SKU: HL.49046626
For Violin and
Piano. Composed by
Samuel Coleridge-Taylor.
String. Softcover. 14
pages. Schott Music
#ED14074. Published by
Schott Music
(HL.49046626).
UPC:
842819114628.
9.0x12.0x0.07
inches.
Samuel
Coleridge-Taylor was paid
three guineas for the
publishing rights to his
Suite de Pièces by
Schott & Co. London
on 24 December 1892 when
the composer was just 17
years old. In the
following year the work
was published by Schott
Music's German office in
versions for both violin
with piano and violin
with organ.
Coleridge-Taylor was born
in London and brought up
in Croydon. He learnt to
play the violin, was
recognized as a child
prodigy and at 15 was
awarded a scholarship to
study at the Royal
College of Music with
Charles Villiers
Stanford, where he was a
contemporary of Holst and
Vaughan Williams.
Coleridge-Taylor
described himself
Anglo-African and,
despite support from his
colleagues, faced racism
throughout his whole
career. In spite of this
prejudice and his
tragically early death in
1912 aged just 37, he
enjoyed great success
during his lifetime and
his music was performed
at the Proms no less than
116 times between 1898
and 1939. In contrast,
since 1940 his music has
only been heard there on
eleven occasions. Like
many works, at some point
in the past Suite de
Pièces became out of
print. Schott Music is
very proud to present
this new modern
performing edition of the
version for violin and
piano. Errors and
inconsistencies from the
first edition have now
been corrected.
