June 11, 2022

Luke Welch plays Samuel Coleridge-Taylor’s Papillon.

Samuel Coleridge-Taylor (1875-1912) was a British composer who self-identified as Anglo-African and wrote many choral, instrumental, and keyboard works. His music, as well as his distinction and musical philosophies, heavily influenced many other Afri-classical musicians – including his contemporaries and future generations. Papillon, composed in 1908, features all of the notable characteristics that epitomizes Coleridge-Taylor’s music.

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