
was a prolific composer
and a well-respected
conductor in England and
America, even touring in
America and being
received at the White
House by President
Theodore Roosevelt. His
most celebrated work was
his cantata Hiawatha's
Wedding Feast. On his
death, close friend and
poet Alfred Noyes said,
“Too young to die:
his great simplicity, his
happy courage in an alien
world, his gentleness,
made all that knew him
love him.â€.