Samuel Coleridge-Taylor

Colored photographic reproduction of the cover of a concert bill for the Royal Albert Hall, Friday, November 22, 1912. The cover features a portrait of Samuel Coleridge-Taylor and a reproduction of his signature.

Samuel Coleridge-Taylor was born during the Victorian period in 1875. His Mother was English and his Father was a doctor from Sierra Leone. Samuel grew up with his Mother in Croydon and at a young age he joined a choir led by Colonel Herbert Walters. He attended the Royal College of Music with the financial support of Colonel and later became a prestigious classical music composer. In addition to composing music for large concert halls, Samuel also composed music for the first Pan-African conference held in London in 1900.