Coleridge-Taylor Perkinson (Composer)
Born: 14th July 1932, New York, United States
Died: 9th March 2004, Chicago, Illinois, United States
Nationality: American
Coleridge-Taylor Perkinson was an American composer whose interests spanned the worlds of jazz, dance, pop, film, television, and classical music. Professionally he was often known as Coleridge Perkinson.
Coleridge-Taylor Perkinson was African American. He was named after African-British composer Samuel Coleridge-Taylor (1875–1912). Perkinson's mother was active in music and the arts as a piano teacher, church organist, and director of a theater company.
Perkinson attended the High School of Music and Art in New York City.
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Video Interview,
Randall Goosby on Roots
The violinist talks to Katherine about his debut album on Decca, celebrating the influence which Black composers and performers have had on American music from the late nineteenth century to the present day.
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All Works: Perkinson
- Blues Forms, for solo violin (5)
- Calvary Ostinato (from Lamentations: Black/Folk Song Suite) (1)
- Grass, poem for piano, strings & percussion (1)
- Lament (1)
- Lamentations - Black Folk Song Suite, for solo cello (1)
- Louisiana Blues Strut (3)
- Movement for string trio (1)
- Sinfonietta No. 1 for strings (2)
- Sinfonietta No. 2, 'Generations' (1)
- String Quartet No. 1 (2)
- Worship: A Concert Overture (1)
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