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Black Mahler the Samuel Coleridge-Taylor Story (Paperback)

by Charles Elford (Author)
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  • Paperback: 356 pages
  • Publisher: Grosvenor House Publishing Ltd (2 April 2008)
  • Language English
  • ISBN-10: 1906210780
  • ISBN-13: 978-1906210786
  • Product Dimensions: 20.1 x 12.7 x 2.5 cm
  • Average Customer Review: 5.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (6 customer reviews)
  • Amazon.co.uk Sales Rank: 296,316 in Books (See Bestsellers in Books)

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Black Mahler dramatically brings to life the true story of all but forgotten, English composer, Samuel Coleridge-Taylor (1875-1912). Born to a white mother and black father and raised in the London suburb of Croydon, Coleridge's titanic, choral trilogy, 'Hiawatha' makes this funny, generous and modest young man a worldwide sensation - overnight. Although hailed a cultural hero by African-Americans, Coleridge struggles against financial ruin, personal tragedy and seismic obstacles throughout his short life. Along the way, he unites a world. This moving, human life story will haunt the memory long after the final page is turned.

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5.0 out of 5 stars A true story brought to life in a fictional format, 23 April 2008
By Dr. B. Twisselmann (London) - See all my reviews
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This is truly wonderful - it's such a witty and moving novel, full of colour and light and interesting characters and events, that a reader could forget that this is actually all based on historical fact. Amazing also that the book's subject - Samuel Coleridge Taylor - is not rather more famous than he currently appears to be. Charles Elford has given us a vignette of the past that resonates with the present through the power of its compassion and its wonderfully conceived characters and relationships. A must-read!
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5.0 out of 5 stars Review of Black Mahler by Charles Elford, 7 Oct 2009
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Charles Elford's book is a timely and welcome tribute to the English Composer Samuel Coleridge-Taylor. Coleridge is a little-known name today, but in the late-Victorian and Edwardian period he was immensely popular and highly regarded in this country and America. At the Royal College of Music he was a pupil of Stanford and a contemporary of William Hurlstone and Vaughan Williams, among others.

Coleridge died at the age of 37, having suffered for most of his life from ill-health, relative poverty and less than honest dealings with his publishers.

Charles Elford has set out to bring Coleridge to life by dramatising the facts that he has unearthed. In the Bibliography he lists what I assume to be his major sources and has no doubt added a little poetic licence. The result is very definitely not a dry academic tome, but - quite literally - a real page turner. My wife and I both read the 346 pages quickly and with a real sense of anticipation; we wanted to know what happened next.

Coleridge's life deserved a passionate and readable account by someone who understood him and sympathised with him. Charles Elford's excellent book meets this need admirably. Our only very small critical comment is that we would have liked to see a chronoligical list of compositions and a current discography.

Philip and Susan Taylor

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5.0 out of 5 stars A ready made soundtrack while you read..., 25 Aug 2008
By Charles Elford (Whitstable, Kent) - See all my reviews
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As you enjoy the book (and I know you'll love it!), you must listen to the choral trilogy Coleridge-Taylor: Hiawatha - the piece that made Samuel Colerdidge-Taylor (1875-1912) - England's 'Black Mahler' - an international sensation over night. It's a wonderful work and a ready-made soundtrack to this mixed-race composer's phenomenal and inspiring life.
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5.0 out of 5 stars A great read! Go buy it!
Having not known about Coleridge-Taylor before reading this book, I certainly do now. What an amazing life he had in so few years before his death. Read more
Published 16 months ago by Chris

5.0 out of 5 stars A very human story, and a good read
Who would have thought of anything exciting coming out of Croydon at the turn of the 20th century? It's a great story of a genius shining amongst his contemporaries despite being... Read more
Published 17 months ago by Julian

5.0 out of 5 stars Samuel Coleridge-Taylor story brought to life
This book is a fantastic read! It is really interesting to find out about Samuel Coleridge Taylor who previously to reading this book, I knew very little about. Read more
Published 17 months ago by R. V. Sellwood

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