Samuel Coleridge–Taylor
African Dances

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Information

Year of arrangement:  2021

Composer:  Samuel Coleridge–Taylor (1875–1912)

Instrumentation:  1 1 1 1 – 2 1 0 0 – Str (min 2 2 2 2 1)​

Duration: 18mins

Commission: London Mozart Players/PortsFest

Premiere: London Mozart Players/Ruth Rogers, Portsmouth Grammar School, 2021

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Sample Recordings

Full recording available on request​

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Sample Score/Part

Demo Score
File Size:	186 kb
File Type:	pdf

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​Hire/License Information

Published by Steel City Music Publishing
Hiring and licensing information available here

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Work Introduction

Samuel Coleridge–Taylor's delightful African Dances, originally for violin and piano, is now available for solo violin and chamber orchestra in a brand new orchestration.   This arrangement was commissioned and premiered by the London Mozart Players, with Ruth Rogers as violin soloist.

• Strings: this arrangement can be performed with 2 2 2 2 1 players up to a full chamber orchestra section

• The solo violin part remains as the original. A newly engraved version will be provided with the hire set.

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