IN the absence of any adequate biography of Coleridge, these two volumes of his letters, 1 edited by his grandson, Mr. Ernest Hartley Coleridge, will be eagerly welcomed. By far the greater part of ...

In July 1913, friends of the African British composer and conductor Samuel Coleridge-Taylor gathered in his hometown of Croydon, England, to lay a plaque on his grave in anticipation of the first ...

Over 184 years after his death, the crypt of celebrated English poet Samuel Taylor Coleridge has been rediscovered in a wine cellar in north London. One might wonder how an entire crypt can be lost, ...

No writer has had as much ink spilled in the interpretation of his works only to remain so woefully undervalued in the popular imagination as Samuel Taylor Coleridge. Despite co-creating English ...

Samuel Taylor Coleridge (1772-1834) is one of the most famous of the English poets, who, along with his literary partner William Wordsworth, founded the Romantic Movement in England, which sought to ...

What more would British composer Samuel Coleridge-Taylor have written if he didn’t die from illness at age 37? He was mourned across the world then, and he’s celebrated this month, 150 years after his ...

In honor of Samuel Taylor Coleridge, who died 174 years ago today, we present to you Kenneth Burke’s 1939 essay lauding Coleridge as a great champion of idealism. Each time I note the signs of the ...

In 1906, composer Samuel Coleridge-Taylor saw the world premiere of a composition he wrote inspired by his namesake, poet Samuel Taylor Coleridge, at the Queen’s Hall in London. Coleridge-Taylor’s ...

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Black History Month event: film screening followed by roundtable discussion This film explores the remarkable life, music and political involvement of Samuel Coleridge-Taylor, the classical composer, ...

A rare anti-slavery poem written by Samuel Taylor Coleridge is at risk of leaving the UK unless a domestic buyer can be found. The poem, a Greek Sapphic ode titled Ode On The West-Indian Slave Trade, ...

Samuel Coleridge-Taylor is our featured composer this hour. He adapted the song "I was way down down a-yonder" for Piano Trio. It's performed here on CD by the Coleridge Ensemble. The piece is one of ...